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...
College students; Claremont Colleges Sustainability Initiative; Presentations
"An Introduction to Environmental Sustainability at the Claremont Colleges," at Sustainability Presentations Day, Beckman Auditorium, Harvey Mudd College. Sam Brunswick, (Claremont McKenna College '07), student researcher for the 5-College...
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....
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...
Energy conservation; Resource recovery; Waste paper--Recycling; College students; Presentations
Kelly Hodges (Harvey Mudd College '09), Corina Tom (Harvey Mudd College '08), and Claire O'Hanlon (Harvey Mudd College '09), students at The Claremont Colleges, give a presentation on waste and recycling at The Claremont Colleges. This presentation...
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...
Cave, Robert; Environmental sustainability; Introduction of speakers; Universities and colleges--Faculty
Robert Cave provides the welcoming address. Richard Haskell, Professor of Physics at Harvey Mudd College, gives background to the projects and introduces the student and faculty speakers at the start of The Claremont College Sustainability Day at...
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...
College students; Claremont Colleges Sustainability Initiative; Presentations
Sam Brunswick, (Claremont McKenna College '07), student researcher for the 5-College Sustainability Audit, delivering the first presentation, "An Introduction to Environmental Sustainability at the Claremont Colleges," at Sustainability...
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...
Trees; Tree planting; Claremont Colleges; Claremont Graduate University; Sustainable living; Land use; Forest canopies
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Introduction: The Need for a Consortium Sustainable Land Use Plan
The Importance of Tree Canopy in Sustainable Land Use
Parameters for Designing a Land Use Policy
Implementing a Tree Canopy Goal as Part of a Consortium...
Claremont Colleges; Environmentalism; Survey and analytical studies series; Claremont Graduate University; Trees; Tree planting
This is a preliminary report of the Claremont Colleges Sustainability Survey (CCSS). The CCSS is a supplemental social survey for a project called the Urban Ecosystem Analysis (UEA). The UEA is a scientific inventory and analysis of the ecological...