2008 Woodie Awards
Univ. approves new avenue for green projects
Issue date: 3/27/08
Bookhart and Teran both noted that SHIP hopes to build on the sustainability momentum already present at Hopkins thanks to the activities of the Green Idea Generator. At least two of the projects to emerge from that program will be eligible for funding under the terms of SHIP's goals and requirements.
Ultimately, according to Teran, SHIP should serve to involve students in promoting and encouraging sustainability at Hopkins, and giving sustainability issues priority on campus.
"Basically, it's fast-tracking sustainability so that it doesn't have to compete with other maintenance projects," he said.
Ideally, the formation and utilization of a committee to specifically assess proposals intended to retrofit and improve the campus in terms of sustainability and environmental responsibility will serve to set such proposals apart from the day-to-day maintenance proposals with which they would usually be clumped.
As with Harvard's Green Campus loan program, Teran hopes that the results of proposals implemented with SHIP funds will be made publicly available, in hopes of encouraging other institutions to implement similar programs.
"I'm inclined to say that our fund has the potential to outperform Harvard's loan fund because we don't have to wait for payback - we're able to constantly be engaging in new projects," Teran said.
Ultimately, according to Teran, SHIP should serve to involve students in promoting and encouraging sustainability at Hopkins, and giving sustainability issues priority on campus.
"Basically, it's fast-tracking sustainability so that it doesn't have to compete with other maintenance projects," he said.
Ideally, the formation and utilization of a committee to specifically assess proposals intended to retrofit and improve the campus in terms of sustainability and environmental responsibility will serve to set such proposals apart from the day-to-day maintenance proposals with which they would usually be clumped.
As with Harvard's Green Campus loan program, Teran hopes that the results of proposals implemented with SHIP funds will be made publicly available, in hopes of encouraging other institutions to implement similar programs.
"I'm inclined to say that our fund has the potential to outperform Harvard's loan fund because we don't have to wait for payback - we're able to constantly be engaging in new projects," Teran said.
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