EH&E’s Pathways to Campus Sustainability Webinar Series

Recordings available for purchase!

In the fall of 2008, EH&E sponsored a four-part webinar series on the current challenges faced by colleges and universities in meeting campus sustainability programs goals. The recordings of these webinars are available for purchase.

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Pricing
$100 per recording. Credit card payment only. No purchase orders or checks. 
 
Each webinar recording includes one hour of presentations followed by one half-hour of Q&A. Both the audio and presentation are provided as a flashfile. Also included is a PDF file of the slide presentation and supporting materials from the webinar.

Upon purchase of a recording, you will be provided with access and instructions to download a zip file containing all the files for that particular recording. Please note that these are live recordings of the event.

How to Purchase a Recording
Provide the following information to Kirsten Buchanan via email at KJBuchanan@eheinc.com or via phone at 1-800-825-5343.

• Name
• Title
• Organization
• Mailing Address
• Phone number
• Email address
• The name(s) of the recording(s) you wish to purchase

You will be sent an invoice for the total via PayPal. Once payment is processed you will be notified via email how to access the recording(s).

Topics

This program will provide you with the most up-to-date tools and knowledge necessary to manage a successful campus sustainability program. This program covers:

• Latest trends in campus sustainability. 
• Developing a sustainability team. 
• Developing metrics to support a sustainability effort. 
• Identifying the "stakeholders" within faculty, staff, and students to determine program opportunities. 
• Setting sustainability targets and developing a strategic plan (e.g., ACUPCC climate action plan). 
• Implementing the plan and reporting progress.

Presenters:
Michael Crowley, MS, LEED AP, former Assistant Director of the Harvard Green Campus Initiative and now EH&E's Pathways to Campus Sustainability Program Manager.
William Nelligan, Director of Environmental Health, Safety & Sustainability, Wesleyan University.

Moderated by:
John Spengler, Ph.D., former Co-Chair of the Harvard Green Campus Initiative and Principal at EH&E.

This presentation will discuss the emerging standards, regulatory frameworks, and the pros and cons of various existing calculator tools and methodologies for greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories. This program will cover:

• A market overview of GHG Inventories. 
• World Resources Institute's GHG Inventory Protocol. 
• The Climate Registry's "General Reporting Protocol." 
• Calculating emissions for primary fuels, biofuels, refrigerants, electricity, Renewable Energy Certificates, commuting, air travel, solid waste.

Presenters:
Michael Crowley, MS, LEED AP, former Assistant Director of the Harvard Green Campus Initiative and now EH&E's Pathways to Campus Sustainability Program Manager.
Tymon Lodder, M.S., Western Region Director, The Climate Registry

Moderated by:
John Spengler, Ph.D., former Co-Chair of the Harvard Green Campus Initiative and Principal at EH&E.

This presentation will provide the tools and templates necessary to develop an effective greenhouse gas reduction plan that can be tailored to your institution. This presentation will have a particular focus on the Climate Action Plan requirements of the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment (ACUPCC). This program will cover:

• Quantifying and prioritizing reduction strategies.
• Writing and implementing supporting policies and programs.
• Setting reduction targets and timetables.
• Financing approaches.
• Tracking and reporting strategies.

Presenters:
Michael Crowley, MS, LEED AP, former Assistant Director of the Harvard Green Campus Initiative and now EH&E's Pathways to Campus Sustainability Program Manager.
Robert "Bert" Bland, P.E., Director of the Environmental Compliance and Sustainability Office, Cornell University.

This presentation discusses how tools such as life cycle costing and third-party financing are helping institutions to meet their sustainability goals while saving money. This presentation will cover:

• Establishment of revolving loan funds for sustainability. 
• Government and utility tax incentives and rebates. 
• Renewable energy grants. 
• Student self-assessed fees. 
• Sustainability endowments.
• Life cycle costing and real value engineering .
• Third-party financing of energy conservation and renewable energy.

Presenters:
Michael Crowley, MS, LEED AP, former Assistant Director of the Harvard Green Campus Initiative and now EH&E's Pathways to Campus Sustainability Program Manager.
David Newport, Director of the Environmental Center, University of Colorado-Boulder