Media and Press
The Greening of the Crimson Campus
At HSPH and across Harvard, eco-friendly buildings are laboratories for healthier living.
What Harvard fund yielded a remarkable 37 percent return on investment last year? The answer: the little known Green Campus Loan Fund. In 2003, this fund proved the wisdom of putting money into energy-efficient, public-health-promoting technologies and materials used in construction across Harvard's campus, most notably at HSPH.
(Winter 2005)
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Harvard Rises to Second in Energy Rankings
Harvard was propelled from third to second place among American universities in the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) renewable energy rankings thanks to the University’s third annual Go Cold Turkey Energy Conservation Challenge, which was held last month.
In the challenge, students pledged to reduce their energy consumption by turning off computers, lights, and appliances and lowering the heat this winter. Buildings with participation of 50 percent or more were awarded energy certificates, which allow half of their power for next year to come from wind energy.
(December 10, 2004)
Harvard buildings win wind energy in challenge
Fifteen Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) and Longwood buildings will win renewable energy in the 2004 Go Cold Turkey Energy Conservation Challenge. The wind energy certificates purchased for these buildings will move Harvard from third to second place in terms of green power purchased by American institutes of higher education, according to the records of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Green Power Partnership.
(December 9, 2004)
"Go Cold Turkey" to reduce energy use
Members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) and Harvard's Longwood campus have a chance to make a dent in global climate change and air pollution by going "cold turkey" with their on-campus energy use over Thanksgiving weekend. By participating in "Go Cold Turkey 2004," students, staff, and faculty at FAS, Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Public Health, and Harvard School of Dental Medicine can notably decrease greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental impacts of their on-campus energy use.
(November 11, 2004)
Jessica Woolliams Op-Ed - Renewable Energy at Harvard
Over the last 30 years, the Arctic icecap has melted by 15-20 percent—and the melting is apparently speeding up, according to a new report by an eight-nation group bringing together the work of 250 scientists under the title of the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment.
Often individuals feel powerless to make a dent in such complex environmental problems as climate change. However, members of Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) and its Longwood campus now have the chance to do just that. By participating in Go Cold Turkey 2004 between Nov 12 and 24, students, staff and faculty at FAS, Harvard Medical School (HMS), Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and Harvard School of Dental Medicine can notably decrease the greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental impacts of their on-campus energy use. More than that, they have the chance to help Harvard be the number one higher-ed purchaser of renewable energy in the country.
(November 10, 2004)
Students converge on Harvard to talk about clean energy
Hundreds of college students from around the Northeast descended on Harvard last weekend for the Northeast Climate Conference, an event designed to educate students and inspire them to action. The weekend kicked off Friday afternoon with a series of presentations at the Harvard School of Public Health that described the overall problem of climate change and painted a picture of Harvard's effort to combat it.”
(February 26, 2004)
Harvard's Longwood Schools Grow Greener
The School of Public Health has purchased Harvard's first renewable energy in the form of wind-generated power as a result of the Harvard Green Campus Initiative's "Go Cold Turkey" energy conservation competition. The competition asked HMS, HSPH, and FAS faculty, staff, and students to reduce energy consumption in November 2003. It is just one facet of environmental conservation under way at Harvard.
(February 6, 2004)
Focus: News from Harvard's Medical, Dental and Public Health Schools.
Opinion: A Green Resolution for White Coats
Did you know that the Longwood Campus won the Go Cold Turkey competition? The competition, which ran from Nov. 17 to 26, sought online pledges to turn off monitors, computers, printers, and other energy-consuming devices over the Thanksgiving holiday. HSPH was the clear winner, with a 24% pledge rate, followed by HSDM and HMS with pledge rates of 16% and 12%, respectively.
(January 12, 2004)
The Weekly Murmur (HMS Student Publication)
HSPH Wins Energy Conservation Contest
HSPH won the "Go Cold Turkey" energy conservation competition among Harvard’s Longwood schools and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS). The campaign at HSPH was organized by the Harvard Green Campus Initiative and Operations.”
(December 12, 2003)
'Cold Turkey' program saves traffic jam worth of energy
Participation [in Go Cold Turkey program] by residents at the School of Public Health's Shattuck International House was high enough that half of Shattuck's energy will be supplied for the next year through renewable energy. SPH officials promised to purchase half of Shattuck's energy through renewable energy certificates if at least half of residents took the ‘Go Cold Turkey’ pledge.”
(December 11, 2003)
HSPH Participating in Energy Conservation Contest
HSPH faculty, staff and students will be talking turkey a little earlier than Thanksgiving this year. The school is taking part in the "Go Cold Turkey" energy conservation competition among Harvard’s Longwood schools and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS).
(November 13, 2003)
Energy-saving programs ask Harvard to go 'cold turkey': Turn off your computers for Thanksgiving
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) and Harvard's Longwood campus are squaring off in an energy-saving duel that asks faculty, staff, and graduate students to "Go Cold Turkey" over Thanksgiving weekend.
The competition, which runs from Nov. 17 to 26, is seeking online pledges to turn off monitors, computers, printers, and other energy-consuming devices over the four-day Thanksgiving holiday. Organizers hope the lessons learned, however, extend far beyond Thanksgiving and help reduce energy consumption on campus into the future.
(November 13, 2003)
Operations Undertaking Energy Efficiency Measures
New exit signs in HSPH buildings are appropriately green in color. They consume only one-quarter watt of electricity per fixture compared to the more common red-colored exit signs, which consume up to 40 watts per fixture.
HSPH Operations estimates the installation of the new signs will save the school $4,700 per year.
(May 30, 2003)