Campus Green Builder

KRESGE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM 2009 ACTIVITIES

2009 Kresge Fellows

In May 2009, Second Nature and its Advancing Green Building in Higher Education Initiative announced the fifteen recipients of the 2009 Kresge Fellowship. Please click here for a list of awardees.

Conference Attendance

NACUBO Annual Meeting 2009

Green Building Workshop

Photo Credit: Advancing Green Building Initiative, Second Nature

As part of the Kresge Fellowship Program, the fellows attended green building-related conferences to build on their knowledge, help transmit ideas and lessons of best practices, and prepare them to become strong advocates for green building at their own institutions. The 2009 Fellows attended one of the following conferences:

1. The Association for College and University Facilities Officers (APPA) Annual Meeting 2009 – July 8‐10, 2009, Vancouver, Canada
2. Society for College and University Planning (SCUP) Annual International Conference and Idea Marketplace – July 18‐22, 2009, Portland, Oregon
3. The National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) Annual Meeting 2009 – June 27‐30, 2009, Boston, Massachusetts
4. ACUPCC Climate Leadership Summit 2009 – August 13‐14, 2009, Chicago, Illinois
5. Greening of the Campus VIII: Embracing Change – September 20‐23, 2009, Indianapolis, Indiana
6. Greenbuild 2009 – November 11‐13, 2009, Phoenix, Arizona

The Advancing Green Building in Higher Education initiative helped plan and implement pre-conference sessions for the NACUBO and the ACUPCC meetings. Kresge Fellows that chose to attend these conferences also had the opportunity to participate in these pres-conference sessions.

Kresge Fellows Gather at Greenbuild

Nine of the 2009 Kresge Fellows convened for a networking dinner at the Greenbuild Conference and Expo in Phoenix, AZ on November 10-11, 2009.

Green Building at Financially Strained Institutions: Models and Resources

Sponsored by Second Nature and The Kresge Foundation
June 27, 2009 | Boston, Massachusetts

This pre-conference session offered participants insights into the financial mechanisms and strategies that colleges and universities can turn to for assistance with their green building projects. Twenty-two participants, including architects, business officers, other representatives from under-resourced institutions, and Second Nature and NACUBO staff members attended this workshop. 

The session began with a tour of the Campus Center at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, showcasing various green features of one of the first campus green buildings in Massachusetts. This was followed by a lively green building roundtable discussion with presentations by Joseph Steffano (Director of Facilities Management and Engineering Services) from Bunker Hill Community College, Dixie Norris (Vice President of Administration and Finance) from Cape Cod Community College, Andrea Putman (Director of Corporate Partnerships) and Barbara Koneval (Program Associate, Training and Education) from Second Nature.

Exploring Green Buildings on Chicago Campuses: Tour and Roundtable

Sponsored by Second Nature and The Kresge Foundation
August 12, 2009 | Chicago, Illinois

This pre-conference workshop was attended by 25 participants who had the opportunity to explore the financial, socio-cultural and environmental benefits of sustainable building practice. The session began with a Green Building Tour of high performance campus buildings and culminated in a Green Roundtable discussion.

The Green Building Tour was an interactive showcasing of student residential buildings at Saint Xavier University and academic classroom buildings featuring the use of geothermal energy at the University of Illinois at Chicago. The tours were guided by sustainability and green building experts who highlighted special sustainable features, green products and green technologies/systems as well as discussed the design and construction processes of these facilities.

The Green Roundtable featured panel of sustainability experts including Paul Matthews (Assistant Vice President for Facilities Management) from Saint Xavier University, James Marshall Eames (Director of University Environmental Sustainability) from Loyola University Chicago, Cynthia Klein-Banai (Associate Chancellor for Sustainability) from University of Illinois at Chicago, and Suzanne Malec-McKenna, the Commissioner of the City of Chicago Department of Environment.