Green Ranks: University grades are in
This week, the Sustainable Endowments Institute released its 2009 College Sustainability Report Card the only independent evaluation of campus and endowment sustainability activities of colleges and universities with the 300 largest endowments in the
We like the Report card – it highlights commitments to sustainability and aims to provide accessibility to information for schools to learn from one another's experiences.
According to the Institute's methodology, grades are determined by assessing performance across 43 indicators in nine main categories, and ultimately, the Institute's position is that the Report Card's drive is to enable universities to establish more effective sustainability policies.
The San Francisco Chronicle took a look at this year's results and made note of some of the Report Card's most significant statistics. Or click here for the report itself.
Most notably, this year's report card showed that
• 45% of campuses have made strides to fight global warming by cutting carbon emissions
• 59% have high-performance green building standards for new buildings
Other stats pulled from the report card showed that
• 42% of the included universities use hybrid or electric vehicles
• 37% purchase renewable energy
• 30% produce a quantity of their own with wind or solar generators
Harvard,
We are thrilled to see an organized external body taking the lead in recognizing and holding the nation's largest competitors accountable for their contributions to sustainability. As you well know, sustainability is an issue of great importance to us, here at TRT. We believe that extraordinary efforts deserve recognition, and we extend our congratulations to this year's top ranked universities.
Labels: College Sustainability Report Card, Education, Sustainable Endowments Institute, university
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Tuesday, July 21, 2009
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