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Awards & Recognition
2018
SCU Illuminate:
Dreaming of a Green Christmas
Santa Clara University:
Santa Clara Celebrates Campus Sustainability Week and Top Rankings for Sustainability
Sierra Club Magazine: #13 out of 269 in the"
Top 50 Cool Schools"
2017
The Princeton Review's
Top 50 Green Colleges
(SCU ranked #12!)
Sierra Club: "
Top 50 Cool Schools
"
Santa Clara Weekly:
Green is the New Black: SCU's Eco-Fashion Show
EPA:
College & University Green Power Challenge
- 2016-2017 Champion (largest user in the West Coast Conference)
Microgrid Knowledge:
Renewable Energy and Microgrids Offer Colleges a Path to Cutting Carbon: Report
Santa Clara Weekly:
The Garden Where It Happens
AASHE:
2017 Sustainable Campus Index
- Transportation - Page 46. SCU #2 for Masters Institutions
2016
AASHE:
2016 Sustainable Campus Index
- SCU #5 for Master's Institutions
prch:
CITRUS House - Training Ground for Sustainable Urban Living
The Santa Clara Weekly:
SCU Educates Community While Improving Access to Fresh Produce
USA Today College:
5 Ways to Live Sustainably on Campus
Her Campus:
SCU Fighting the California Drought
Just Energy:
Your Green Travel Guide to Santa Clara
EPA:
College & University Green Power Challenge
- 2015-2016 Champion (largest user in the West Coast Conference)
Princeton Review:
Top 50 Green Colleges
Sierra Club Magazine: "
Top 100 Cool Schools
"
San Francisco Chronicle:
Self-driving shuttle loops around Santa Clara University campus
2015
Edible Silicon Valley:
Bits and Bytes - The Forge Garden
. Page 8.
National Catholic Reporter
: Recognized as top-rated Catholic school in Sierra Magazine's Cool Schools
Sierra Magazine
: (Top 50) "
Cool Schools
"
Sustainable Business Magazine:
A Sustainable Ethos
. Page 46.
Clean Air Awards by Breathe California: Honorable Mention
EPA:
College & University Green Power Challenge
- 2014-2015 Champion (largest user in the West Coast Conference)
BestColleges.com:
America's Greenest Universities - SCU #11
College Raptor:
25 of the Greenest College Campuses in the U.S. - SCU #3
National Catholic Reporter: "
Sustainability pledge a natural progression for Santa Clara graduates
"
SF Chronicle OP-Ed: "
How to waste less of California's precious water
"
NBC Bay Area: Food Recovery Network in "
Thousands of Pounds of Excess Food Diverted...
"
ABC7 News: Alec Kwo'16 & Cara Uy featured in "
College Students Spread Drought Awareness...
"
Ignatian Solidarity Network:
Jesuit Universities Named to The Princeton Review Top 50 Green Colleges List
Princeton Review:
Top 50 Green Colleges list
and
SCU press release
KCBS:
Lindsey shares water-saving tips in a story about Governor Brown's conservation regulations
BioCycle:
Organics Deiversion in College Residence Halls
2014
Inside EVs:
ChargePoint - Top 5 U.S. Colleges Based on Number of Charging Points
STARS Annual Review 2014,
Campus Sustainability Ratings, Innovations & Best Practices
. Page 52.
Sierra Magazine: (Top 50) "
Cool Schools
"
CA Higher Education Sustainability Conference
: Lindsey Kalkbrenner received Sustainability Champion award
Princeton Review:
Top Green Colleges list
,
SCU news announcement
STARS
:
Gold Rating
, Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE)
Acterra: Winner, Business Environmental Award,
SCU Today Press Release
and
video
Nerdwallet.org: Most Dedicated student groups
NerdScholar Favorites: Environmental-Activist Groups
NBC:
Cara Uy on Sustainability and Climate Change
NBC:
Lindsey Kalkbrenner discusses business of sustainable energy
Falcon Waterfree Technologies, We Are Technology: "
Best Practices: Santa Clara University
"
2013
Sustainability in Higher Education: Stories and Strategies for Transformation
. Book chapter by Sherry Booth, Lindsey Kalkbrenner, Leslie Gray, and Amy Shachter
National Resource Defense Council Report: "
Collegiate Game Changers: How Campus Sport is Going Green
." Page 84.
U.S. Catholic Magazine, "
How College Campuses Are Going Green
"
Sierra Magazine:
Top 50 Cool Schools
National Catholic Reporter: "
Catholic universities among California's top solar schools
"
Princeton Review: Guide to 322 Green Colleges
Bloomberg Businessweek: "
The Best Undergraduate B-Schools for Sustainability
"
San Francisco Chronicle: "
Make a resolution for a sustainable 2013
."
2012
Best Green Project (Private) Finalist, 2012 Structures Awards,
Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal
Princeton Review: Guide to 322 Green Colleges
San Jose Mercury News:
Santa Clara University's tiny wastebaskets hold the keys to innovation
2011
STARS: Silver Rating,
Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Green Power Leadership Award
NPR:
Students create carbon footprint calculator for campus community
Mission, Jesuits of the California Province: "
Blazing a Trail of Sustainability
"
2010
CBS:
SCU's Smart Microgrid
2009
Silicon Valley Power: Green Power Champion,
Energy Innovator Award
KTVU:
Students talk about the Sustainable Living Undergraduate Research Project
National Catholic Reporter: "
Solar power: Let the sunshine in
"
Metroactive: "
Santa Clara University teaches sustainability--and practices what it teaches
"
2008
Silicon Valley Power: Green Power Champion,
Energy Innovator Award
Silicon Valley Power: Environmental Innovator,
Energy Innovator Award
Strategize Magazine: "
Saving the Environment, One Project at a Time
"
AJCU Connections: "
Culture of Sustainability
"
Company Magazine: "
New Job on Campus
"
The Power of Green: "
SCU Granted Rebate for Solar Installation
"
Green College Report: "
Top 75 U.S. Green Colleges
"
2007
Silicon Valley Power: Environmental Innovator,
Energy Innovator Award
2006
Association of College Unions International: "Facility Puts Sustainable Design to the Test" May 2006, Vol. 74, Issue 3
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