Springboard Biodiesel Joins AASHE
Online, April 13, 2011 (Newswire.com) - Biodiesel equipment manufacturer Springboard Biodiesel announced Wednesday that it has joined on as a new member of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. AASHE is an association of universities and colleges dedicated to promoting a more sustainable world.
"We're happy to join this impressive association," said Mark Roberts, Springboard Biodiesel's CEO. "We have 53 colleges and universities in the US using our equipment right now and that number continues to grow. By joining AASHE, we're hopeful that many more educational institutions in the US and abroad, will discover how a campus-scaled Biodiesel program can help an institutions efforts to achieve carbon neutrality while simultaneously supporting fiscal budgets."
"We are delighted to have Springboard Biodiesel on board and participating in the campus sustainability community," said Paul Rowland, executive director of AASHE. "This shows a real commitment to playing a leadership role in some of the biggest challenges of our time, and provides the campus community with access to thousands of examples of best practices in campus sustainability."
AASHE enables higher education institutions to meet their sustainability goals by providing specialized resources, professional development, and a network of programs and peer support. AASHE is also one of two supporting organizations for the American College & University Presidents' Climate Commitment. (To date, 677 presidents and chancellors have committed to lead their institutions to climate neutrality as soon as possible.)
About Springboard Biodiesel: California based Springboard Biodiesel manufactures and sells the industry leader in small scale biodiesel processors. They have installed more than 6 mm gallons of annual production capacity over 14 different countries and currently enable 53 colleges and universities in the US to convert waste cooking oil into biodiesel in their BioPro Processing Equipment. By allowing users to make biodiesel from multiple sources (virgin oil seed crops, animal oils and waste veg. oil), Springboard helps small-scale producers minimize costs and earn a compelling economic return for an environmentally beneficial fuel.
About AASHE
AASHE is an association of colleges and universities that are working to create a sustainable future. To further its mission of empowering higher education to lead the sustainability transformation, AASHE provides resources, professional development, and a network of support to enable institutions of higher education to model sustainability in all areas, from governance and operations to education and research.
Press Contact:
Matt Roberts
VP, Marketing
Springboard Biodiesel
530 894 1793
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