AASHE Bulletin

U Virginia Health Center Earns Fitwel Certification

Marquette U Opens Sustainable Academic Building

Furman U Housing Renovation Receives Two Green Globes

Columbia U Business School Buildings Obtain LEED Gold

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U Pittsburgh Life Sciences Research Building Earns LEED Gold

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U Wisconsin Stout Approves Energy Conservation Project

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My Green Lab Announces 2022 Freezer Challenge Winners

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14 Canadian Universities Partner on Built Environment Research Partnership

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U Toronto Receives $56M for Energy Retrofit Projects

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Pasco-Hernando State College Building Receives Three Green Globes

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U Virginia to Convert to Low-Temp Hot Water System

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Austin CC Highland Campus Achieves LEED Gold

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Raritan Valley CC Training Center Earns LEED Certification

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U North Carolina Chapel Hill Publishes Strategic Water Plan

UNC's Water Plan details the university’s accomplishments, current goals and visions for water conservation and efficiency.

Colby College Building Earns LEED Platinum & SITES Gold

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Knox College & Tufts U Win Environmental Architecture Award

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SEI Releases Social Cost of Carbon GRITS Feature

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Rockefeller U Building Receives LEED Gold

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Carleton College Science Complex Earns LEED Platinum

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Two Vanderbilt U Buildings Achieve LEED Gold

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U Miami Residential Housing Facility Earns LEED Gold

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Green Seal & Healthy Schools Campaign Launch Air Quality Standard

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U Virginia Aligns Building Standards With Carbon Neutrality Goals

The University of Virginia recently updated its building standards required for all future construction projects to further the institution’s progress in meeting its goals to be carbon neutral by 2030 and fossil-fuel free by 2050. Starting this year, new buildings are restricted from adding infrastructure for the onsite combustion of fossil fuels, such as natural gas, for heating or other uses, unless required for safety or emergency back-up systems.

Ball State U Collaborates on Living Building Certification for Cope Environmental Center

The Cope Environmental Center recently earned the Living Building Certification from the International Living Future Institute for achieving high standards in the categories of place, water, energy, health, materials, equity and beauty.

Rockefeller U Building Earns LEED Gold

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U Miami Building Earns LEED Gold

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U Central Florida Building Earns LEED Gold

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U Newcastle Building Earns 6 Star Green Star Certification

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McGill U Expands Compost Collection System

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U Pittsburgh Bradford Receives $230K Green Building Grant

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EPA Releases Top 30 Green Power Usage List

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently released the top 30 college and university Green Power Partners, as ranked by green power use. The University of California, Arizona State University and the University of Iowa are the top three ranked (respectively) higher education institutions for their usage of green power. Ten institutions on the list purchase green power in an amount equal to or exceeding 100 percent of their institution-wide electricity use.

Virginia Tech Research Institute Addition Receives LEED Silver

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Heriot-Watt U Dubai Campus Achieves LEED Gold

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U Louisville Residence Building Earns LEED Gold

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U Michigan Announces $5M Investment in Energy Conservation

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Okanagan College’s Health Sciences Building Receives LEED Gold Rating

Pennsylvania State U Business Building Receives LEED O+M Platinum Rating

Beloit College Student Center Recognized for Energy Efficiency

London School Economics Becomes Carbon Neutral Verified

(U.K.) The London School of Economics and Political Science recently announced carbon neutrality that was independently verified for the academic year 2020/21, for all its measured emissions. This was accomplished by a range of energy efficiency, and by procuring all the electricity from 100 percent renewable sources since 2009.

U North Carolina Greensboro Nursing & Instructional Building Earns LEED Gold

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U Rhode Island Engineering Building Earns LEED Silver

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Vassar College Adopts Sustainable Investment Policy

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Medical U South Carolina Building Achieves LEED Silver

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U Limerick Lab Receives Platinum Green Lab Certification

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Columbia U Pledges Fossil Free Buildings

The university announced recently that it will no longer install new fossil fuel connections in any new construction, refresh or renovation projects. To support this transition, the university will evaluate how to fully electrify the campus by replacing the on-site combustion of fossil fuels with clean, renewable energy sources.

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Austin CC Renovations Receive LEED Platinum

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National U Singapore Launches Net-Zero Building Initiative

U Pittsburgh Building Earns LEED Platinum