Posts Tagged ‘Campus sustainability’

Washington University in St. Louis May Sport Greenest Building in North America

A Cistern being installed at the Tyson Living and Learning CenterLEED, for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, has become the alpha acronym when referring to green, or eco-friendly, buildings. The standard, from the U.S. Green Building Council, recently went 3.0.

Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, is taking the green diploma to an even higher degree. University officials are betting a new Living Learning Center will meet the Living Building Challenge, the world’s most stringent green building rating system from the Cascadia Region Green Building Council, a chapter of the USGBC and its Canadian counterpart.

Colleges Race to Earn “Most Sustainable Campus” Honor

Armed with a survey that found that 63% of college applicants would use a college’s environmental commitment as a reason to choose to go to school there, the Princeton Review has added a “green rating” to its college rating system. EcoAmerica partnered with the Princeton Review on the study of students’ attitudes about the environment.

The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, a member [...]

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