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NJ Hydrogen Learning Center
The New Jersey Hydrogen Learning Center (NJ H2LC) is funded by a grant from the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities and is administered by the Center for Energy, Economic & Environmental Policy (CEEEP) within the Bloustein School at Rutgers University.
For more information visit: www.policy.rutgers.edu/ceeep/njh2lc.html
Maplewood's Wonderful New Environmental Video:"Check the Box"
Maplewood, NJ is a quaint town of tree-lined streets and socially conscious people. It has about 8500 homes, yet only 125 are powered by renewable energy. Check the Box is about a group of local residents working together to raise awareness about clean energy alternatives. Watch the film, share it with friends and neighbors and remember to check the box. You can choose clean energy to power your home at njcleanenergy.com or email the Maplewood Climate Initiative. We'll show you how easy it can be. Click here to see the video
University of New Hampshire Greenhouse gas inventory
As the nation continues to struggle in search of a viable energy policy, and as the signs continue to mount of climate change already occuring, universities and colleges have the opportunity to demonstrate the feasibility and economic advantage of increasing energy conservation and efficiency and therefore decreasing emissions. In the winter of 2000, the University of New Hampshire's Office of Sustainability developed a partnership with the non-profit Clean Air - Cool Planet to produce a greenhouse gas inventory tool that adapted national and international inventory methodologies to the unique scale and character of a university community. Using the inventory tool, UNH's greenhouse gas emissions were documented for the years 1990 through 2000. In 2004, new data for the years 2001 through 2003 were added to a new report: the 1990-2003 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory. In 2006, new data for the years 2004 through 2005 were added to an update to this 1990-2003 report.
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UMDNJ Promotes Campus Wide Energy Efficiency
UMDNJ is trying to create a sustainable campus by creating a Sustainability Committee, adopting a 16 point sustainability program signed by the president and sending out informative pamphlets to all their staff. Please check out their newest pamphlet at: http://www.njheps.org/umdnjenergybrocure.pdf
Program Coordinator for NJ Clean Energy Programs RFP
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities announces the release by the State of New Jersey Purchase Bureau, Department of the Treasury of a solicitation for bid proposals to engage a contractor to function as Program Coordinator for Clean Energy Programs.
The contractor will perform the day-to-day administrative functions involved in coordinating, and monitoring all OCE financial transactions. In performing these functions the contractor shall track the flow of funds from the Clean Energy Trust Fund to recipients of rebates and the payments to contractors.
The rebate programs are managed by Market Manager Contractors and are categorized as: 1) the Residential Energy Efficiency programs, 2) the Commercial and Industrial (C&I) Energy Efficiency Programs and 3) the Renewable Energy Programs. The contractor shall also track the flow of funds for Economic Development Authority (EDA) grants and payments to other OCE contractors.
The Request for Proposal is available at :
http://www.state.nj.us/treasury/purchase/bid/summary/bid.shtml
http://www.state.nj.us/treasury/purchase/bid/summary/07x38468.shtml
Energy Reports and Action Plans
Five Energy Reports and Action Plans are now available online! NJHEPS received grant money from the BPU to develop 15 Energy Reports and Action Plans last year and 10 more this year. A few institutions have presented their Energy Reports at NJHEPS Energy Workshops. Others have utilized the Energy Reports as internal tools or presented them to their institution's President showing what opportunities are available to save their campus money, along with reducing their emissions. Available for viewing:
Please contact Terra Meierdierck if you are interested in NJHEPS doing an Energy Report and Action Plan for your institution.
- Bergen Community College
- Princeton University
- Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
- The College of New Jersey
- The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Campus Energy Toolkit Available!
NJHEPS is happy to announce the publication of the Campus Energy Toolkit. This volume is designed to be a practical resource for facilities managers, with information on energy efficiency technologies, renewable options, administrative and policy suggestions, financing information, and resources for further exploration. It was prepared by NJHEPS staff with the NJHEPS Energy Technical Team's input and review, and is offered through the support of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities.The document is available as a free Acrobat (PDF) download.Contact Terra Meierdierck (tmeierdierck@njheps.org; 973.642.7848) to order a printed copy for $10.
- Short Takes: brief capsules of projects at Princeton University, Middlesex County College, Rutgers University, Rowan University, and The College of New Jersey
- Richard Stockton College: Faculty and Staff United for Energy Progress
- The College of New Jersey: Metering and Management for Energy Savings
Support for Making Green Technology Choices
Did you know that your desktop computer, if left on 24/7, may consume $110 of electricity and produce 1600 lbs of CO2 per year? Save money and reduce emissions with green computer use practices! Please download this one-page flyer (Adobe Acrobat PDF) you can share with your IT department or college computer/printing facility. The flyer offers strategies for both departments and individuals to follow to reduce paper use and use less computing energy. Harvard's Green Campus Initiative also offers online information about its Computer Energy Reduction Program at www.greencampus.harvard.edu/CERP/
Resources for College Facilities Managers & Professionals
An initial list of links to webpages set up at selected New Jersey colleges and universities, and selected servers of interest to this community.
Greenhouse Gas Action Plan: 2002 Update
On February 23rd, 2004, NJHEPS staff, along with Mike Winka of the BPU's Clean Energy Program, updated the New Jersey Presidents' Council on the Greenhouse Gas Action Plan (GGAP), a commitment made in 2001 by all New Jersey College and university presidents to reduce their institution's greenhouse gas emissions to 3.5% below 1990 levels by 2005. Of the 24 institutions that have supplied NJHEPS with complete data on their fuel consumption, a heartening 46% had attained GGAP levels of emissions reductions in 2002! For most of the others, massive expansion in campus area and services were substantially offset by greener campus operations: 20 of the 24 institutions are achieving greater than 3.5% reductions in their "carbon intensity" (measured by emissions/sq. ft. of campus area).
Looking to the future, NJHEPS plans to expand its "carbon accounting" for those institutions able to do a more comprehensive assessment of their greenhouse gas emissions. The US EPA has made available online tools ( Project WARM and ReCon) to help institutions calculate the emissions reductions that arise from waste reduction, using more recycled products, and increased recycling. We encourage institutions to gather data on these practices and claim the emissions reductions that result from more sustainable materials use! Also, Clean Air, Cool Planet has made available to New Jersey colleges and universities its comprehensive campus climate impact assessment tool, which includes, for example, transportation impacts.
Please visit http://www.njheps.org/GGAP2002Update.ppt to download the entire PowerPoint Presentation.
NJHEPS GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES THE SUPPORT OF:
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
New Jersey Board of Public Utilities
New Jersey Clean Energy Program
NJHEPS Corporate Sponsors
AT&T Foundation
and its 40+ Member Institutions
