The 4th Annual Greening Virginia Universities and Colleges Conference was held October 22, 2009, at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. Highlights included

• updates of Climate Action Plans at Virginia universities and colleges;
• best practices in Green design and campus operations;
• how universities and community colleges are tackling Green curricula that lead to Green jobs;
• a tour of the LEED Platinum Rice Center and other Green projects of Virginia Commonwealth University.

Presentations from this full-day event are available below.

Presentations

Global Warming’s Six Americas: A Climate Communication Tool for Virginia’s Colleges and Universities
Karen Akerlof, M.S., Doctoral student, Communication Department, George Mason University
View presentation (45 pages/3.0mb)

Environmental Management Systems (EMS) Overview
Sandra L. Morse, Aegis Environmental, Inc.
View presentation (28 pages/0.6)

Envisioning a Sustainable Campus: Lessons Learned from 25 Years in the Trenches
Walter Simpson, CEM, LEED AP, Energy Officer & Sustainability Director, retired, University at Buffalo, AASHE Senior Fellow
View presentation (102 pages/4.2mb)

FMD PPD 2020 Concept of Operations
View presentation (6 pages/0.1mb)

Getting to Sustainability: EMS Big Picture
Harry E. Gregori, Jr., President, Gregori Consulting LLC & Atlantic Sustainability Consortium
View presentation (16 pages/0.5mb)

Green Building at Virginia’s Community Colleges
Sandra Leibowitz Earley, AIA, LEED AP, Sustainable Design Consulting
View presentation (23 pages/1.6mb)

Panel Discussion: Tools for Climate Action Plans
Facilitator: Bob Kerr, Pure Strategies, Inc., Atlantic Sustainability Consortium
View presentation (15 pages/0.1mb)

Radford University Energy Management Program
View presentation (31 pages/0.6mb)

Inger and Walter Rice Center for Environmental Life Sciences Education Building
View presentation (41 pages/4.5mb)

Sustainability Curricula at George Mason University
Sharon deMonsabert, Fellow for Sustainable Curricula
View presentation (31 pages/1.8mb)

The Post Occupancy Experience
Bryna Dunn, AICP, LEED AP+ BD+C, Vice President, Moseley Architects
View presentation (42 pages/2.4mb)

Sustainability and Environmental Management Systems at UVA
Jess Wenger, UVA Environmental Health & Safety
View presentation (38 pages/1.7mb)

Alternative Energy at New River Community College
New River Community College
View presentation (25 pages/3.0mb)

Getting Started With Sustainability Plans
Virginia Commonwealth University
View presentation (20 pages/1.2)

University of Richmond Heilman Dining Center Addition
Trey McDonald, LEED® AP, Sustainability Coordinator, University of Richmond and Charles Tilley, AIA, REFP, LEED® AP, BCWH Architects, Associate
View presentation (63 pages/5.0mb)

Virginia Tech Climate Action Commitment & Sustainability Plan
Pepco Energy Services and Virginia Tech
View presentation (47 pages/1.1mb)

Thanks to our Sponsors for VSBN’s 4th Annual Greening Virginia Universities and Colleges Conference!