Campus Green Building 101
Campus Green Building 101
Technical Assistance Grants Program
2010 Green Building Technical Assistance Grant Recipients Announced
On March 11, Second Nature announced that it has awarded Green Building 101 Technical Assistance Grants to 15 colleges and universities. These grants will provide building professionals working on campus facilities projects with training in 'green building.' The recipients are at under-resourced colleges and universities located throughout the US, including community colleges and minority-serving institutions.
Please click here for the press release and the list of awardees.
Program Details
As part of the Advancing Green Building in Higher Education Program, Second Nature will award 15 technical assistance grants of up to $2000 each to provide building professionals that work with under-resourced higher education institutions with green building training opportunities.
Any school that has received Title III/V designation by the Department of Education is invited to apply. Grants can be used to train an external contractor (e.g. construction contractors, architects, designers, engineers) or an internal staff member who works on campus green building initiatives.
Links to the Grant Guidelines, Application Form and Training Opportunities Document appear below. The deadline for applications has been extended to February 22, 2010.
Green Building 101 Application (updated February 1, 2010)
Green Building 101 Guidelines (updated February 1, 2010)
Green Building 101 Training Opportunities (Tracks 1 and 2)
Green Building 101 Training Opportunities (with active links)
*training opportunities may be updated periodically
Note:
The GB101 Technical Assistance grant is a one-time opportunity not limited to senior-level staff members and focused specifically on providing basic training. It is open to external contractors and/or internal staff members who work on campus green building projects at various levels (bricks and mortar-level projects, planning projects, managing projects, etc.).
The Kresge Fellowships are geared toward senior staff at colleges and universities (facilities directors, campus planners, and vice presidents of finance and business are eligible) and focused on building inspired leadership for green building. Once in the fellowship program, the fellows enter a network of peers that continues to grow over time. We provide networking opportunities – such as in-person meetings, conference calls, and social networking platforms – to our fellows, as well as conference attendance. The fellowship program will likely be more competitive this year than the technical assistance grants.
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