http://www.environmentalleader.com Environmental Leader Fri, 25 May 2012 17:41:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/24/environmental-march-madness-tournament-colby-profile-qa/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/24/environmental-march-madness-tournament-colby-profile-qa/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 10:54:48 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76241 As part of our sponsorship of Enviance’s first-ever Environmental March Madness Tournament for environmental studies, Environmental Leader is publishing Enviance-penned profiles of the winning schools as well as Q&As with students from the individual programs. Congratulations to Rochester Institute of Technology, Colorado State University, Purdue and overall winner Colby College. Name: Yiyuan Qin School: Colby College [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/24/environmental-march-madness-tournament-colby-profile-qa/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/18/environmental-march-madness-tournament-purdue-profile-qa/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/18/environmental-march-madness-tournament-purdue-profile-qa/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 10:51:16 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76239 As part of our sponsorship of Enviance’s first-ever Environmental March Madness Tournament for environmental studies, Environmental Leader is publishing Enviance-penned profiles of the winning schools as well as Q&As with students from the individual programs. Congratulations to Rochester Institute of Technology, Colorado State University, Purdue and overall winner Colby College. Name: Ashley Holmes School: Purdue Major: [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/18/environmental-march-madness-tournament-purdue-profile-qa/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/15/pepco-saves-delaware-college-9-million-in-energy-costs/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/15/pepco-saves-delaware-college-9-million-in-energy-costs/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 14:35:24 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76518 Pepco Energy Services will save Delaware Technical Community College more than $9 million in energy costs by installing more than $7 million in energy conservation measures at the college’s Wilmington, Stanton, Terry and Owens campuses, according to the company. The cost savings span the life of the 15-year contract. Conservation measures include converting constant volume [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/15/pepco-saves-delaware-college-9-million-in-energy-costs/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/15/environmental-march-madness-tournament-csu-profile-qa/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/15/environmental-march-madness-tournament-csu-profile-qa/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 10:46:55 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76236 As part of our sponsorship of Enviance’s first-ever Environmental March Madness Tournament for environmental studies, Environmental Leader is publishing Enviance-penned profiles of the winning schools as well as Q&As with students from the individual programs. Congratulations to Rochester Institute of Technology, Colorado State University, Purdue and overall winner Colby College. Name: Josh Alley School: Colorado State [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/15/environmental-march-madness-tournament-csu-profile-qa/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/11/environmental-march-madness-tournament-rit-profile-qa/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/11/environmental-march-madness-tournament-rit-profile-qa/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 10:17:56 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76226 As part of our sponsorship of Enviance’s first-ever Environmental March Madness Tournament for environmental studies, Environmental Leader is publishing Enviance-penned profiles of the winning schools as well as Q&As with students from the individual programs. Congratulations to Rochester Institute of Technology, Colorado State University, Purdue and overall winner Colby College. Name: Rachel Mosetick School: Rochester Institute [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/11/environmental-march-madness-tournament-rit-profile-qa/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/10/aashe-sustainability-review-green-job-training-skyrocketed-in-2011/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/10/aashe-sustainability-review-green-job-training-skyrocketed-in-2011/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 14:32:38 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76216 Nearly 60 percent of all new higher-education programs or training opportunities in 2011 focused on renewable energy and green careers, with $543 million recorded toward the effort, according to the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education’s 2011 Higher Education Sustainability Review. The annual review, an analysis of 2011 AASHE Bulletin stories, shows [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/10/aashe-sustainability-review-green-job-training-skyrocketed-in-2011/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/18/pac-12-wins-epa-college-green-power-challenge/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/18/pac-12-wins-epa-college-green-power-challenge/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:00:54 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=74461 The Pac-12 college athletic conference has claimed top spot among the 30 conferences in the EPA’s College and University Green Power Challenge, which rewards the conference that buys the most green power in a year. Based in the western United States and home to colleges including UCLA and the University of Oregon, the Pac-12 won [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/18/pac-12-wins-epa-college-green-power-challenge/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/04/institute-ends-college-sustainability-report-card/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/04/institute-ends-college-sustainability-report-card/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:21:54 