MAY 2010
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Welcome to the May '10 update of Your Campus Green Builder!  We are excited to present the latest resources, news, as well as innovative practices that can help you in your green building and sustainability efforts.  We thank you for your participation and encourage your input.
-Advancing Green Building, Second Nature

Spotlight on Resources_______________________________________

Is your school thinking about building green?
Bioneers has recently partnered with Second Nature to offer attractive discountsfor their Beaming Bioneers Conference program and other educational materials.  All Title III and V educational institutions are eligible for this program.

BrightTALK Green Building Summit provides webcast-based discussions on the benefits of building green.  Topics vary from technical to logistical issues in green design and construction.

Do you know your campus' sustainability progress?
Sustainability Tracking, Assessment &Rating System (STARS)
is a voluntary, self-reporting framework offered by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) to colleges and universities for gauging their relative progress towards sustainability.

Looking for strategies that make energy costs at your school more affordable?
BOMA Energy Efficiency Program 
(BEEP) is an innovative operational excellence program by the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) Foundation to teach professionals how to reduce energy consumption and costs with proven no- and low-cost strategies for optimizing equipment, people, and practices.

Is your school looking for funding sources to build green?
The Higher Education Act created the University Sustainability Program (USP) to fund competitive grants to colleges and universities as well as higher education consortia, associations, and alliances for the purposes of establishing new or existing sustainability programs.

Also, the Energy Independence and Security Act Section 471 created the Energy Sustainability and Efficiency Grants and Loans for Institutions (ESEGLI) program, which provides up to $500 million in loans and up to $250 million in grants annually for renewable energy and energy efficiency projects to higher education institutions, public schools, and local governments.


Advancing Green Building Blog______________________________


"The Princeton Review & USGBC's 286 Green Colleges Guide"--Dr. Marya McQuirter's discussion on the first comprehensive college guidebook that focuses on colleges and universities with high ratings on their commitment to sustainability, both in the classroom and around the campus.

"My Perspective on the Atlanta UNCF Building Green Learning Institute"
--Ukeme Esiet, an intern with Second Nature's Advancing Green Building in Higher Education Initiative, shares his thoughts on his experience at the first UNCF Building Green Learning Institute.

"College Planning and Management - The Green Issue"
--Georges Dyer, a senior fellow at Second Nature, sheds light on the April '10 issue of the College Planning & Management magazine that focuses on various green building and sustainable campus planning efforts.
Update 2


The College of Menominee Nation is located on the Menominee Indian Reservation in Wisconsin, and is one of the 37 Tribal Institutions in the U.S.  Its library building is the first construction on the campus to implement USGBC's LEED-Silver rating criteria.  This institution is effectively championing sustainability practices on its campus.

News


This month, Second Nature awarded Green Building Kresge Fellowships to 25 under-Resourced Higher Education Institutions. These Institutions were selected based on their level of need and sustainability capacity.

The recently released 2009 ACUPCC Annual Report indicates that Higher Education could become Model for Governments on Climate through bold sustainability actions in operations, teaching, and community partnerships on campuses nationwide.



UNCF Building Green Learning Institute                              [05/06, Minneapolis, MN]

Understanding Sustainability: Perspectives from the Humanities                         [05/20, Portland, OR]

Crafting Your Climate Action Plan: Sharing Best Practices [07/13, Boston, MA]

Solutions Module Boot-Camp: Using the Campus Carbon Calculator for your Climate Action Planning                    [07/24, San Francisco, CA]

Campus Green Builder
is a web portal to green building information and a free one-stop online resource on campus green buildings that is accessible to all higher education institutions.

Second Nature
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