2012 Illinois Governor's Sustainability Awards [26th annual] & Illinois Campus Sustainability Compact Awards Program

Submitter: Laura Barnes

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Title

2012 Illinois Governor's Sustainability Awards [26th annual] & Illinois Campus Sustainability Compact Awards Program

Issue Date

2012-11

Keyword(s)

• Pollution prevention -- Illinois -- Awards
• Sustainability -- Illinois -- Awards
• Education, Higher -- Environmental aspects -- Illinois -- Awards
• Pollution prevention -- Illinois -- Case studies
• Sustainability -- Illinois -- Case studies

Abstract

Program and summary of award winners for the 2012 Illinois Governor's Sustainability Awards and Illinois Campus Sustainability Compact Awards. The event was held on November 9, 2012 at McDonald's Hamburger University in Oak Brook, IL.

Governor's Sustainability Award Winners

• Advocate Health Care - Oak Brook
• Christopher B. Burke Engineering - Rosemont
• CCH, a Wolters Kluwer business – Chicago
• City of Moline – Moline
• Clarke – Roselle
• County of Will – Joliet
• Flex-N-Gate Urbana – Urbana
• Fluorecycle, Inc. – Ingleside
• Knauz Automotive Group – Lake Bluff
• The Label Printers LP – Aurora
• Lawrence Foods, Inc. – Elk Grove Village
• Naperville Park District – Naperville
• Naval Station Great Lakes – Great Lakes
• The Peterson Garden Project – Chicago
• Quaker Foods & Snacks - Bridgeview
• Testa Produce, Inc. – Chicago
• Wight & Company – Darien

Continuous Improvement Award Winners

• Caterpillar Technical Center – Mossville
• Farmland Foods, Inc. – Monmouth
• Vaughan & Bushnell Mfg. Co. – Bushnell
• Village of Schaumburg – Schaumburg

Campus Sustainability Compact Award Winners
Illinois Campus Sustainability Compact outlines environmental goals that colleges and universities may adopt on their campuses. The Compact includes objectives such as purchasing renewable energy, implementing green building practices, developing sustainable transportation options, improving water conservation, and incorporating sustainable dining practices.

The program offers universities and colleges three levels of participation: bronze institutions making a commitment to creating a sustainability program and engaging the campus community, silver institutions which are ready to make targeted commitments to greening their operations and monitoring performance, and gold for institutions that are integrating sustainability throughout their campus and working towards measured improvement.

• Danville Area Community College – Danville – Bronze
• DePaul University – Chicago – Bronze
• Elmhurst College – Elmhurst – Bronze
• Heartland Community College – Normal – Bronze
• Illinois Institute of Technology – Chicago – Gold
• Joliet Junior College – Joliet – Gold
• Kankakee Community College – Kankakee – Gold
• Lewis & Clark Community College – Godfrey – Gold
• Lewis University – Romeoville – Bronze
• Lincoln Land Community College – Springfield – Bronze
• Moraine Valley Community College – Palos Hills – Gold
• Northwestern College – Bridgeview – Bronze
• Northwestern University – Evanston – Bronze
• Roosevelt University – Chicago – Bronze
• Southern Illinois University Edwardsville – Bronze
• Southwestern Illinois College – Belleville – Bronze
• Triton College – River Grove – Bronze
• University of Illinois at Chicago – Gold
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign – Gold
• Waubonsee Community College – Aurora – Gold
• Wilbur Wright College – Chicago – Bronze

Publisher

Champaign, IL : Illinois Sustainable Technology Center

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

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