How Harvard's 'Green Campus' saves $7.6 million a year
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Written by Carolen Barripp
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Thursday, 05 November 2009 |
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Harvard University started with small-scale pilot projects to build momentum for its Green Campus initiative, which now saves the institution more than US$7 million ($7.6 million) a year, according to the program's founding director, Leith Sharp.
Sharp told a Sydney seminar that environmental issues were "marginalised" at Harvard when she joined as Green Campus director in 2000.
In the 15 years preceding her appointment, greenhouse gas emissions at the university had risen 60% as a result of increased computer use, growing demand for air-conditioning, and an expansion of energy-intensive laboratories.
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