The Brendle Group is offering students a unique chance to participate in CC’s first ever Environmental Inventory & Sustainability Management Plan by assisting us with the next round of assessments of CC’s buildings for energy and water efficiency opportunities. As a volunteer, you’ll receive hands-on training by The Brendle Group's engineers (enginNERDS extraordinaire) in the first week of Block 6 on March 27th and spend an estimated 20 hours throughout the rest of the block conducting building walkthroughs, identifying and counting lighting and water fixtures, gathering data to estimate cost savings and payback through retrofitting, and reporting your findings. Your findings from these assessments will contribute directly to the drafting of CC's Sustainability Management Plan.
Sign up individually or in teams of two, and specify whether you prefer to focus on lighting or water. Please contact Emily.Wright@ColoradoCollege.edu if you have any questions or to sign up and help make CC’s buildings greener, more sustainable places.
Friday, March 7, 2008
Environmental Inventory & Sustainability Management Plan Website
Check the progress of CC's Environmental Inventory & Sustainability Management Plan at:
http://www.coloradocollege.edu/sustainability/inventory.htm
The roughly 6-month project, spanning from January to the end of June 2008, includes a carbon footprint analysis, building energy and water assessments for buildings larger than 20,000 square feet in area, and collection of quantitative and qualitative data on a full spectrum of campus activities and operations, from energy and transportation to procurement and curriculum. The project will also include benchmarking to demonstrate Colorado College’s position on sustainability relative to peer colleges across the country. The Sustainability Management Plan will include both short-term and long-term goals to help bring the College towards carbon neutrality, as well as in greater alignment with sustainability on a wide range of issues. The Plan will be prepared with involvement of the entire campus community, including facility staff, faculty, alumni, and students.
http://www.coloradocollege.edu/sustainability/inventory.htm
The roughly 6-month project, spanning from January to the end of June 2008, includes a carbon footprint analysis, building energy and water assessments for buildings larger than 20,000 square feet in area, and collection of quantitative and qualitative data on a full spectrum of campus activities and operations, from energy and transportation to procurement and curriculum. The project will also include benchmarking to demonstrate Colorado College’s position on sustainability relative to peer colleges across the country. The Sustainability Management Plan will include both short-term and long-term goals to help bring the College towards carbon neutrality, as well as in greater alignment with sustainability on a wide range of issues. The Plan will be prepared with involvement of the entire campus community, including facility staff, faculty, alumni, and students.
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