| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 50.60 |
| Liaison | Laurie Husted |
| Submission Date | June 14, 2011 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Bard College
PAE-5: Climate Plan
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.00 / 2.00 |
Laurie
Husted Sustainability Manager Bard Office of Sustainability (BoS) |
Does the institution have a plan to mitigate its greenhouse gas emissions that meets the criteria for this credit?:
A brief summary of the climate plan’s long-term goals:
Climate neutrality by 2035
A brief summary of the climate plan’s short-term goals:
•Oversight committee comprised of students, faculty, and staff to continually review, update, and implement “living” CAP
-Purchase RECs
•Adopt a Green Building Standard
•Restructure academic curriculum to embody CAP goals
•Institute sustainability as an intrinsic part of student life
•Implement individual energy conservation measures & on-site renewable energy systems in select buildings
•Utilize biodiesel and waste vegetable oil (WVO) as heating and generator fuels
•Reduce waste stream emissions
•Develop refrigerant and fugitive emissions reduction measures
•Reduce the number of fleet vehicles
•Systematically upgrade fleet to electric and biodiesel vehicles
•Implement Transportation Demand Management (TDM) policy
•Reorganize system for monitoring air travel expenses and emissions
•Reduce air travel and increase telecommunication
Year the climate plan was formally adopted or approved:
The website URL where information about the climate plan is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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