By Chris de Morsella October 19, 2009 California , campus vehicle fleet , Carnegie Mellon University , climate performance , Colorado , Colorado State University , Davis , Duke University , environmental transparency , food selection , Georgia , Georgia Institute of Technology , green building design , green university , Harvard University , Irvine , Penn State University , Pennsylvania , renewable energy usage , San Diego , Santa Barbara , Stanford University , University of California Irvine , University of California San Diego , University of California Santa Barbara , University of California-Davis , University of Oregon , University of Pennsylvania , University of Vermont , University of Washington , university sustainability , Vermont , Washington , waste program , water conservation measures
Greenopia has released an environmental sustainability rating that ranks the nation’s 100 largest universities according to a comprehensive set of criteria that includes: green building design, waste program, food selection, campus vehicle fleet, water conservation measures, climate performance, renewable energy usage, and the overall environmental transparency of the school. The top rated ranking of four out of four was achieved by the University of Washington located in Seattle, Washington and by the University of California at Santa Barbara.
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Last week, Sierra Magazine named the nation’s top 20 “coolest” schools for their efforts to stop global warming and operate sustainably. The magazine’s September/October cover story spotlights the schools that they believe are making a true impact for the planet, and marks Sierra’s third annual listing of America’s greenest universities and colleges. The […]
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The Princeton Review, today released its second annual Green Ratings of colleges. In this measure of how environmentally friendly the institutions are on a scale of 60 to 99, the company tallied its Green Ratings for 697 institutions based on data it collected from the colleges in 2008-09 concerning their environmentally related policies, practices, and academic offerings. The Princeton Review also named 15 colleges to its “2010 Green Rating Honor Roll” – a list that salutes the institutions that received the highest possible score – 99 – in this year’s rating tallies.
