Virginia Tech earned its highest marks yet on a recently released sustainability report card.
The 2011 report card, released Wednesday by the Sustainability Endowment Institute, had Tech receiving a B-plus grade for its efforts.
“The bottom line is this is has been a team effort since we started this,” said Denny Cochrane, Tech’s sustainability coordinator. “We’re starting to see the fruits of our labor.”
The B-plus grade is another improvement for Tech after receiving a B on the 2010 report card and a B-minus on the 2009 report card.
Tech scored well in several categories, receiving A-grades for the efforts of the administration, climate change and energy initiatives, green building, transportation and investment priorities.
“I can’t shower enough praise (on the administration) for embracing sustainability in general and really getting behind Virginia Tech supplying its own climate action plan that’s unique for the university,” Cochrane said. “You can’t put a price tag on having senior leadership behind it.”
Student involvement also received an A in the report card.
Tech fared well compared to fellow Virginia schools, ranking second behind Virginia Commonwealth University, which received an A-minus grade. Virginia Military Institute fared worst in the report card, receiving a D+ overall grade.
A version of this article appeared in the Oct 29 issue of the Collegiate Times.
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