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The Alliance to Save Energy’s Green Campus Program is currently in place on nineteen California university campuses (see map below) with over 100 interns working diligently on educating University campus communities about the importance of energy efficiency, from green workforce development to campus-wide educational campaigns. Interested in learning more about the program from a larger perspective? Click to download a quick one-pager from the Alliance to Save Energy or watch the YouTube clip:
The Alliance to Save Energy’s Green Campus Program is a student-led initiative that educates the campus community on energy efficiency, achieves energy savings, and encourages the next generation of energy efficiency professionals by:
1. Building pathways to green careers through trainings, mentorships, internships, volunteer opportunities, and project-based learning;
2. Realizing measurable energy savings through research into and implementation of energy efficiency best practices, educational campaigns, and facilitation of retrofits;
3. Infusing energy and energy efficiency concepts into academic curricula;
4. Promoting energy efficiency outreach through educational campaigns.
Green Campus interns work closely with administrators, faculty, and staff to create a strategic plan that addresses each of the program’s goals and is uniquely tailored to the needs, challenges, and strengths of their school.
Green Campus is a student-driven program; each Green Campus school has funding for forty hours of intern time per week.
The Alliance to Save Energy recruits, selects, and oversees between two and four interns per campus; with supervision from Alliance staff, and input from campus staff, these interns are primarily responsible for the day-to-day implementation of Green Campus at their school.
The Alliance supports Green Campus interns through continuous remote consultation, regular on-campus visits, and bi- annual program-wide convergences.
Interns at Green Campus schools have an operating budget that they use to secure space for events, incentivize student conservation, and purchase new metering equipment.
--Educational campaigns can result in significant energy savings by changing behaviors and purchasing decisions.
--Students are effective advocates on college campus, able to reach their peers and high-level decision makers.
--Students can offer valuable assistance in greening campus operating procedures; student research can defer informaton gathering costs inherent in switching from conventional to more sustainable practices.
--Green Campus enriches students' educational experience while allowing them to take more responsibility for campus operations.
GC 2010 - 2011 Team Photo to be uploaded soon...
PROGRAM GOALS
