Improving Learning and Operations to Increase Green Energy Use
Resource List
1) Clean Energy Policy Basics – https://www.nrel.gov/tech_deployment/state_local_governments/policy_basics.html

2) Higher Education Associations Sustainability Consortium –Increase learning and civic engagement by encouraging use of the Beyond Doom and Gloom materials in schools, organizations and the community. Share the following:
a. Educator/staff page – http://www.aashe.org/partners/heasc/initiatives/beyond-doom-and-gloom/
b. Public/Student page – http://www.aashe.org/climate-solutions/
c. Creating systems change agents, learning outcomes for sustainable development – download from here
d. Access to members, primer for Senior Administrators and Trustees, Beyond Doom and Gloom Initiative and more: www.aashe.org/partners/heasc

3) Resources to improve cash flow by moving to >100% efficiency/renewables, using Power Purchase Agreements and Energy Service Companies. Share the following with business officers and facilities directors. Ask them to make it happen for your organization:
a. National Association of Energy Service Companies – http://www.naesco.org/
b. EPA Green Power Partnership – https://www.epa.gov/greenpower
i. Success Metrics
ii. Green Power Benefits, Guide to Purchasing Green Power + More
c. Assessing the Higher Education Sector’s Use of Renewable Energy, University of New Hampshire and Edison Energy, 2017.

Download the free report summary here: http://www.edisonenergy.com/blog/white-papers-research/assessing-higher-education-sectors-use-renewable-energy/ ;

For additional resource links and more info, contact Dr. Debra Rowe
debrarowe@aya.yale.edu