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Weisbord, Dano – Sustainable Endowments Institute (NJ1), 2011
Facing steep budget cuts and rising energy costs, many colleges are grappling with how to finance urgently needed, but capital intensive, energy efficiency upgrades on campus. One innovative approach, using return-oriented green revolving funds (GRFs), is a rapidly growing trend at colleges and universities. GRFs can invest in a variety of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Finance, Ecology, Energy
Chance, Shannon Massie – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This descriptive, exploratory study focused on how institutions of higher education have used the United States Green Building Council's (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED[R]) Green Building Rating system. It employed statistical methods to assess which types of universities have used LEED, what ratings they earned, and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Colleges, Leadership, Educational Facilities Design