Workshop 5

Reducing the Environmental Impacts of Institutional Expenditures and Operations

Panelists:

  • Gioia Thompson, UVM Environmental Council
  • Nan Jenks-Jay, Middlebury College
  • Loren Doe, Burlington Electric Department

This workshop described the range of environmental impacts of institutional purchasing and operations and some of the ways institutions have reduced negative impacts. Examples included internal campaigns to change certain types of expenditures and operations, choices of materials, methods and design in construction projects, and partnering to reduce emission of global warning gases through use of co-generation and biomass fuel.