Case Study: American University

Objectives

1. Recognize the value in strategic campus wide sustainability initiatives for 4-year higher education institutions
2. Identify strategies used by American University to achieve their goal for carbon-neutral operations by 2020
3. Describe how the School of International Services (SIS) building achieved the Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES) certification
4. Identify how the LEED O+M certification of Gray Hall has contributed to campus wide sustainability efforts