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卡耐基梅隆大学一直投入于清洁能源和可持续发展，从美丽的匹兹堡校园中便可窥见一斑。CMU 正“走在路上”，且这样的努力应该受到重视。

美国能源部提供了最新支持，它选择了与 CMU 合作，在 9 月 21 日至 23 日在匹兹堡举办 2022 年全球清洁能源行动论坛。该论坛汇集了来自世界各地的能源领袖，共同讨论如何将我们的雄心壮志转换为实际行动，向具有更安全能源的未来加速前进。

“CMU 是以技术、教育和创新影响社会为使命，这与论坛采取果断行为以重塑未来的目标不谋而合。” CMU 的校长兼论坛主编委员会联合主席 Farnam Jahanian 说道。“即便 CMU 的研究人员、学生和教职员工创造了许多可持续发展的创新，并已经在全球范围内应用，我们社区也致力于将这些创新在校园内直接付诸实践。”

2019 年，CMU 教务长 James H. Garret Jr. 宣布建立校园范围内的可持续发展倡议，以加强大学对可持续发展的承诺与努力，使大学的教育、研究和实践与 17 个可持续发展目标（SDGs）保持一致。Steve Guenther 是大学工程师兼设施管理和校园服务（FMCS）的副主席助理，他被 Garret 任命负责绿色运营。

“我们正在 CMU 建立 20 年的绿色运营实践。” Guenther 说，“我们的校园社区重视可持续性并鼓励创新，能够成为其中积极参与的一员真是太好了。我们一直在专注于废物转移、绿色清洁和能源管理等基本要素，同时不断测试探索新的方法去减少环境影响。”

今年早些时，CMU 连续第二次获得了高等教育可持续发展协会（AASHE）的金牌评级。该协会的可持续发展跟踪、评估和评级系统（STARS）将绩效分为五个类别：学术、敬业度、运营、规划和管理、以及创新和领导力。

“我们在校园里的行动必须反映我们想要影响世界的雄心。” Jahanian 说，“我们大学参与 STARS 便是一个很好的例子，说明社区在共同承担创建更持续星球的责任。”

CMU 在学术和参与类别中得分最高。基于 CMU 学生创建的创新映射工具，超过 48% 的 CMU 本科和研究生课程与至少两个 SDGs 相匹配。

在大学资源审查（VUR）中，CMU 在创新和领导力类别的得分也很高。这是一份首创的报告，对与可持续发展目标相关的活动进行了简要介绍。VUR 显示，在 2018-20 年期间，45% 的 CMU 研究出版物对 SDG #7：可负担的清洁能源做出了贡献。

Alexandra Hniker 在城市方面创建了资源审查的概念，并在 2018 年和 2019 年监督了纽约市的进程。她于 2020 年加入 CMU，现在是 CMU 的可持续发展倡议主任。

“在可持续发展倡议的第一阶段，我们确定了各种学生、教职员工已经为可持续发展目标做出贡献的方式。” Hiniker 说道，“今年秋天，我们将开设可持续发展工作室，在此，我们将有机会在校园内建立联系，共同帮助实现这一雄心勃勃的承诺，让世界对所有人都更加可持续。”

Hiniker 表示，可持续发展办公室为 CMU 社区提供了空间，让人们可以自然日常地互相联系、讨论、并进行跨学科协作。

自 2011 年以来，卡耐基梅隆大学一直是绿色能源校园。十多年前开始，CMU 的 100% 能源消耗都是从可再生能源信用（RECs）购买。在过去五年中，大学的所有电力都是从可再生能源中购买，例如风能、太阳能、地热能、沼气、生物质能和低冲击水力发电。

二十多年前，即 2001 年，大学首次购买绿色电力，占总使用量的 5% —— 这是当时美国有史以来最大的风力发电采购。CMU 因购买风能而获得了环境保护署（EPA）领导奖。

在七月份的 EPA 前三十绿色电力大学名单中，CMU 排名第 12 位。去年秋天，大学排名第 11 位。自 2005 年以来，使用绿色能源帮助 CMU 减少了 72% 的温室气体排放。

卡耐基梅隆大学采用了美国绿色建筑委员会的领先能源与环境设计（LEED）评级系统，用于重大的建设和改造项目。目前，校园内有 25 座获得 LEED 认证的建筑，其中 13 座因为能源效率和可持续性而获得了 LEED 金级认证。在 2021 年秋季开放的 Fifth and Clyde 宿舍楼便是最新获得 LEED 金级认证的大楼。最近，CMU 被列入 2022 年 AASHE 可持续校园指数中建筑类别表现最好的大学。

今年早些时候，CMU 开始支持新的清洁能源项目，利用在宾夕法尼亚州垃圾填埋场捕获和再利用的甲烷气体以产生清洁能源，并用此来抵消大学赞助的航空旅行的碳排放。

“通过大学的中央预订系统 Collegiate Travel Planners（CTP），FMCS 可以清晰看到与大学赞助的航空旅行相关的碳足迹报告。” Guenther 说，“碳补偿已经由 FMCS 集中采购，并适用于旅行足迹。”

Guenther 表示，这个方法与用可再生能源信用为大学购买绿色电力的方式类似。

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Carnegie Mellon University's commitment to clean energy and sustainability is evident across its beautiful Pittsburgh campus. CMU is "walking the walk," and it's not going unnoticed.

