News from Jeff Murphy

Jeff Murphy attended two of our conferences: Footstep 10 and Footstep 11. He recently sent us news of what he is up to now (congratulations are in order!):

I work as an Analyst for Sightlines LLC, a consulting firm that works with higher education to extend the life of buildings and building systems as well as create more efficient and effective facilities departments. My emerging role in the company is with our newest product called GreenLine, which seeks to identify and quantify all of the sources of greenhouse gases (GHG) on campus. I have already finished analyses of the University of Vermont, Champlain College, Vassar College, Oregon Institute of Technology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Eastern Oregon University and Wagner College. I am also working closely with the Vice President of Product Development to introduce a supplementary product, which helps colleges and universities that have completed an emissions inventory select and track the progress of projects that make tangible reductions to their campus emissions. We will be starting this at our first pilot school, Smith College, next month.

I have also recently proposed to my long-time girlfriend and am in the planning stages of, what I hope to be a green if not carbon-neutral, wedding. We are looking into buying wedding rings made of recycled metal, we are having the ceremony and reception at a inn/farm in Vermont that focuses around local and seasonal foods, we hope to buy carbon offsets to eliminate travel emissions by our guests and will be providing re-usable bags, re-usable water bottles and a seedling as part of our party favors for our guests (kind of a green starter-pack).