Conference Sponsors
GOLD Sponsors
Tsoi/Kobus & Associates (TK&A), one of the largest architectural and interior design firms in the Boston area, specializes in academic, healthcare, research and development and commercial projects. TK&A strives to incorporate sustainable design principles into all of their project designs. With 21 LEED accredited architects -- 30% of our technical staff -- TK&A has successfully worked with clients who put a high priority on energy conservation, environmental stewardship, and community partnership.
Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) is the oldest collegiate food service in the country, serving over 5 million meals annually. HUDS focuses on infrastructure and food sourcing as opportunities to “green” its operations and works closely with the Harvard University Green Campus Initiative. Recently, HUDS has reduced water usage by up to 80% and achieved better than 95% recycling of construction debris/materials in its most recent three renovations. Also, the newly renovated 5,100 SF kitchen at Dunster/ Mather dining halls is under review to become the first LEED certified commercial kitchen. In addition, HUDS also uses local buying as its guiding factor and offers seasonal menus to maximize the potential for local purchasing.
Sterling Planet is the nation’s leading retail provider of solar, wind and other clean, renewable energy through direct sales and electric utility partnerships. Sales to date have created environmental benefits comparable to not driving 5.7 billion miles or taking 460,000 cars off U.S. roads. Founded in 2000, Sterling Planet was the first company to offer renewable energy certificates to every U.S. home and business as a way to support sustainable energy production that benefits the environment, the economy and society in general. Today, Sterling Planet has 28 utility partners nationwide in Connecticut, Florida, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and elsewhere. The company is also exploring emerging clean energy markets, maintaining a focus on businesses, universities and clients seeking LEED credits for green building certification.
Sterling Planet is offering 10% of to-date Harvard’s renewable energy purchases to cover students scholarships in support of students who would not be otherwise able to attend the Sustainability Conference in April!
The Harvard University Center for the Environment (HUCE) encourages research and education about the environment and its many interactions with human society. The Center draws its strength from faculty members and students across the University who make up a remarkable intellectual community of scholars, researchers, and teachers of diverse fields including chemistry, earth and planetary sciences, engineering and applied sciences, biology, public health and medicine, government, business, economics, religion, and the law. The most pressing problems facing our natural environment are complex, often requiring collaborative investigation by scholars versed in different disciplines. By connecting scholars and practitioners from different disciplines, the Center for the Environment seeks to raise the quality of environmental research at Harvard and beyond.
Thanks to the HUCE's generous contribution more than a hundred students will be able to attend the conference!
On a daily basis, Triumvirate Environmental works with Harvard University to find unique ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle hazardous materials and hazardous waste throughout its campuses. We have worked together to implement chemical reuse and substitution programs, recycling of mercury-containing products, waste minimization programs, fluorescent bulbs and battery recycling including acid, lead, nickel, and cadmium, and installation silver recovery systems. We are committed to working with Harvard on sustainability issues well into 2020.
Shawmut Design and Construction is a full service campus builder that has been active on the Harvard campus for over a decade. Shawmut has made a strong commitment to sustainable practices throughout our business-daily internal operations to a "Think Green, Build Green" philosophy on every job site. Shawmut has several LEED Certified professionals on staff to support Harvard and our other campus clients with detailed analysis on various sustainable design and construction options to facilitate informed long-term decisions.
SILVER Sponsors
Now in its 2nd century, Consigli has emerged as an industry leader in environmental stewardship. Since 2001 Consigli has been partnering with the Massachusetts DEP in an on-going pilot study of construction and demolition waster recycling. This work was used to help develop the regulations banning C & D waste from local landfills, expected to be implemented later this year. Consigli has also completed three LEED-registered projects and has five more currently in construction. Ranked in the country's top 400 general contracting firms by Engineering News Record, the company provides construction management, general contracting, design-build, and preconstruction planning services throughout New England.
For more than thirty years, Mohawk Fine Papers has been taking actions to protect the environment that sustains our business and our lives. Our commitment is comprehensive. We have made structural changes to our manufacturing processes. We buy energy from renewable sources. We work in partnership with other organizations committed to environmental stewardship. And we develop products that allow our customers to make environmentally responsible choices.
Harvard Green Campus Initiative would appreciate any gifts towards our April Conference. Sponsors will be recognized publicly in the conference materials, on our website and during the conference.
CBT/Childs Bertman Tseckares Inc. is a professional design firm providing services in architecture, urban design, and interior design. The firm's practice ranges from academic facilities, to civic and cultural buildings, to multi-family residential developments, to major office structures and urban district renewals. Our belief is that the development of sustainable strategies begins when a project is conceived and continues throughout the entire process from programming through design and construction. Sensitive to the interdependence of environmental impact, social/cultural impact, and financial impact, CBT and our clients together establish a realistic prioritization of concerns and solutions. By doing so, maximum potential is realized through an all-inclusive approach.
Zipcar’s service has had a significant, positive impact on the environment and local communities. According to a recent member survey, drivers who use Zipcar as an alternative to owning a car ultimately spend less time behind the wheel and, in many cases, have surrendered ownership of their vehicles or have halted their purchasing decision.
- Each Zipcar takes over 20 personally-owned vehicles off the road.
- Since each Zipcar takes over 20 cars off the road, less land and financial resources are needed to provide parking infrastructure.
- Zipcar members are more likely to shop locally.
- Zipcar members drove 5295 miles/year prior to joining Zipcar. The average Zipcar member currently drives only 369 miles/year.
- Members of Zipcar and car sharing programs report a 14% increase in public transit trips, a 10% increase in bicycling trips and a 26% increase in walking trips.
- At Zipcar’s current membership adoption rates, Zipcar and other agencies anticipate that well over 10% of an urban population will participate in Zipcar’s car sharing service.
To find out more about Zipcar visit www.zipcar.com
S.O.L.I.D. USA is a global leader in large-scale solar thermal energy systems. Founded in Austria in 1991, S.O.L.I.D. has designed and built hundreds of very high output solar systems over 1000 sq. ft. in size, with applications ranging from heat and hot water to solar air conditioning. Current projects include the Olympics in China and a 60,000 sq. ft. solar district heating system, the largest in Europe. Performance contracting and leasing provide the option of free system installation, with prices for delivered solar energy now below oil or gas. S.O.L.I.D.’s award-winning solar systems can play a key role in achieving long-term sustainability.
SUPPORTING SPONSORS
Shea Brothers is a National Award winning and a Harvard Procurement Office Approved Strategic Print Partner. We are focused on Reproducing on Recycled papers and as much as possible using Soy and other vegetable based ink, rather than using petroleum based inks. Shea Brothers is proud to be a supporter of Green Campus Initiative and welcome the opportunity to provide consultation campus wide on using low environmental impact printing.
- Ben and Jerry's, Harvard Square Garage
In the Garage at Harvard Square
36 JFK Street
617-864-2828
By definition, the manufacturing of products creates waste. Ben and Jerry's strives to minimize their negative impact on the environment:
- through projects that look to assess and address the environmental impact of our practices, from packaging, manufacturing and distribution to working habits at all of our locations;
- through a commitment to support sustainable agricultural practices;
- and through partnerships with like minded individuals, companies and enterprises such as suppliers and nonprofit organizations, many of whom we rely on for information and assistance.
For more information, please visit Ben & Jerry's Environmental Mission.
If you would like to make a statement about your company's commitment to sustainability issues, consider becoming our gold, silver or supporting sponsor.
For sponsorship information, contact Maggie Husak: maggie_husak@harvard.edu or at 617-496-1278
Download our sponsorship invitation and sponsorship form here.