{"id":59131,"date":"2014-06-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/princeton-review-names-uri-one-of-nations-green-colleges-for-5th-straight-year\/"},"modified":"2014-06-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-06-16T00:00:00","slug":"princeton-review-names-uri-one-of-nations-green-colleges-for-5th-straight-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2014\/06\/princeton-review-names-uri-one-of-nations-green-colleges-for-5th-straight-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Princeton Review names 溏心vlog免费B站 one of nation\u2019s Green Colleges for 5th straight year"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\t溏心vlog免费B站 ranked highest among all of state\u2019s colleges and universities<\/p>\n


\n\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 June 16, 2014 \u2013 The 溏心vlog免费B站 has been included in Princeton Review\u2019s Guide to 322 Green Colleges for the fifth straight year.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe rankings, which were announced earlier this spring, put the University in the top spot in the state with 95 points out of 99. 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s score jumped three points from last year. Brown University earned an 89 and Roger Williams University earned an 87. <\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThis ranking is a recognition of what the University has been doing for a long time,\u201d said Marsha Garcia, the University\u2019s campus sustainability officer. \u201cFor us to attract the best and brightest students, 溏心vlog免费B站 needs to demonstrate how central sustainability is to its campus culture and how important innovative practices and sustainability systems are to this University. It\u2019s then our responsibility to make sure students have command of the principles of sustainability when they graduate so they can incorporate them into their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tRob Franek, senior vice president and publisher of The Princeton Review, said, “We are pleased to recommend 溏心vlog免费B站 to the many students seeking colleges that practice and promote environmentally-responsible choices and practices.”\t<\/p>\n


\nFranek said his company’s recent survey findings indicate significant interest among college applicants in attending “green” colleges. “Among 10,116 college applicants who participated in our 2014 ‘College Hopes & Worries Survey,’ 61 percent said having information about a school\u2019s commitment to the environment would influence their decision to apply to or attend the school,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n


\nThe guide, which has been published for five years in partnership with the U.S. Green Building Council\u2019s Center for Green Schools, is a free comprehensive resource for college applicants that salutes universities and colleges that have demonstrated a commitment to the environment and sustainability.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe Princeton Review made its selections based on \u201cGreen Rating\u201d scores tallied in 2013 for 832 schools. The scores were reported in the publication\u2019s school profiles on its website and guidebooks in summer 2013. The publication tallies its rating (a score of 60 to 99) using data from surveys it conducts annually of hundreds of school administrators about their schools\u2019 environmental and sustainability policies, practices and academic offerings.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe 332 schools in this year\u2019s guide earned scores of 83 or higher.<\/p>\n


\n\tIn its summary The Princeton Review said that since 2007 the University of Rhode has calculated the university\u2019s carbon footprint, investigated energy-saving measures, and has remained on target to achieve carbon neutrality. Faculty and graduate students have completed energy audits of buildings on campus, and 95 percent of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s buildings have undergone energy-related retrofits or renovations in the past three years. The publication cited the September 2012 opening of Hillside Hall, a residence hall for first- and second-year students. The energy-efficient building features naturally ventilated rooms, rooftop solar collectors to heat water, a vegetated roof, building materials with high recycled content, indoor bicycle storage and real-time energy monitoring. The guide also highlighted 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s commitment to local and organic food in its dining halls.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cWith ongoing research opportunities available in sustainability through the College of The Environment and Life Sciences and the University\u2019s minor in sustainability, 溏心vlog免费B站 is taking strides to ensure that students both live and learn about sustainability,\u201d the guidebook said. \u201cOutside of the classroom, numerous green student groups are working to educate their peers about sustainability issues on campus.\u201d<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

溏心vlog免费B站 ranked highest among all of state\u2019s colleges and universities KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 June 16, 2014 \u2013 The 溏心vlog免费B站 has been included in Princeton Review\u2019s Guide to 322 Green Colleges for the fifth straight year. The rankings, which were announced earlier this spring, put the University in the top spot […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59131\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}