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=73467 The Sustainable Endowments Institute has announced that it is suspending publication of its College Sustainability Report Card. The report card pioneered the first evaluations of campus and endowment sustainability programs starting in 2007, the organization says. Its accompanying Web site makes available more than 20,000 pages of environmental data collected for five editions over the [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/04/institute-ends-college-sustainability-report-card/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/29/ies-building-analysis-tool-to-save-fitchburg-state-1-5m/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/29/ies-building-analysis-tool-to-save-fitchburg-state-1-5m/#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:00:16 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=70810 CBT Architects used software from sustainable building design consultant Integrated Environmental Solutions to help save Fitchburg State University a projected $1.5 million in construction costs and more than $34,000 in annual operating costs, during a renovation and extension to its science building in Fitchburg, Mass. Massachusetts requires that all state buildings meet at least LEED [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/29/ies-building-analysis-tool-to-save-fitchburg-state-1-5m/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/27/sustainability-in-the-boardroom-and-classroom/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/27/sustainability-in-the-boardroom-and-classroom/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2012 11:48:28 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=70090 Enid Cardinal, Senior Sustainability Advisor to the President at Rochester Institute of Technology, explores the role of sustainability in today’s society. The discussion ends with a look at sustainability in higher education.]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/27/sustainability-in-the-boardroom-and-classroom/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/17/uc-installs-ten-smart-labs-expects-20-2-year-electricity-drop/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/17/uc-installs-ten-smart-labs-expects-20-2-year-electricity-drop/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:30:08 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=70217 The University of California – Irvine expects to cut electricity use by 20 percent from 2010 to 2012, after installing ten “smart lab” systems that cut laboratories’ energy use by 50 percent compared to code. Vice chancellor for administrative and business services Wendell Brase told Environmental Protection that until recently, most attempts to improve energy [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/17/uc-installs-ten-smart-labs-expects-20-2-year-electricity-drop/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/07/win-recognition-for-your-colleges-environmental-program/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/07/win-recognition-for-your-colleges-environmental-program/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:15:16 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69569 Enviance and Environmental Leader are hosting a March Madness tournament to determine the university with the best undergraduate programs in environmental studies and sustainability. The tournament, running at the same time as the NCAA college basketball championship of the same name, will award $5,000 to the environmental and sustainability department of one National Champion, and [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/07/win-recognition-for-your-colleges-environmental-program/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/03/tool-to-ease-colleges-reporting-for-sustainability-rankings/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/03/tool-to-ease-colleges-reporting-for-sustainability-rankings/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:02:07 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69429 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 for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education is launching the free Campus Sustainability Data Collector to collect information for The Princeton Review Green Rating, Sierra magazine’s Cool Schools [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/03/tool-to-ease-colleges-reporting-for-sustainability-rankings/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/10/07/university-solar-capacity-rose-450-in-3-years/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/10/07/university-solar-capacity-rose-450-in-3-years/#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:50:55 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=63131 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 Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. AASHE has compiled a database that details hundreds of campus solar photovoltaic installations. There is currently 137 MW of solar capacity installed on [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/10/07/university-solar-capacity-rose-450-in-3-years/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/09/27/canada-nearly-doubles-annual-wind-installations-top-colleges-revealed/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/09/27/canada-nearly-doubles-annual-wind-installations-top-colleges-revealed/#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:49:01 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=62450 This year Canada is on track to set a record for new installed wind power, with 1,338 MW projected, according to the Canadian Wind Energy Association. This level of installations would almost double the 690 MW installed in 2010. It would represent almost $3.5 billion in investment and more than 13,500 person-years of employment, Canwea [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/09/27/canada-nearly-doubles-annual-wind-installations-top-colleges-revealed/feed/ 2