Education
Win Recognition for Your College’s Environmental Program
Enviance and Environmental Leader are hosting a March Madness tournament to determine the university with the best undergraduate programs in environmental studies and sustainability....
Tool to Ease Colleges’ Reporting for Sustainability Rankings
Starting this Wednesday, colleges and universities will have a single portal for reporting their data to some of the biggest sustainability rankings in education.
The Association ...
University Solar Capacity Rose 450% in 3 Years
Installed solar capacity in the higher education sector has grown 450 percent over the last three years , according to research by the Association for the ...
Canada Nearly Doubles Annual Wind Installations; Top Colleges Revealed
This year Canada is on track to set a record for new installed wind power, with 1,338 MW projected, according to the ...
Higher Education and Sustainability Discussion at NECSC
At the NECSC conference, a panel of presidents from Vermont institutions of higher education address the driving forces ...
Energy Management at Stanford University
Fahmida Ahmed, Associate Director of Sustainable Stanford Programs, Joseph Stagner, Executive Director of Sustainable Stanford, and Gerry Hamilton, Associate Director of ...
Sustainability Education at Enclave Harbour
In my recent article, The Promise of Sustainability Education, I discussed the importance of introducing whole systems thinking and environmental ...
The Promise of Sustainability Education
The educational system in the United States once ranked among the best in the world, but the Organization for Economic Co-operation ...
NYU Doubles Output, Cuts Emissions with CHP Plant
New York University has finished a co-generation plant which reduces air pollutants by 68 percent while producing heat, hot water and chilled water ...
University’s $3.5M Dry Bio-digester is First in Nation
The University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh, which ranked 35th on Sierra Magazine’s “Cool Schools” for its green energy initiative, is just months from completing the first US ...
Colby College Building $11 Million Biomass Plant
As part of a plan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2015, Colby College in Maine has begun construction on a biomass plant that will replace ...
University Of Kentucky Launches $25 Million Energy Efficiency Retrofit
The University of Kentucky has released details of an energy savings performance contract it signed with Ameresco and on what it will ...
Colleges Add Solar Power
From the east to the west coast, colleges and universities are either adding or expanding their solar power portfolios, helping them to reduce their carbon ...
Sierra Names Green Mountain College as Top School in ‘Green’ College Ranking
The Sierra Club has ranked Green Mountain College as the number one "cool school" in its ranking of top "green" colleges. Rounding out the ...
Solar Project to Make Butte College First Grid Positive School in the U.S.
Butte College is set to become the first grid positive college in the U.S. with the recent approval to complete phase III of its solar ...
OSU Energy Efficiency Center Offers Services to Farmers, Rural Businesses
Oregon State University's Energy Efficiency Center is offering its energy-efficiency services to Oregon farmers and rural businesses looking to cut their energy expenses, reports Sustainable ...
UPenn Tops EPA’s Ranking of College Green Power Purchasers
The Ivy League, led by the University of Pennsylvania, topped the Environmental Protection Agency's College and University Green Power Challenge that recognizes collegiate athletic conferences ...
NYU, Johns Hopkins Deliver Climate Action Plans to Slash GHG Emissions
Both the New York University (NYU) and the Johns Hopkins University have released climate action plans that set goals for reducing carbon emissions, improving energy efficiency ...
Universities Add Wind Power
Two universities -- Southwestern University and the University of Maryland -- are planning to get their electricity from wind power, while Texas Tech University ...
Harvard, WPU Add Solar, UNH Uses Landfill Gas for Power
Academic institutions are taking a closer look at renewable energy sources to power their schools. Harvard University has just completed its first large rooftop ...
Tesco Tackles Food Waste with Ethylene-Absorbing Strips
