The following
list presents higher education-specific comprehensive (multiple-category)
and focused (single-category) campus sustainability assessment tools
that are both known to the CSAP and currently available. For information
on assessment tools still undergoing development, please go to anticipated
CSA resources.
This
page was last updated August 1, 2003
Comprehensive
Assessment Tools
Campus Consortium
for Environmental Excellence (C2E2) (2000). Environmental Management
System Self-Assessment Checklist, v. 1.0. C2E2:
http://www.c2e2.org/ems_assessment/emsassess.htm
Cole, Lindsay
(2003). "Assessing Sustainability of Canadian University Campuses:
Development of a Campus Sustainability Assessment Framework."
Victoria, Canada: Royal Roads University.
Good Company
(2002). Sustainable Pathways Toolkit for Universities and Colleges:
Social and Environmental Indicators for Campuses. Good Company:
http://www.goodcompany.cc/toolkit
Higher Education
Funding Council for England (HEFCE) (1998). Environmental Workbook.
Bristol, England: HEFCE.
Institute for
Environmental Informatics (2003). Umberto Ecobalance Software
for Higher Education, v. 4.1. Umberto:
http://www.umberto.de/english/referenzen/hochschulen/index.htm
New Jersey
Higher Education Partnership for Sustainability (NJHEPS) (2000).
Campus Sustainability Selected Indicators Snapshot and Guide.
NJHEPS:
http://www.ramapo.edu/njheps/ass_instrument.htm
Nixon, Andrew
(2002). Improving the Campus Sustainability Assessment Process.
Thesis. Campus Sustainability Assessment Project (CSAP):
http://csap.envs.wmich.edu/pages/res_publications.html#2
Roorda, Niko
(2001). AISHE: Auditing Instrument for Sustainability in Higher
Education. Dutch Committee for Sustainable Higher Education
(CDHO): http://www.science.uva.nl/ecdo/dho21/publicaties/AISHE/AISHE-book1.5.pdf
Smith, April
and the Student Environmental Action Coalition (1993). Campus
Ecology: A Guide to Assessing Environmental Quality and Creating
Strategies for Change. Los Angeles: Living Planet Press.
University
Leaders for a Sustainable Future (ULSF) (2001). Sustainability
Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ) for Colleges and Universities.
ULSF:
http://www.center1.com/ulsf/partners/saq.pdf
Venetoulis,
Jason (2001). "Assessing the Ecological Impact of a University:
The Ecological Footprint for the University of Redlands." International
Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education 2(2): 180-97.
Focused
Assessment Tools
Association
of Canadian Community Colleges (ACCC) (2001). CO2 Calculator.
ACCC: http://www.accc.ca/energyefficiency/actions/calculator.htm
Australian
Greenhouse Office (2002). Greenhouse Challenge Progress Report
Template. Australian Greenhouse Office: http://www.greenhouse.gov.au/challenge/tools/pubs/company_progress_report_proforma.pdf
Canada's Climate
Change Voluntary Challenge and Registry, Inc. (1998). An Action
Plan for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions. VCR, Inc.:
http://www.vcr-mvr.ca/assets/pdf/Reporting_template_E.pdf
Canada's Climate
Change Voluntary Challenge and Registry, Inc. (1999). Energy
Management Action Plan Template and Guidelines-College Sector.
Association of Canadian Community Colleges (ACCC): http://energy.accc.ca/tools/templates.cfm
Clean Air -
Cool Planet (2001). Greenhouse Gas Calculator, v. 4.0.
CD-ROM. Portsmouth, NH: CA-CP.
Dautremont-Smith,
Julian (2003). Guidelines for College Level Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Inventories, v. 1. National Wildlife Federation:
http://www.nwf.org/campusecology/pdfs/inventories.pdf
Larson, Clark
D. and Matthew F. Raker (2003). College Climate Footprint,
v. 1.1. Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet. Asheville, NC: Unified Solar.
New Jersey
Higher Education Partnership for Sustainability (NJHEPS) (2001).
Protocol for Measuring Greenhouse Gas Emissions at New Jersey's
Colleges and Universities. NJHEPS: http://www.njheps.org/projects/protocol.html
Tufts Climate
Initiative (TCI) (2002). Method for Conducting a Greenhouse
Gas Emissions Inventory for Colleges And Universities. Tufts
University:
http://www.tufts.edu/tie/tci/pdf/InventoryMethods.pdf
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