Its latest endorsement comes from the U.S. Department of Energy, which has chosen to partner with CMU to host the 2022 Global Clean Energy Action Forum, Sept. 21-23, in Pittsburgh. The forum will bring together energy leaders from around the world to discuss ways to turn ambition into action to accelerate the transition toward a more secure energy future.

"CMU's mission to impact society through technology, education and innovation is a perfect match with the forum's goal to take decisive action to recast the future," said CMU President Farnam Jahanian, a co-chair of the forum's host committee. "While CMU researchers, students and faculty have created innovations in sustainability that are being applied globally, our community is also focused on putting these innovations into practice right here on our campus."

In 2019, CMU Provost James H. Garrett Jr. announced the creation of a campus-wide Sustainability Initiative to strengthen the university's commitment to sustainability, aligning the university's education, research and practices to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Garrett named Steve Guenther, university engineer and assistant vice president for Facilities Management and Campus Services (FMCS), to head up green operations.

"We're building on 20 years of green practices at CMU," Guenther said. "It's wonderful to be part of an engaged campus community that values sustainability and encourages innovation. We keep focused on foundational elements like waste diversion, green cleaning and energy management, while continuously testing new ideas to reduce our environmental footprint."

Earlier this year, CMU earned its second consecutive gold rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). The association's Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System (STARS) ranks performance in five categories: Academics, Engagement, Operations, Planning and Administration, and Innovation and Leadership.

"Our actions on campus must reflect our ambitions to impact the world," Jahanian said. "Our university's participation in STARS is a great example of our community's shared responsibility and accountability in creating a more sustainable planet."

CMU scored the highest in the academics and engagement categories. More than 48% of CMU undergraduate and graduate course offerings map to at least two of the 17 SDGs, based on an innovative mapping tool created by a CMU student.

CMU also scored high in the innovation and leadership category with its Voluntary University Review (VUR), a first-of-its-kind report that developed a snapshot of activities related to the SDGs. The VUR revealed that between 2018-20, 45% of CMU research publications contributed to SDG #7, Affordable and Clean Energy.

Alexandra Hiniker created the concept of the voluntary review at the city level and oversaw the process for New York City in 2018 and 2019. She joined CMU in 2020 and is now CMU's director of Sustainability Initiatives.

"In the first phase of the Sustainability Initiative, we identified so many ways that students, faculty and staff are already contributing to all 17 Sustainable Development Goals," Hiniker said. "This fall, we'll be opening the Sustainability Studio, where we'll have the opportunity to make connections across campus to help achieve this ambitious commitment to make the world more sustainable for all."

Hiniker said the Sustainability Studio will be a space for the CMU community to informally connect, discuss and collaborate across disciplines and schools to help achieve the SDGs.

Carnegie Mellon has been a green power campus since 2011. More than a decade ago, CMU began purchasing Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) for 100% of its energy consumption. Over the last five years, the university has purchased all its electricity from renewable sources, such as wind, solar, geothermal, biogas, biomass and low-impact hydro.

More than two decades ago, in 2001, the university made its first green power purchase, which represented 5% of its usage — at the time the largest-ever purchase of wind-generated electricity in America. CMU earned an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Leadership Award for its purchase of wind energy.

CMU ranked 12th in the EPA's list of top 30 green power universities in July. Last fall, the university was ranked 11th. Using green power has helped CMU reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 72% since 2005.

Carnegie Mellon has adopted the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system for major construction and renovation projects. Currently, there are 25 LEED certified buildings on campus with 13 earning LEED Gold status for their energy efficiency and sustainability. Fifth and Clyde Residence Hall, which opened in fall 2021, is the latest CMU building to achieve LEED Gold certification. CMU was recently listed in the 2022 AASHE Sustainable Campus Index as a top performing university in the buildings category.

Earlier this year, CMU began offsetting the carbon emissions from university-sponsored air travel by supporting a project that is capturing and reusing methane gas at a Pennsylvania landfill to generate clean power.

"By using the university's central reservation system, Collegiate Travel Planners (CTP), FMCS can get a clear report of the carbon footprint associated with university-sponsored air travel," Guenther said. "The carbon offsets have been centrally procured by FMCS and apply against the travel footprint."

Guenther said the approach is similar to purchasing green power for the university with renewable energy credits.