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; 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....
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...
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; 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; 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...
CONTENTS:
Team Members
Issue Addressed
Background Information
Proposed Activities for Summer 2007
Anticipated implementation Project
Budget for Summer 2007
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; 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...
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...
Students place plants for the Harvey Mudd College Landscape Clinic Demonstration Garden. Students shown are Marci LaViolette, (Harvey Mudd College IPS Environmental Engineering '02), (foreground, kneeling); Greg Alexander, (Harvey Mudd College...
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...
O'Hanlon, Claire; Peterson, Eric; Baranowski, Lauryn; Environmental sustainability; Environmental impact analysis; Energy conservation; Conservation of natural resources; College students; College students; Presentations
Claire O'Hanlon (Harvey Mudd College '09), Eric Peterson (Harvey Mudd College '09), and Lauryn Baranowski (Harvey Mudd College '09) present "It's Not Easy Being Green" and discuss some of the environmental problems with the buildings at The...
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...
CONTENTS:
Team leader
Team members
Issue to be addressed
Background information
Proposed project
Anticipated follow-up implementation
Proposed itemized budget
Requests for proposals (Public contracts); Research teams; Universities and colleges; Claremont Colleges Sustainability Initiative; Guidelines
Alan Jones, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty at Pitzer College, calls for proposals from The Claremont Colleges community on behalf of the Council of Presidents and the Academic Deans Council of the Claremont Colleges. Over...
Correspondance; Requests for proposals (Public contracts); Research teams; Universities and colleges
Request by the Claremont Colleges Council of Presidents and the Academic Deans Council for new proposals of projects advancing the environmental sustainability of the Claremont campuses.
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...
