author, environmental consultant,

Walter Simpson CEM, LEED AP, is a Buffalo, NY-based environmental activist and consultant who retired in 2008 from the University at Buffalo where for 26 years he served as campus energy officer and director of the UB Green Office. He is editor and co-author of The Green Campus: Meeting the Challenge of Environmental Sustainability (APPA, 2008) and author of Cool Campus! A How-to Guide for College and University Climate Action Planning (AASHE, 2009), which is available at www.aashe.org/files/resources/cool-campusclimate-planning-guide.pdf and in wiki format with contributions by others, www.aashe.org/wiki/resources/cool-campus-climate-planning-guide

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