This invitation-only event was for select colleges in the Carolinas to learn about "greening" campuses through environmental responsibility, resource conservation and energy efficiency. Sponsored by The Duke Endowment and Duke Energy.

Event Resources and Materials

Summit Agenda (doc)

Speaker Handouts

• Renewable Energy and Universities (pdf), Jim Morrow, Manager of Strategic Planning, Duke Energy
• Clean Transportation (pdf), Mike Rowand, Director of Advanced Customer Technology, Duke Energy
• Water Conservation (pdf), Kemel Dawkins, Vice President of Campus Services, Duke University
• Innovations in Building Materials (pdf), Maria Spinu, Building Science Integration Manager, DuPont, Inc.
• Energy Measurement and Monitoring (pdf), Tom Fenimore, Manager of Customer Delivery, Duke Energy
• The Future of Energy in a Carbon Constrained World and Higher Education's Response (pdf), John Morrison, P.E., Vice President of Operations, Advanced Energy
• Why Manage Energy? (pdf), Hope Williams, Advanced Energy Board Chair and President, NC Independent Colleges and Universities
• Developing a Sustainability Plan: Energy and Transportation Initiatives, Elaine Durr, Sustainability Coordinator, Elon College
• Carbon Footprint Reductions (pdf), Heather Hosterman, Associate in Research at Nicholas Institute, Duke University
• Schools as Learning Labs (pdf), Tom Kazee, Provost and Executive Vice President, Furman University

Resources on Sustainability in Higher Education

• APPA is a gathering place for people engaged in the field of educational facilities management, and dedicated to the ongoing evolution of its professionals into influential leaders in education. Its Energy and Utilities page includes reports on the status of the 2008 National Electric Code, information about the National Association of Electrical Distributors, and energy planning and management articles.
• Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) is an association of colleges and universities in the U.S. and Canada working to create a sustainable future. They hold a biennial event on bringing sustainability to campuses and their site includes resources from past conferences and information about upcoming AASHE events.
• Net Impact is an international nonprofit organization whose mission is to make a positive impact on society by growing and strengthening a community of new leaders who use business to improve the world.
• Alliance to Save Energy is a nonprofit coalition of business, government, environmental and consumer leaders. The Alliance to Save Energy supports energy efficiency as a cost-effective energy resource under existing market conditions and advocates energy-efficiency policies that minimize costs to society and individual consumers, and that lessen greenhouse gas emissions and their impact on the global climate. It's Green Campus Program is leading the way towards campus sustainability by bridging the divide between students and institutional energy costs.

Sustainability Efforts on University and College Campuses

• Davidson College, Davidson, N.C.
• Duke University, Durham, N.C.
• Elon University, Elon, N.C.
• Emory University, Atlanta, Ga.
• Furman University, Greenville, S.C.
• Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
• Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt.
• The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, N.C.
• Warren Wilson College, Swannanoa, N.C.

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