Right before the U.N. Report was released today on Global Warming, Yale University President, Richard C. Levin attended the World Economic Forum and urged university leaders around the world to join in the effort by contributing 1% of their operating costs to green initiatives.
Yale’s commitment to the environment is one of the University’s and President Levin’s key priorities. In just one year, Yale reduced campus greenhouse gas emissions by 6% at a cost of less than 1% of the institution’s operating costs. By 2020, the University estimates it will have lowered its emissions by 43% from the University’s 2004 level despite a 15% growth in the physical plant. Yale has set and example and it is asking others to follow suit.
Among other measures, it has installed more efficient controls and sensors to regulate heat, air conditioning, and lighting; begun to modify its power plant and distribution systems for greater efficiency; and is running its campus bus fleet on a blend of ultra low sulfur diesel and carbon-free biodiesel fuels.
Arlene Getz from Newsweek talks with Richard Levin here.
