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The University of La Verne has earned a spot in Princeton Review\u2019s annual Guide to Green Colleges<\/a> for the seventh year in a row.<\/p>\n

The guide, released Sept. 20, profiles colleges with the most exceptional commitments to sustainability as evidenced by their academic offerings, campus policies, initiatives, and activities. The publication reports that a high percentage of teens say their college choices will be influenced by universities\u2019 commitment to the environment.<\/p>\n

Dr. Christine Broussard, professor of biology and co-chair of the Sustainable Campus Consortium, credited the university\u2019s promotion of environmentally responsible practices throughout all campus activities.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe power of the Sustainable Campus Consortium is that multiple units\u2014facilities, purchasing, curriculum\u2014are represented so we can influence sustainability in different ways,\u201d said Broussard.<\/p>\n

To create the list, Princeton Review examined 2016-17 survey data from 629 colleges across the globe. Universities earning scores of 80 or more from the survey made it into the Guide to 375 Green Colleges<\/em><\/a>. The University of La Verne received a green rating of 98.<\/p>\n

In the past year, the University of La Verne has added a Minor in Sustainability to the 2017-18 course catalog. The minor is open to all majors and aims to help students understand how they can apply sustainable practices in their future careers and spheres of influence.<\/p>\n

\u201cBasically any career you can cite, there\u2019s a way to integrate sustainability into that. And it\u2019s often better for the bottom line of the company as well, because in the long term it pays off,\u201d said Broussard.<\/p>\n

The university has also completed several green projects within the last year, said Robert Beebe, senior director for Facilities Management. The projects include replacing turf with drought-tolerant plants and drip irrigation, converting spotlights in the Harris Gallery to LED lighting, and installing energy-efficient air conditioning and heating units in several buildings.<\/p>\n

In November 2016, University of La Verne\u2019s sustainability efforts were acknowledged with a 2016 Achievement Award in the retrofits and renovations category from Facility Maintenance Decisions magazine. The award recognizes outstanding resourcefulness and achievement in maintenance departments.<\/p>\n

The university joined the Billion Dollar Green Challenge in 2013, committing to spend $400,000 toward energy-saving measures on campus over the course of six years. The university has already met and exceeded the challenge two years early, Beebe said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve done almost all the low-hanging fruit and now we\u2019re finding higher, more difficult, more challenging things to do,\u201d said Beebe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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