The greenest college of them all?

Kudos to Mass maritime! Mass maritime and Mass College of Art and Design are two of the finest (and most unique) gems in Massachusetts' Higher Ed system... and to think Former Governor Romney wanted to cut both out of the public system!

are they capstone microturbines

Brendan is 100% right : mass. maritime and mass art truly round out the state university system. Always love the turbine at Mass. Maritime

MassArt is a great school, but it's not at all green.
This is a shame, because it's not for a lack of desire: pretty much everyone who goes there is progressively minded, and would love to get solar panels on the roof, or a wind turbine, or whatever.
But being the black sheep of public schools (amongst other appellations, it's the only publicly funded art school in the country) means it's usually at the bottom of the heap when it comes to funding. Art just isn't as sexy as engineering when it comes to capturing public or private dollars.

MMA and MCOA have extremely progressive facilities managers and have the drive to implement what other MA public colleges and universities can only dream of.
The MMA campus is the 'jewel' of the state college system and MCOA is a close second not only for being 'green' but green with envy since all of their graduates are successful in getting good paying jobs right out of college.
Isn't that what a dedicated mission college is supposed to do?

Mr. Nevins' comment is not entirely correct. MassArt has made tremendous strides during the past few years toward a greener campus. President Sloan is among the original signatories of the American College and University Presidents' Climate Commitment, and this fall Governor Patrick presented the college with a "Leading by Example" award for its efforts. KIWI magazine also included MassArt in its 2008 Green Colleges Report, a publication recognizing seventy-five of the greenest campuses in the country.

Beyond its commitment to building a sustainable campus, MassArt incorporates sustainability into its curriculum. For instance, students in the industrial design program recently identified twenty-three new methods to reuse plastic water bottles.

To Mr. Nevins' final point, Boston ranks second in North America as a center for the design industry, and Massachusetts has the highest concentration of designers and architects of any state in the country. Creative industries are vital to the economy in the region, and Massachusetts College of Art and Design fuels its workforce. It is a smart investment for public and private dollars.

Quick FYI Beth, if you write about green and purport to know anything about green building rating systems, then you know that it's "LEED", not "LEEDS". Leeds is a place in England, LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design and is administered by the U.S. Green Building Council (usgbc.org)

yes they are capstone unit

P. Marquis: You're missing the period at the end of your last sentence.

Go MMA!!! Class 04'

lmao this write up is suppose to about Massachusetts Maritime Academy and all you guys seem to be commenting about is Mass college of Art. First of all Yeah its great that Admiral Gurnon likes the idea of going green but he's ruined the look of this great looking campus. The solar power lights were a huge waste of money seeing that we didnt have street lights in the first place wasting energy. we could have used that money some where else. basically MMA probably uses the most money and electricty of any college so i guess we half to demonstrate that were trying to save every where we can.

What no mention of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy's Green Club? The most prestigious environmental engineering club in the nation.

Re: Jay,
In your reply, you keep using "we", so I assume that you are either a student or staff at MMA. If so, please use spell & grammar check before posting (it does not look favorably upon your institution or classmates).
The "look" of any campus is so subjective. Your speculative assessment that MMA uses the most energy of any college (I assume that you mean in MA) is way off. Care to guess what UMass-A uses?
The bottom line is that Adm. Gurnon and his staff are thinking on their feet and working tremendous changes to that school. I remember when MMA had limited educational offerings, fit a very narrow spectrum of careers, and frankly, their students had a marginal reputation for behavioral skills. This school is progressive, relevant, and growing in this economy. It is a "crown jewel" in the MA college system. Spoken from someone who has graduated from UMass - D and has a child who graduated from MMA this year and has a great job. How many other parents of students going to MA colleges & universities can say the same thing?

It is good to see Green design practiced and more support for LEED certified buildings in MASS. For the sake of next generation, Educational Institutions and public recreational facilties- such as parks and camp site should adopt these money saving ideas . In addition to basic education or recreation, they can offer a hands on experience to the users on sustainability and conservation.
Greenkill YMCA near NY City is opening a new LEED certified lodge for kids to set an example.

The solar powered LED streetlights look great on the campus. Kudos to SolarOne Solutions for inventing them.