Boston University: Sustainability Revolving Loan Fund. Green Revolving Funds in Action: Case Study Series

Autor/in	Flynn, Emily
Institution	Sustainable Endowments Institute
Titel	Boston University: Sustainability Revolving Loan Fund. Green Revolving Funds in Action: Case Study Series
Quelle	(2011), (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Educational Finance; Energy; Lighting; Sustainability; Financial Support; Energy Conservation; Colleges; Campuses; Costs; Case Studies; College Administration; College Presidents; Massachusetts + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsfonds; Energie; Beleuchtung; Nachhaltigkeit; Finanzielle Förderung; Energieerhaltung; Energiespeicherung; College; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Cost; Kosten; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; College administrators; Hochschulverwaltung; College president; Hochschulpräsident; Master-Studiengang
Abstract	Boston University's (BU) Sustainability Revolving Loan Fund was created in 2008 through an allocation of $1 million from the university's administrative budget. The fund is administered by the Vice President of Operations. Potential projects are identified by the university's Director of Energy Administration and Operations along with the Sustainability Director; projects are approved by the Vice President of Operations. The fund achieves an average cost-savings of $70,782 per project, with an average return on investment of 57 percent, including utility incentives. As of December of 2010, the fund had invested $995,000 in projects on campus including lighting upgrades in the campus hockey rink and a fitness center. Cumulatively, these projects have contributed to an annual energy savings of 2,546,000 kWh for the university. The fund does not charge interest, a policy that will maintain the fund at its original size of $1 million. (Contains 26 endnotes.) [Additional funding for this paper was provided by the David Rockefeller Fund, HOK, John Merck Fund, Merck Family Fund, Roy A. Hunt Foundation, U.S. EPA Green Power Partnership and Wallace Global Fund.] (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Sustainable Endowments Institute. 45 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA 02138. Tel: 617-528-0010; e-mail: info@endowmentinstitute.org; Web site: http://www.greenbillion.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10