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Green Building Emissions associated with building, maintaining, and operating
campus buildings over their lifecycle represent a large portion of
institutional greenhouse gas emissions. Actions that institutions can
take to reduce and eventually eliminate these emissions include:
- foresighted campus planning to minimize the physical footprint of campus
facilities
- meeting or exceeding the
U.S. Green Building Council's LEED Silver standard or equivalent for
new
construction
- meeting or exceeding the LEED Silver standard or equivalent for facility
renovation projects
- meeting or exceeding the LEED Existing Building Silver standard for
campus facilities.
- progressively raising the bar for building performance, conducting
research, and experimenting with zero-emissions, net-energy producing
buildings
- promoting education for sustainable design and engaging students to work
on projects on campus
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