Kresge Announces New Higher Green Building Standards for Challenge-grant Applicants in Higher Education

Since March 2004, the foundation has made 199 awards of green planning grants to public and private institutions. In the higher-education sector, these grants have assisted 51 schools in 27 states, plus the District of Columbia, and have totaled nearly $3.8 million.

Moses says the new green building requirements for the higher-education sector represent the foundation’s deepening commitment to the advancement of environmental stewardship in the built environment, which accounts for an estimated 40 percent of greenhouse-gas emissions.