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Dealing with Climate Change

The biggest challenge of our lifetimes is here. Colleges and universities need to prepare for the effects of climate change, but we’re not just passive victims of circumstance. Higher education is also an active agent for change, finding new ways to reduce atmospheric carbon, mitigate climate change’s consequences, and design more energy-efficient buildings. With integrated planning, with conversations, collaborations, and strategic initiatives, we can literally save the world … together.

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Campus Energy Master Planning

 Higher education institutions can lead the way in reducing energy consumption and advancing carbon neutrality by starting with their on-campus facilities.
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The State of Campus Resilience in the Face of a Changing Climate

 Although colleges and universities recognize key vulnerabilities, most have just recently started thinking about resilience issues and have only implemented minimal resilience measures.
Planning for Higher Education Journal

Preparing and Adapting Our Campuses for the Effects of Climate Change

 While some of us are making the case for greening our campuses by reducing our carbon footprint, a parallel front should be presenting the potential and very real impacts that climate change will have on our campuses.
Planning for Higher Education Journal

Integrating Resilience Planning into University Campus Planning

 Incorporating resilience planning into the campus planning process provides an opportunity to engage key stakeholders to address a campus’s vulnerabilities, align resilience-related investments with the broad campus vision, and ensure the long-term viability of the institution.
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Ana Policzer

Why I’m a SCUP Member...

"SCUP promotes the idea that planning is not simply for those with 'planner' in their title, and that the best planning is accomplished when everyone involved is deeply integrated in the process. This makes SCUP a powerful agent of transformation in the academy and beyond."
Ana Policzer
Senior Facilities Planner
University of British Columbia-Vancouver



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