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Sustainability

President's message
Published Winter 2024
Johns Hopkins University's reinforces its longstanding commitment to combating climate change with a new climate action and sustainability plan / Johns Hopkins Magazine
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Sustainability
Inaugural Campus as a Living Lab grants awarded to 10 projects
Published Oct 25, 2024
Grant recipients will use JHU's campuses to explore solutions for the university's new sustainability goals
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Sustainability
EPA recognizes JHU as a leader in green power
Published Oct 23, 2024
University purchases 60% of its total power needs from green sources, No. 4 among U.S. colleges that are part of the EPA's Green Power Partnership
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Sustainability
First electric buses will hit the road in 2025
Published Oct 11, 2024
The first wave of five all-electric, fully accessible buses will operate on the Homewood-Peabody-JHMI shuttle route beginning early next year, with help from a $1.5M state grant
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Sustainability
Johns Hopkins releases new Climate Action and Sustainability Plan
Published Oct 11, 2024
The university's comprehensive, decadelong strategy will cut single use plastics, introduce a fully electric bus fleet, and prepare its campuses and neighbors for a warmer future
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Impact Maryland
Hopkins leaders highlight JHU's impact
Published Oct 6, 2024
Artificial intelligence, sustainability, health care—Johns Hopkins speakers weighed in on a variety of topics at this year's iMPACT MARYLAND conference
Julie Lundquist
3 Questions
'Exciting growth period' for offshore wind energy
Published Sept 11, 2024
Julie Lundquist, a national leader in research into wind energy and atmospheric dynamics, discusses how the grid stands to benefit from renewable energy
Johns Hopkins To Open Renewable Energy Laboratory
Sustainability
Hopkins renewable energy lab slated for R House in Baltimore
Published June 27, 2024
The Ralph S. O'Connor Sustainable Energy Institute secured a state government grant to establish an energy technology lab in Baltimore's Remington neighborhood
Julie Lundquist
Sustainability
Sustainable energy expert Julie Lundquist to join JHU
Published June 25, 2024
Lundquist, a national leader in research in sustainable energy generation from wind, named Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science and Wind Energy
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Sustainability
Campus as a Living Lab program brings sustainability research close to home
Published March 4, 2024
Researchers can receive grants of up to $50,000 for work utilizing the university's campuses