Achieving campus sustainability faster,
together.
We bring together post-secondary facilities and sustainability leaders to collaborate and share insights so they can reach campus sustainability goals faster.
HOW WE HELP
Everything Your Campus Needs, All Connected
Campus sustainability doesn't happen in one department or through one initiative. It takes collaboration with peers, reliable data to track your progress, strategic planning to set the right priorities, and ongoing training to build your team's capacity.
These four pillars are at the core of everything we do, and they work best when they work together. That's the approach we bring to every campus we support.
4 ways we can help your campus
Inform your decisions using data that matters
Our energy benchmarking and data analysis services provide you with information to make decisions that will save you time and money while reducing emissions.
Find support among a community of practice
Learn from the experience of your peers and access shared resources and collective funding to accelerate progress.
Secure the funding you need, and put it to work
Participate in collective Campus funding opportunities to leverage campus resources and accelerate progress.
Kickstart your Campus as a Living Lab initiative
Engaging students and researchers on your campus can have powerful results that reach past your institution.
WHAT WE OFFER
Community of Practice
Learn from the people doing the same work you are.
By connecting Facilities and Sustainability Leaders from educational institutions across North America, we've built a network rich in knowledge, expertise, and opportunity.
Too often, campus leaders work in silos, duplicating efforts, repeating mistakes, and missing solutions that a colleague at another institution has already figured out.
Our community of practice changes that by breaking down the barriers between institutions and creating a space where leaders can learn from each other, share what's working, and tackle common challenges together.
Whether you're looking for advice on a specific project, want to hear how another campus approached a problem similar to yours, or simply want to connect with people who understand the complexity of your role, this community is built for you.
What you get access to:
A peer network where you can share knowledge, stories, and challenges with facilities leaders who understand your work
Innovative solutions being implemented at other campuses, with opportunities to discuss how to apply them at your own institution
Quarterly meetings on topics chosen by members, with the best experts brought in to present
A regular webinar series covering topics like building energy benchmarking, purchasing renewable energy (including environmental assets, VPPAs, and on and off-campus generation projects), and step-by-step approaches to reducing campus GHG emissions
A growing catalogue of recorded presentations, webinars, white papers, and case studies you can access anytime
The chance to discover ideas and approaches you may not have realized you needed to know
WHAT WE OFFER
Benchmark Performance & Data Insights
Make decisions backed by data, not guesswork.
Good decisions start with good data. But for many campus facilities leaders, getting access to meaningful, comparable data is one of the biggest challenges they face.
Our data insight services provide you with the resources and information you need to prioritize projects, justify investments, and proceed with confidence.
What makes our approach different is that we don't just give you your own numbers in isolation. Through collective post-secondary benchmarking, you can see how your campus compares to others that use buildings the same way you do, giving you context that makes your data far more actionable and opening the door to collaboration with peers facing similar challenges.
What you get access to:
Annual building energy benchmarking with actionable insights to reduce energy consumption, emissions, and costs.
Collective post-secondary benchmarking so you can compare performance with campuses that use buildings the same way yours does.
Annual Campus Energy Efficiency Awards that recognize innovation, highlight best practices, and motivate teams.
Campus GHG inventory, reduction planning, target setting, and strategy development aligned with the GHG Protocol Standard.
Advanced energy performance analysis and virtual energy audits that save time and money while delivering reliable data.
AASHE STARs reporting support to help with data collection and reporting that supports strategic decision making, resource allocation, and campus engagement.
Policy and strategic review to align institutional plans with energy and emissions goals.
WHAT WE OFFER
Funding & Grant Support
Get the financial resources to turn plans into action.
Funding is often the biggest barrier between a good idea and real progress. Even when campus leaders know exactly what needs to happen, the budget isn't always there to make it possible. That's where we come in.
We work with you to identify grant opportunities and write proposals that, when successful, provide the financial resources your campus needs to move forward.
From energy efficiency upgrades to student-led research projects, external funding can be the catalyst that moves sustainability goals from plans on paper to work in progress. We've built experience in navigating the grant landscape so you don't have to figure it out on your own.
What you get access to:
We find and write grants on your behalf to access external funding for services and programs like building energy benchmarking.
Grant funding supports students and academics in undertaking research and projects that directly advance your facilities' sustainability goals in energy efficiency, emissions reduction, and broader sustainability.
Ideas for how students can apply their knowledge to real-world challenges and create opportunities to drive economic growth and diversification.
We help you access collective funding opportunities that leverage shared resources across multiple campuses.
