Going green is a major theme in higher education these days.
“A growing number of universities and colleges are committed to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050,” says Jenay Robert, a senior researcher at EDUCAUSE. To that end, they are “finding and using renewable sources of energy, adopting green technology and making curriculum changes.”
Remote work also can help schools to achieve their overall sustainability goals.
Environmental benefits of remote work include “reducing an institution’s carbon footprint, especially by minimizing commuting,” says Donald Nieman, professor of history and provost emeritus at Binghamton University, part of the State University of New York system.
On campus, remote work boosts green targets by “reducing energy consumption in heating, cooling and lighting,” says Josh Prigge, formerly Hawaii Pacific University’s first sustainability coordinator and now owner of Sustridge Sustainability Consulting and North Star Carbon Management.
Strong connectivity is crucial to making the remote work experience successful in higher education. To realize the environmental benefits of work-from-anywhere, colleges and universities need modernized networks and a partner such as Citrix that shares higher education’s sustainability goals.
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