Environmental auditing; Energy consumption; Renewable energy sources; Water reuse; Conservation methods; Urban ecosystem
This team documented the historical usage of key resources and utilities - electricity, natural gas, and water - in order to establish baselines against which to compare future usage, and to identify targets for conservation programs. The team also...
Claremont Colleges Sustainability Initiative; Conservation methods; Conservation of natural resources; Environmental sustainability; Recycling (Waste, etc.); Renewable energy sources; Universities and colleges; Energy conservation; Energy...
Annual report that outlines the seven major goals for environmental sustainability of Pomona College. The report defines the terms, such as sustainability, and then describes the goals and methods which include the following: reducing greenhouse...
Pomona College assesses its climate footprint and explore campus-wide options that the college can take to fulfill its commitment to environmental responsibility. The report presents a detailed greenhouse gas emissions inventory from 1999-2000 to...
Claremont Colleges; Solar Energy; Photovoltaic power generation; Photovoltaics; Solar thermal energy; Renewable energy sources
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Executive Summary
The Solar Technology Team
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Basic Principles of Solar Technology
Chapter 3: Applying Solar Technology
Chapter 4: Existing Solar Systems on the Claremont...
Environmental sustainability; Conservation methods; Research teams; Campus sustainability audits; Scripps College; Trees; Tree planting; Tree canopies; Carbon emissions
A proposal to conduct an Urban Ecosystem Analysis of the Claremont Colleges Campuses and devise a comprehensive and integrated strategy to meet a tree canopy goal of 35%.; Contents:; Names and status of team members; Short description of project...
Environmental sustainability; Research teams; Campus sustainability audits
A sustainability research team, consisting of 15 students and 10 faculty from across the Claremont Colleges, presented the findings of their campus sustainability audits during Sustainability Presentations Day in Beckman Auditorium on the Harvey...
Claremont Colleges; Environmentalism; Survey and analytical studies series; Claremont Graduate University; Trees; Tree planting
ABSTRACT
The Claremont Colleges Sustainability Survey was conducted to assist efforts to improve ecological sustainability at the colleges, specifically by serving as an evaluative tool and by highlighting the social utility of campus conservation....
Environmental sustainability; Background information; Environmental impact analysis; CITYgreen (software); Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Cool Schools Tree Planting Program
CONTENTS:
Names and status of team members
Issue or problem being addresses
Background information
Proposed Project for Summer 2007
Anticipated amelioration or implementation project to follow up on the assessment, including estimated cost and...
CONTENTS:
Team Members
Issue Addressed
Background Information
Proposed Activities for Summer 2007
Anticipated implementation Project
Budget for Summer 2007
Inland Empire (Calif.); Raw-data file; Trees; Tree planting
Data for the species of trees in the Inland Empire communities.
Includes:
Height
Spread
Type
Growth rate
Available Cultivars
Ozone Forming Potential
Uses
General Comments
Ecosystem; Claremont Colleges; Environmentalism; Claremont Graduate University
During summer 2008 a GIS-based Urban Ecosystem Analysis of the Claremont Colleges Campuses was conducted. This research was part of a larger initiative supported by the Council of Presidents to assess the environmental impact of the Claremont...
During summer of 2007, a GIS- based Urban Ecosystem Analysis of the Claremont Graduate University campus was conducted. This research was part of a larger initiative supported by the Council of Presidents to assess the environmental impact of the...
Universities and colleges--Faculty; College students; Portraits, Group
Front row: Richard C. Haskell (Physics Department, Harvey Mudd College), Burton G. Bettingen Professor of Physics, Harvey Mudd College, and Team Coordinator; Claire O’Hanlon, (Harvey Mudd College '09); Rose Haag, (Pomona College '10); Sam...
Solar technologies; Carbon reduction; Energy costs; Claremont Colleges Sustainability Initiative
Phase 2 - Implementation Design and Analysis; CONTENTS: Team Members; Short Description of Project; Background Information; Proposed Project for Summer 2008; Budget for Summer 2008
Environmental sustainability; Environmental impact analysis; Energy conservation; Conservation of natural resources; College students; Presentations
Pomona College students Rose Haag (Pomona College '10) and Sam Brunswick (Claremont McKenna College '07) present an introduction to the concept of sustainability and give a brief overview and discussion of some of the environmental issues facing...
Environmental sustainability; Office equipment and supplies
PowerPoint from the presentation given by Mike Blouin (Pomona '08) on July 26, 2007. This was the seventh presentation out of eight taking place during the Sustainability Presentations Day at Harvey Mudd College.
College students; Presentations; Claremont Colleges Sustainability Initiative
Sam Brunswick, (Claremont McKenna '07, left) and Rose Haag, (Pomona '10, right), student researchers for the 5-College Sustainability Audit, delivering the first presentation, "An Introduction to Environmental Sustainability at the Claremont...
Environmental sustainability; Environmental impact analysis; Office equipment and supplies
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Executive summary
Part I: Current State of Affairs of Office Product Purchasing at the 5Cs
Part II: Environment Impacts
Part III: Policy Improvements
Part IV: Specific Green Alternatives
Part V: The Bright Green...
