2. Robert Pura, President
Greenfield Community College

3. Coffee & Registration
Welcome & Introductions
An Introduction to Green Revolving Funds
Case Stories: GRF Goals, Formation & Management
Indentifying Opportunities in Your Organization
Sustainability Revolving Fund at Hampshire College
Jonathan Lash, President, Hampshire College
GRF Trends and Statistics from “Greening the Bottom Line”
Lunch
Green Revolving Investment Tracking System [GRITS]
Creating & Implementing a Green Revolving Fund
Next Steps: How LEEF Can Help

4. The College Sustainability Report Card (Suspended)
The Billion Dollar Green Challenge (National Challenge)
Leaders in Energy Efficiency Financing (Regional Network)
The Sustainable Endowments Institute

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10. • Financial Goals
• Environmental Goals
• Education or Community Goals
• Types:
Efficiency
Innovation & Engagement
Hybrid
• Champions
• Sources of Capital
• Fund size
• Project Selection
• Payback Criteria

11. • Champions
• Sources of GRF Capital
• Fund Size
• Fund Structure & Management
• Payback Criteria
• Interest Charges

12. • ROI & Other Benefits
• Reported payback
• Loan vs. Accounting Model
• Estimating & Verifying Performance
• Tracking Savings
• GRF Restrictions

15. 16
11
17
8
27
12
14
17
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
0-4,999 5,000-14,999 15,000-24,999 25,000+
NumberofInstitutions
Distribution of GRFs
Distribution of Green Revolving Fund Institutions
by Enrollment Size
2011
2012
N = 70

16. 40
5
10
6
2
6
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
0-49k 50-99k 100-249k 250-499k 500-749k 750k+
NumberofInstitutions
Endowment Value per Student
Distribution of Green Revolving Funds by Endowment
Value per Student
N=68

17. 38
23
33
6 7
25
16
39
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
NumberofInstitutions
Champions
Green Revolving Fund Champions
N= 69

18. 8
3
5
23
2
7
6
3
5
2
14
0
5
10
15
20
25
NumberofInstitutions
Type of funding
Green Revolving Fund
Common Sources of Capital
N= 59

19. 14
15 15
22
27
16
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Above $1 million $100k - $999k Under $100k
NumberofInstitutions
Size of GRFs
Number of Green Revolving Funds
by Capitalization
Series1
Series2
N= 65

20. 20
12
24
17
44
9
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
NumberofInstitutions
Decision Maker
Project Selection Process
for Green Revolving Funds
N=66