Sustainability Curriculum & Practices
Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE)
Website: http://www.aashe.org/
"AASHE is an association of colleges and universities in the U.S. and Canada working to create a sustainable future. It was founded in 2006 with a mission to promote sustainability in all sectors of higher education - from governance and operations to curriculum and outreach - through education, communication, research and professional development."
Consortium for Energy Efficiency
Website: http://www.cee1.org/
Consortium for Energy Efficiency "is a consortium of efficiency program administrators from across the U.S. and Canada who work together on common approaches to advancing efficiency. Through joining forces, the individual efficiency programs of CEE are able to partner not only with each other, but with other industries, trade associations, and government agencies. By working together at CEE, administrators leverage the effect of their funding dollars, exchange information on effective practices and, by doing so, achieve greater energy efficiency for the public good."
Daylighting Collaborative
Website: http://www.daylighting.org/
"The Daylighting Collaborative was initiated by the Energy Center of Wisconsin and its sponsoring members as a source of why-do and how-to information for daylighting using windows. With the growing interest in the energy savings benefits and research on the other non-energy related benefits, the Daylighting Collaborative and its website were re-focused to not only provide information but act as a gateway to other existing information on daylighting."
ENERGY STAR
Website: http://www.energystar.gov/
"ENERGY STAR is a joint program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy helping us all save money and protect the environment through energy efficient products and practices.
"Energy prices have become a hot news topic and a major concern for consumers. ENERGY STAR provides solutions. ENERGY STAR provides a trustworthy label on over 60 product categories (and thousands of models) for the home and office. These products deliver the same or better performance as comparable models while using less energy and saving money. ENERGY STAR also provides easy-to-use home and building assessment tools so that homeowners and building managers can start down the path to greater efficiency and cost savings."
Government Innovators Network, Harvard University
Website: http://www.innovations.harvard.edu/topic.html?c=45
"The Government Innovators Network is a marketplace of ideas and examples of government innovation for policy makers, policy advisors, and practitioners. Through our content - news, documents, descriptions of award-winning innovative programs, and events - and our online communities of practice, we strive to simulate new ideas and bring people and ideas together around innovations in governance."
"This section provides information on the efforts of educational institutions to integrate environmental education into new or existing curriculum. This section also focuses on efforts for educational institutions to adopt sustainable practices, through low-emissions vehicles, green architecture, and efficiency measures. This section also covers schools."
Kentucky's Resource Center for Environmental Sustainability
Website: https://louisville.edu/kppc
"KPPC is Kentucky's primary resource to help businesses, industries and other organizations develop environmentally sustainable, cost-saving solutions for improved efficiency. Based at the University of Louisville J.B. Speed School of Engineering, KPPC provides technical information and assistance that is free, confidential and non-regulatory."