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Cal Poly student campaign for LEED

Students at Cal Poly campaign in a YouTube video to make the student rec center more sustainable during an expansion project.

Cal Poly student campaign for LEED

LEED the Way: Student's Choice Toward a Sustainable Cal Poly - This video discusses the difference between LEED certified buildings and equivalence and why this is an important issue. LEED is the certification standard for green buildings created by the US Green Building Council (USGBC). Students at Cal Poly, SLO will be voting on February 27-28 2008 Yes or No on the expansion of the existing Recreational Center on Campus.

Video created by the Green Campus Program and Empower Poly Coalition.

Published: Thursday, February 28, 2008

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