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71 stories tagged ‘Sustainability’
Harvard to become largest institutional buyer of wind power in New England
Harvard University announced today (Nov. 2) that more than 10 percent of the electricity consumed on its Cambridge and Allston campuses soon will be supplied from a wind farm in northern Maine
Around the Schools: Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Green '13 is a new initiative from the class of 2013 that aims to change the culture of personal behavior, starting with being more sustainable.
For the fourth-straight year, Harvard is at the top of the 2010 College Sustainability Report Card, a report that grades the green credentials of 300 colleges and universities.
Save with Harvard’s Vendor Fair
Harvard University Strategic Procurement will host seminars Oct. 29 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on how to cut costs, work more efficiently, and be green.
This spring Harvard launched a certification program for “green offices,” bringing the University’s big ambitions for energy savings down to the personal scale.
Around the Schools: Faculty of Arts and Sciences
In the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, faculty and staff are honing in on saving energy and materials, helping the University to significantly reduce its greenhouse emissions by 2016.
Harvesting watts from the wind
Harvard installs two tall turbines on the top deck of its Soldiers Field Road parking garage, the University’s largest wind power installation to date.
HKS presents Roy Family Environmental Award
Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government (HKS) will present the 2009 Roy Family Award for Environmental Partnership to the Mexico City Metrobus, a bus rapid transit system that reduces air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions while improving the quality of life and transportation options in one of the largest cities in the world.
This fall, Harvard’s traditional phone directories are going the way of the dinosaurs, with paper savings measured in tons.
Putt, putt, putting green to work
Every day and all year round, Adams House dining hall general manager David A. Seley commutes to Harvard on a moped — a lesson in green transportation that he hopes engenders thought and promotes action.
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