Higher Education
Sustainable Campus Consulting HarneTech helps higher education institutions increase campus-wide sustainability. Whether it's facility improvements, renewable energy applications, or reducing greenhouse gas emissions, we have the knowledge to help your institution of higher learning become a leader in your community and throughout society. Our solutions promote leadership, fiscal responsibility, and education. HarneTech employees have experience in fields such as education, finance, organizational leadership and business development, greenhouse gas inventory management, and solar installations. American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment The steps are simple, the process is not. If your institution's president has signed the commitment, this signals a strong recognition of the reality of global warming and its potential for deep impacts across society. The goal of reducing global emission of greenhouse gases by 80% by mid-century is quite ambitious, even all the more reason to act quickly to begin the process of developing the comprehensive plan. HarneTech has experience with the two critical steps of planning development: comprehensive greenhouse gas emissions inventory and institutional climate neutral action plan. With so many people involved across your campus community, having an outside leader taking charge and ensuring benchmarks are met will put your institution on the road to fulfilling your commitment to the planet, country, community, staff, and students. Illinois Sustainable University Compact Large steps, short timeframe. Governor Quinn and Illinois Green Government Coordinating Council have established a program with universities and community colleges across Illinois to pledge to accomplish any or all of twelve environmental goals. Each institution's president and Board of Trustees signed off on which goals the institution pledges to accomplish, so now that responsibility must be met. HarneTech can assist with all dozen of the goals, with particular expertise in the following goals: 1. Acquire at least 3 percent of the energy for our campus from renewable sources 2. Join the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's ENERGY STAR Challenge to increase energy efficiency on campus. 3. Pledge that all new buildings constructed on campus will earn the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification 5. Reduce carbon emissions on campus and look into joining a greenhouse emission reduction and trading system.
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