PITTSBURGH — Chatham University has unveiled a master plan that calls for developing a 388-acre site into what it says will be the nation's first fully sustainable campus, according to a press release.
The Eden Hall campus, donated to the university in 2008 by the Eden Hall Foundation, will be home to Chatham's School of Sustainability and the Environment, whose inaugural class began studies in the fall 2010 semester, the release noted.
"There is tremendous pent-up demand for sustainability education," says David Hassenzahl, founding dean of the School of Sustainability and the Environment (SSE).
"Over the next 10 years, SSE will offer bachelor's through doctoral degrees, beginning with master's programs, as well as professional certification in topics ranging from health care, energy and urban forestry to national security, aquaponics and education," Hassenzahl added.
The campus plan envisions four phases of development, which will result in the construction of climate-positive facilities — where on-site greenhouse gas emissions are actually less than zero — and environmentally sensitive landscape design, the release stated.
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