Sustainability Initiative at Aquinas College
Green Revolving Fund
Purpose Statement
A sustainable investment mechanism to make energy-reducing enhancements and increase usage of renewable energy on the campus of Aquinas College.
How It Works
- Initial seed money from designated Wege Foundation grant funds
- Project proposals are solicited from students, faculty and staff
- Projects are evaluated based on cost, payback time, and campus impact
- Approved projects will borrow from the fund to make campus enhancements
- Said enhancements will reduce energy cost or promote renewable energy to the college
- Such savings will be put back into the GRF to replenish and grow it.
Goals
- Facilitate the carbon neutrality goal of Aquinas College
- Promote the ideals of sustainability in line with the strategic plan's aspiration to "Transform the College" based on the guiding principles of the 6 E's (Economics, Environment, Ecology, Ethics, Empathy, Education) to enhance our reputation regionally and nationally
- Engage and bring together students, faculty, and staff
- Engage the broader Grand Rapids community
- Promote the use of renewables both on campus and to the community at large
More Information
>General Information Form (pdf)
>Proposal Form
>The Billion Dollar Green Challenge