WHAT WE OFFER
Campus Engagement
Turn your campus into a living lab.
Engaging students and researchers in sustainability work can produce powerful results that reach far beyond your institution.
When students get the chance to apply their education to real challenges on their own campus, it creates a cycle of learning, innovation, and progress that benefits everyone. But making that happen requires complex coordination, expertise, funding, and the right partnerships.
Most facilities leaders don't have the bandwidth to manage it alongside everything else on their plate. We take on that coordination so you can focus on the outcomes.
From writing funding proposals to building industry partnerships to managing the project selection process, we handle the logistics so your campus can unlock the full potential of student and researcher engagement.
What you get access to:
Funding and coordination to engage students and researchers in projects that support facilities priorities. We identify organizations that invest in sustainability performance, energy efficiency, and GHG emissions reduction, and write grant proposals to access those funds on your behalf.
A Project Adjudication Committee made up of your peers to determine funding priorities and select the projects with the greatest impact.
Campus as a Living Lab initiatives that connect classrooms to real-world sustainability challenges on your campus. These projects connect classrooms to the real world, giving students opportunities to apply their education and work with leading technology to investigate solutions to real challenges.
Industry partnerships that provide students with paid internships and sponsor research projects that take advantage of the Campus as a Living Lab approach.
TESTIMONIALS
What others are saying
Sustainable Campus Collaborative is an invaluable asset to universities. I got connected with a counterpart across the country who had faced similar issues. This connection provided me with valuable insights into possible solutions. The collaborative approach makes working through problems much easier!
Mount Royal University has benefited from involvement with the Sustainable Campus Collaborative in various ways. Most importantly, collaboration with other similar institutions across Canada has given us insight as to what other Universities are doing with respect to sustainability and energy management. It has also opened up opportunities for possible funding sources for our own sustainability initiatives and how to access various government programs.
Very knowledgeable people sharing actual solutions in a structured and organized manner.
Donald Jantz brings clarity and vision to every project. His collaborative approach and deep expertise make him a trusted advisor in campus and community sustainability. Highly recommended for institutions seeking impactful, long-term solutions.
The opportunity to collaborate and share with peers is invaluable. It is always good to hear different perspectives and viewpoints. Without peer interaction, the risk of stagnation and narrow perspective increases. I highly recommend this type of forum.
Donald is very professional and knowlegeable and a great person to work with. I would highly recommend him to work on sustainable campus initiatives. He truly believes in the importance of creating a sustainable environment and can inspire others to do so as well. Thank you!
Sustainable Campus Collaborative helped benchmark our college to understand where we were at, as well as developed a pathway of where we could go. Through the work they did with the college, it created an awareness of a broader scope of sustainable campus.
Working with Sustainable Campus Collaborative has been a genuinely transformative experience for us at University College of the North. From the outset, Donald brought a remarkable depth of knowledge about the STARS accreditation process. He knows the ins and outs of the framework, and guided us through each step which felt accessible and motivating.
Really great group of people, coming together to share and solve shared problems.
Our story
The Sustainable Campus Collaborative is a nonprofit that brings together sustainability leaders from post-secondary institutions from across Canada and the U.S.
We are striving for a future where educational institutions are socially, environmentally and economically sustainable.
We provide collaboration opportunities, sustainability training and planning and emissions tracking.
We'll equip your campus professionals with peer-tested tools, knowledge-sharing platforms, and strategic support to accelerate sustainability progress.
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Why join the Collaborative?
Members get connection, inspiration, and the tools to take meaningful action on campus.
Practical Inspiration & Peer-to-Peer Learning
Whether you're a large university pioneering change or a smaller college looking for scalable ideas, we create space to learn from each other’s successes, failures, and innovations.
Collective Power for Greater Sustainable Impact
Explore collaborative renewable energy purchasing and deep energy retrofits with SOFIAC. By acting together, institutions can access large-scale solutions that wouldn’t be viable if done alone.
Access to Resources & Emerging Solutions
Get early exposure to cutting-edge practices, funding opportunities, procurement models, and implementation strategies that aren’t widely publicized or accessible outside the network.
Whole-Campus Sustainability Approach
Experience integrated thinking across facilities, curriculum, research, student engagement, administration, and beyond, so you can align sustainability efforts with broader institutional goals.
A Connected, Supportive Community
Get access to trusted relationships, exchange real-world insights, and feel seen, heard, and supported, no matter the size of their institution.
Tailored Support for Smaller Institutions
Get access to the kinds of strategies, templates, and partnerships that would otherwise be out of reach, while also bringing your own unique strengths to the community.
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