USM Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change Initiative Useful Links and References by Topic: SUSTAINABILITY PAGES AT USM INSTITUTIONS Bowie State University Go Green at Towson University of Maryland, Baltimore Sustainability Sustainability Matters at UMBC UMES Solar Project Sustainability at UMUC UMCES Sustainability page Climate-related activities at the University of Maryland, College Park Climate Change activities at Frostburg State University Coppin State University Sustainability activities Climate-related activities at Salisbury University Universities at Shady Grove LINK TO INSTITUTIONAL CLIMATE REPORTS ACUPCC Reports for Maryland STATEWIDE INITIATIVES Maryland Green Building Council Annual Reports Maryland Climate Change Commission (and workgroups) Center for Climate Change (Consultant to Maryland's Climate Change efforts) Maryland Department of the Environment

USM Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change Initiative Practices Programs Policies Presentations Climate Change Definitions Facilities Master Planning Statewide Sustainability Efforts ACUPCC National Benchmarking Useful Links and References USM Campus Best Practices University of Maryland Eastern Shore Carves Out 20 Acres of Arid Land for 2.1 MW Solar Farm

 

NATIONAL BENCHMARKS AND INITIATIVES

ACUP Climate Commitment  Note the Implementation Guide and resources

Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE)

Clean Air - Cool Planet (guide for reducing carbon emissions)

Society for College and University Planning (SCUP) Sustainability Resource Page

U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

 

SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION

USM Projects

USM Green Building Nominations and Awards

US Green Buildings Council 

Green Buildings Rating System

 

USEFUL REFERENCES

53 Sources for Climate Change news (GW University Resource)

"How To" article on green buildings (existing) from Buildings magazine

Article on energy alternatives from Buildings Magazine

 

BUYING GREEN

The Green Electronics Council - The Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT)

California Integrated Waste Management Board

Buy Recycled (from the California Integrated Waste Management Board)

Green Guard Institute

 

OTHER (NON-MARYLAND) STATE/HIGHER ED REFERENCES

See other client states of Climate Strategies

University (System) of California policy on sustainability

LA Community College District = Largest public sector "green" building effort

UC Center for Sustainable Suburban Development

The Chronicle's Sustainability page

University Leaders for a Sustainable Future

Duke University

University of Florida

University of California, Berkeley

Cornell University

Northern Arizona University (includes a LEED "Platinum" building)

Michigan State University

Harvard's Green Campus Initiative (includes good audit info)

University of New Hampshire's Sustainability Office and GHG Inventory (UNH became a model for the ACUPCC and others)

Purdue Global's list of Sustainability Resources

UC Berkeley "Reducing Your Digital Carbon Footprint in the Wake of COVID-19"

 

TECHNICAL REFERENCES AND RESEARCH LINKS

Carbon Audit Calculator from Greenhouse Gas Protocol

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Global Warming from National Geographic

NOAA's global warming FAQs

Pew Center for Climate Change

EPA's Global Warming site

Kyoto Protocol (from The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change)

 

Please send your ideas and comments regarding campus sustainability to green@usmd.edu