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YOUR BEST ENERGY SOLUTION
Colleges and universities are a new frontier in the realm of sustainable energy. PSI Curriculum Development login
About 650 college and university presidents have signed onto the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC), a far reaching initiative through which academic institutions are:
√ Committing to neutralize green house gas emissions on their campuses;
√ Dedicating research and programs to the development of climate change solutions;
√ Training students to address the climate crisis upon graduation.
PSI is playing a leading role in ensuring the success of this ambitious agenda.
Energy Efficiency Master Planning
In partnership with the Wege Foundation, a private philanthropic organization that has worked for more than 20 years to advance environmental sustainability with colleges and universities, PSI has used its expertise in modeling advanced energy systems to craft a strategic process that guides academic institutions in development of specific plans for reducing carbon footprints.
The two-step Energy Efficiency Master Planning process developed by PSI starts with the PSI Playbook. The Playbook is a step-by-step guide for bringing an academic institution’s leadership together to build consensus for a strategic vision for a sustainable energy model on campus.The Playbook aids the leadership team in defining achievable energy goals aligned with that vision.
The second phase of the planning process is called the Locker Room. It is the technical evaluation of the comprehensive energy needs of the college or university and provides the detailed information needed to design an efficient energy model.
PSI is an active participant in both the Playbook and Locker Room stages of the strategic planning process, serving as a facilitator for the Playbook process of creating a strategic energy vision for a campus and working with the physical plant staff at a college or university to carry out the Locker Room evaluation and design an energy system that achieves the Playbook strategic energy vision.
Curriculum Development
A particular focus of the Wege Foundation, PSI and ASU
initiative is development of a curriculum that will prepare
students for meeting the environmental challenges that will
confront them in the future. The goal of the curriculum is
to drive a paradigm shift that will produce future leaders
committed to a sustainable energy policy that is carbon
neutral and will bring balance between Man and his
Environment.
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Transforming Campus Energy Use
PSI also is working with the Wege Foundation and Arizona State University (ASU) on a new initiative aimed at transforming college and university energy use. PSI is contributing its energy efficiency expertise to a Wege Foundation pilot program called “Economicology Sustainable Strategy for Colleges and Universities” to help define the practical actions necessary to implement the strategy.
The forward thinking agenda that the Wege Foundation, PSI and ASU are pursuing revolves around several key objectives.
√ Reduce campus energy costs;
√ Escalate environmental conservation efforts;
√ Inoculate colleges and universities against the risk of energy cost escalation;
√ Position colleges and universities as leaders in the energy and environmental conservation field who can inspire surrounding communities and institutions to adopt new energy efficiency measures;
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Aid colleges and universities in attracting and
retaining students, faculty and staff who are committed
to improved energy and environmental sustainability;
√ Boost regional economies with new business and “green collar” job opportunities that will be created through the introduction of new energy efficiency strategies.