{"id":170,"date":"2021-04-06T13:23:15","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T17:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sustainability\/?page_id=170"},"modified":"2025-07-24T15:25:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T19:25:22","slug":"progress","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sustainability\/vision-progress\/progress\/","title":{"rendered":"Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Boston University has earned local, state, and national recognition for leadership on sustainability and climate action. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sustainability\/vision-progress\/timeline\/#section-1-article-2).\">Find out the milestones that led to where we are today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h1>Recognition<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeleague.org\/bfa\/awards#university\" data-gc-link=\"https:\/\/www.bikeleague.org\/bfa\/awards#university\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bicycle Friendly University<\/a>, Bronze, awarded by National League of American Bicyclists<\/p>\n<p>Excellence Award, Bronze, awarded by NASPA (2011)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boston.gov\/environment-and-energy\/greenovate-awards\" data-gc-link=\"https:\/\/www.boston.gov\/environment-and-energy\/greenovate-awards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Greenovate Award<\/a> (2013, 2016)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dinegreen.com\/results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Green Certified Restaurants<\/a>, awarded by the Green Restaurant Association<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/greenpower\/green-power-leadership-awardees\">Green Power Leadership Award<\/a>, awarded by the US EPA (watch the awards ceremony <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/bkZBLklfYyo\">here<\/a>) (2021)<\/p>\n<p>Leadership in Energy &amp; Environmental Design (LEED), awarded by US Green Building Council &#8211; multiple buildings<\/p>\n<p>MassSavers Award (2010)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityofboston.gov\/bikes\/bikebusiness\/\" data-gc-link=\"https:\/\/www.cityofboston.gov\/bikes\/bikebusiness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mayor&#8217;s Bike Friendly Business<\/a>, Silver and Bronze (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)<\/p>\n<p>Mayor&#8217;s Carbon Cup (2014)<\/p>\n<p>Outstanding Case Study: BU Wind, awarded by Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council (2021)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.masscommute.com\/eco-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pinnacle Excellence in Commuter Options (ECO) Award<\/a>, awarded by MassRides and Massachusetts Coalition of Transportation Management Associations (2011, 2012)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.princetonreview.com\/college-rankings\/green-guide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges<\/a> (2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.recharge-massachusetts.org\/2021-recognition-ceremony\/\">Recharge Massachusetts<\/a> (2021)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ebcne.org\/news\/award\/climate-change-project\/\">Ruth H. Silman, Climate Change Project of the Year<\/a>\u00a0(for the Center for Computing &amp; Data Sciences) &#8211; Environmental Business Council of New England, EBEE Awards (2023)<\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-video responsive-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2023 EBC Ruth H. Silman Award for Climate Change Project of the Year\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gzyBgz83g7c?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sustainability\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sierraclub.org\/sierra\/cool-schools-2019\/cool-schools-2019-full-ranking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sierra Cool Schools<\/a> (2012\u20132015)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/2015\/01\/12\/eng-enabling-boston-to-become-a-smarter-city-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Smarter Planet<\/a> (2011)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/reports.aashe.org\/institutions\/boston-university-ma\/report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">STARS<\/a>, Gold (2023), Silver (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021), administered by the Association for Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education<\/p>\n<p>Sustainable Purchasing Foundations Certificate, administered by Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council (2021)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boston University has earned local, state, and national recognition for leadership on sustainability and climate action. Find out the milestones that led to where we are today. Recognition Bicycle Friendly University, Bronze, awarded by National League of American Bicyclists Excellence Award, Bronze, awarded by NASPA (2011) Greenovate Award (2013, 2016) Green Certified Restaurants, awarded by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14030,"featured_media":0,"parent":125,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/170"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14030"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28434,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/170\/revisions\/28434"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}