Country's Greenest Colleges

Score: 81.2 Every building finished since 2009 has earned LEED Gold. All appliances are Energy Star rated, the campus is hydropowered, and The Sierra Club ranked UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON colleges in several categories including: the college runs three farms and a THE COUNTRY'S GREENEST ČOLLEGÉS energy supply, efficiency, food, academics, transportation, waste management and more. recycling program. Score: 81.1 The college gets half of its energy from a utility that harnesses biogas from cow manure. Surce: sierraclub.org GREEN MOUNTAIN Score: 76.6 COLLEGE A majority of the campus is undeveloped open space. The campus also features cycling lanes, bike racks and biofueled shuttles. WARREN WILSON COLLEGE Score: 80.6 The university's cogeneration plant provides O CALIFORNIA: SAN DIEGO 4 UNIVERSITY OF 85% of its electricity, and heats 6 million square feet of building Interiors. It earned the EPA's 2010 Energy Star award. Solar panels shade parking lots. Score: 76.8 3 STANFORD UNVERSITY 5 The school has a 250-acre farm, which grows alfalfa, corn and other produce for the cafeteria. They also raise cows, pigs and chickens.