Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 54.15
Liaison Yumiko Jakobcic
Submission Date Jan. 31, 2011
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Grand Valley State University
PAE-5: Climate Plan

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Norman Christopher
Executive Director
Sustainable Community Development Initiative
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Does the institution have a plan to mitigate its greenhouse gas emissions that meets the criteria for this credit?:
Yes

A brief summary of the climate plan’s long-term goals:

Capital projects will not only consider long-term costs of energy but also carbon-offset purchases that could be avoided. Capital projects will be evaluated not only on the initial cost outlay and expected payback years, but also the project’s impact on GHG emissions.


A brief summary of the climate plan’s short-term goals:

Continue improvements to ongoing environmental stewardship programs including improving the built environment; increasing energy efficiency; and reducing the amount of waste generated. To help delineate direct and indirect emission sources, improve transparency, facilitate fair comparisons, and provide utility for different types of organizations and different climate policies and goals.


Year the climate plan was formally adopted or approved:
2,010

The website URL where information about the climate plan is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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