AN ANALYSIS OF SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGIC PLANNING AT DUKE UNIVERSITY

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2012-04-27

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Hildenbrand, Jim
Willie, Nicholas
Jones, Kelly

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Klein, Emily M.

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This study was conducted in order to inform the sustainability planning process at Duke University and similar institutions of higher education. Through interviews of Duke University Campus Sustainability Committee members and a cost-benefit  analysis  of  Duke’s  Climate  Action  Plan,  we  evaluated  the   effectiveness  of  Duke’s  sustainability  planning  and  implementation  process. Additionally, we investigated the widely varying sustainability approaches and metrics used by fifteen peer institutions to evaluate their relative merits. In depth interviews were also conducted with Brown University and Yale University staff members for comparison to Duke. Our work resulted in (1) a generic roadmap for universities seeking to develop their own sustainability plan and (2) a list of recommendations to improve upon Duke’s  already   successful model.

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Hildenbrand, Jim, Nicholas Willie and Kelly Jones (2012). AN ANALYSIS OF SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGIC PLANNING AT DUKE UNIVERSITY. Master's project, Duke University. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/5341.


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