Bunker Hill Community College has won a $2,000 technical assistance grant from Second Nature, which will provide the college with new ideas to reduce energy consumption and waste, maximize recycling and improve operations.

The grant, one of 15 awarded nationally, focuses on helping under-resourced colleges and universities accelerate progress toward sustainability, according to a statement.

Paul Righi, manager of buildings and grounds, was selected by the college to receive training offered under the grant. He will participate in workshops, webinars and online courses about operating sustainable campuses.

"We are confident that the schools receiving these grants will quickly turn their training into results that will benefit their entire campus community," said Ashka Naik, manager of Second Nature’s advancing green building in higher education program. "We awarded grants based on an assessment of the institution’s level of need, statement of interest and campus sustainability capacity."

Bunker Hill Community College President Mary L. Fifield is a charter signatory of the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment. Member institutions are committed to reducing greenhouse-gas emissions and supporting efforts nationwide to achieve energy independence.

Earlier this year, the college dedicated its new Health & Wellness Center, which is expected to receive LEED Gold certification.

Second Nature was founded in Boston in 1993 by Senator John F. Kerry, Teresa Heinz Kerry and others to work for a sustainable future. Since then, Second Nature has helped expand the concept of education for sustainability into a major national movement.