March 2, 2005—Nonprofit Clean Air-Cool Planet (CA-CP) has launched a Web resource to help colleges and universities take action to reduce the threat of global warming by cutting greenhouse gas emissions while saving money.
Called the Campus Climate Action Toolkit, the online package of software, information and instructions, links, and case studies “will help people interested in making their educational institution more ‘climate friendly’,” according to Ned Raynolds, who manages CA-CP’s higher education program.
CA-CP, which advises dozens of colleges and universities across the region on cutting greenhouse gases through its Campuses for Climate Action program, is partnering with Middlebury College, Tufts University, the universities of Vermont and New Hampshire, and Harvard, among others, in creating the toolkit.
The inventory tool, developed for CA-CP by Adam Wilson, a graduate student in environmental studies at the University of New Hampshire, has been used on scores of campuses. It allows institutions to use a spreadsheet to capture emissions from a variety of sources, including heating, cooling, electricity, steam, and transportation.
To access this resource, visit the CACP Web site.
