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A Guide To...Environmental Data Set Sources: Holy Cross Environmental Impacts

Resources for data sets relating to the environment.

Holy Cross Environmental Information

Please check out the environmental impact data that Holy Cross is collecting and anaylzing at the links below:

  • Sustainability at Holy Cross - In 2007, Rev. Michael C. McFarland, S.J., president, signed the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment, committing Holy Cross to reducing its carbon emissions over the coming decades, and to eventually become carbon neutral. As part of the commitment, Holy Cross completed its Carbon Neutral Plan, which calls for a 20 percent reduction in carbon emissions by 2015, and a long-term goal of climate neutrality by or before 2040.
  • Current Initiatives - in the areas of construction/building, transportation, recycling, food service, renewable energy/energy efficiency, community garden and student involvement.
  • Energy Conservation - The Physical Plant department oversees the following energy policy at Holy Cross.
  • Recycling - Holy Cross has a mature recycling program that has been in place since the early 1990’s, run by the Building Services group of Physical Plant.