Harvard Green Campus Newsletter
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Newsletters and Archives2007-05-22T15:26:33-05:00The Harvard Green Campus Initiative, Growing, Growing, Grown!
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In early 2000, President Rudenstine provided the seed funding for what would become the Harvard Green Campus Initiative (HGCI). With Rudenstine's support, I was recruited to Harvard from Australia by HGCI Co-Chairs Professor Jack Spengler and Tom Vautin to establish...Spring 2007, Volume 10sheldon2007-05-22T15:26:33-05:00Green Milestones
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2000: President Neil Rudenstine provides the seed funding for the Harvard Green Campus Initiative (HGCI), to be established as a joint academic and administrative initiative. With Rudenstine's support, Leith Sharp is recruited to Harvard from Australia by HGCI Co-Chair Professor...Spring 2007, Volume 10sheldon2007-05-22T15:01:41-05:00Allston Sustainability Update
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We are all surely riveted as we watch to see how Harvard will embrace its once in a lifetime opportunity to provide the world with a new campus in Allston that effectively addresses the demands of sustainability. What follows is...Spring 2007, Volume 10sheldon2007-05-22T14:51:53-05:0046 Blackstone Becomes Harvard's First LEED Platinum Building April 2007
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Embracing principles of sustainability from the project's inception, the renovation of the 46 Blackstone Street complex is the most ambitious green building project Harvard has ever undertaken. Dedication to sustainability throughout the process was formally recognized when Blackstone was awarded...Spring 2007, Volume 10sheldon2007-05-22T14:48:31-05:00HGCI Engaged by FAS to Write Plan to Achieve GHG Reduction Goals
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In the fall of 2006, 86% of undergraduates voted to ask FAS leadership to reduce GHG emissions by 11% below 1990 levels. Students chose 11% because Yale, their rival school, has committed to a 10% reduction. The HGCI is currently...Spring 2007, Volume 10sheldon2007-05-22T14:47:19-05:00The Leadership Tide Has Turned on Climate Change
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In April 2007 the City of Cambridge, in partnership with the Kendall Foundation, launched an ambitious initiative called the Cambridge Energy Alliance. The goal of this alliance is to direct $70-100 million of private funds into supporting energy conservation across...Spring 2007, Volume 10sheldon2007-05-22T14:45:08-05:00Renewable Energy at Harvard
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Harvard continues to purchase renewable electricity credits (RECs), which represent the environmental attributes of a kwh of renewable energy to offset GHG emissions caused by our electricity use. In 2006, we purchased 20,500 MWh, which means that 6.6% of the...Spring 2007, Volume 10sheldon2007-05-22T14:41:51-05:00Green Building Guidelines in Development for Harvard University
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Even though Harvard has the most LEED registered buildings of any University in the country and even though we have established LEED Gold as the standard for all buildings in Allston, there is still one last step that we are...Spring 2007, Volume 10sheldon2007-05-18T19:24:28-05:00LEED Certification Arrives for 60 Oxford St
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On January 15th, 2007, 60 Oxford Street was awarded the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification by the US Green Building Council. 60 Oxford St. was one of Harvard's first three building projects to agree to pilot the...Spring 2007, Volume 10sheldon2007-05-18T19:21:47-05:00HARVARD'S COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS
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Over the past six years, Harvard has experienced a boom in green new construction and renovation. These projects demonstrate the University's commitment to sustainability and occupant health and comfort, while providing lessons learned for each new project that the University...Spring 2007, Volume 10sheldon2007-05-18T19:20:28-05:00HRES Partners with the HGCI to Take Charge of Energy Conservation
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This spring, the HGCI continues to work closely with Harvard Real Estate Services (HRES) to compile utility baselines and audit more buildings in the search for energy conservation solutions. For HRES Residential Real Estate alone, the HGCI has conducted extensive...Spring 2007, Volume 10sheldon2007-05-18T19:20:27-05:00HUDS are Cooking with a Green Skillet
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The competitive juices are flowing in the residential dining hall kitchens, as staff compete to see which kitchen can reduce energy consumption the most and win the green skillet. This program (previously called green apron in the last newsletter), a...Spring 2007, Volume 10sheldon2007-05-18T19:20:25-05:00Low-Emitting Vehicle Parking at Harvard Business School
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Guess who's getting preferred parking in Harvard Business School (HBS) parking lots? Here's a hint... it isn't people who drive Hummers. HBS is partnering with Harvard University Parking Services and Harvard Green Campus Initiative to pilot preferred parking for low-emitting...Spring 2007, Volume 10sheldon2007-05-18T19:19:30-05:00Harvard Green Campus Building Resource
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The Green Building Resource, a project of the Harvard Green Campus Initiative, is an online project tool and database developed to assist in driving continuous improvement in the implementation of Harvard's Sustainability Principles and the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED...Spring 2007, Volume 10sheldon2007-05-18T19:19:25-05:00Harvard's Undergraduate Resource Efficiency Program (REP) Continues to Thrive
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The Undergraduate Resource Efficiency Program (REP), a joint initiative of the HGCI, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, University Operations Services and Harvard University Dining Services, trains student representatives, ("REPs"), to be environmental leaders and peer educators in Harvard's undergraduate residential...Spring 2007, Volume 10sheldon2007-05-18T19:18:25-05:00