I live in Lubbock, Texas which is where Texas Tech University is located. I ride a bicycle almost evey day and I commute through the Tech campus because of cross bridges that go over the freeway. As I rode, I noticed numerous areas on campus where the sprinklers were on and a huge excess of water was running out into the streets and down the gutters. That got me to wondering if Tech had a green policy.I did a short search and here is what I found about Tech as reported by the College Sustainability Report Card.
What is the College Sustainability Report Card?
The College Sustainability Report Card is the only comparative evaluation of campus and endowment sustainability activities at colleges and universities in the United States and in Canada. In contrast to an academic focus on sustainability in research and teaching, the Report Card examines colleges and universities, as institutions, through the lens of sustainability.
The Report Card is designed to identify colleges and universities that are leaders in sustainability. The aim is to provide accessible information for schools to learn from each other's experiences and establish more effective sustainability practices.
The College Sustainability Report Card has the highest participation rate of any sustainability ranking or rating, with 290 of 300 schools (97 percent) responding to at least one Report Card survey.
The College Sustainability Report Card is the only comparative evaluation of campus and endowment sustainability activities at colleges and universities in the United States and in Canada. In contrast to an academic focus on sustainability in research and teaching, the Report Card examines colleges and universities, as institutions, through the lens of sustainability.
The Report Card is designed to identify colleges and universities that are leaders in sustainability. The aim is to provide accessible information for schools to learn from each other's experiences and establish more effective sustainability practices.
The College Sustainability Report Card has the highest participation rate of any sustainability ranking or rating, with 290 of 300 schools (97 percent) responding to at least one Report Card survey.
Texas Tech received a score of "D" overall but received a high number of "F"s. The area I was most concerned with is this one:
In the area of Climate Change & Energy Texas Tech received an "F". Here is the explanation of this category:
The university has not made public any steps taken to address carbon emissions, energy efficiency or conservation, or the utilization of renewable energy.
The university has not made public any steps taken to address carbon emissions, energy efficiency or conservation, or the utilization of renewable energy.
Here is the link to the report card on Texas Tech.
I sure hope that Texas Tech is doing more to address going green than this report card says.
