Celebrating sustainability champions
From updating the Harvard University police fleet with new hybrid police cars that increased fuel efficiency across the department to an overhaul of building-controls systems in four buildings at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) that led to more than $400,000 in savings, the Harvard Green Carpet Awards recognized the outstanding efforts of a wide-ranging group of 14 project teams and 129 students and staff toward a more sustainable campus. Hosted by Executive Vice President Katie Lapp and the Office for Sustainability, the biennial event celebrates the dedication and hard work of project teams and student groups in meeting the University’s sustainability commitments, including its goal to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. Beginning in 2013, individual employee green heroes and sustainability champions are recognized as part of the annual Harvard Heroes event held later in the spring. “I am excited to be here this afternoon, not only to personally congratulate all of you...