Sustainable Campus Collaborative

What Sustainable Campus Collaborative does

Sustainable Campus Collaborative is a Calgary, Alberta-based nonprofit organization that supports post-secondary institutions with sustainability collaboration, training, planning, and emissions-reduction services. Founded by Donald Jantz, CPA, MEB, the organization serves universities, colleges, and polytechnics across Canada and the United States by connecting facilities and sustainability leaders through a peer network and offering benchmarking, grant writing, and engagement coordination services. Headcount is not publicly disclosed, but the operation appears to be founder-led with partner-supported delivery.

The core offering is structured as four integrated service pillars: Community of Practice (peer networking and knowledge sharing); Benchmark Performance & Data Insights (energy benchmarking, campus GHG inventory development, reduction planning, AASHE STARS reporting, and virtual energy audits); Funding & Grant Support (grant identification and proposal writing for energy efficiency upgrades and student research projects); and Campus Engagement & Living Lab (coordinating student and researcher participation in real-world sustainability challenges). Underlying technical capabilities include collective post-secondary benchmarking that enables peer comparison, advanced energy performance analysis, GHG Protocol-aligned inventory work, and a growing catalogue of recorded webinars, white papers, and case studies. The organization also hosts the annual Campus Sustainability Exchange and operates research initiatives such as the EV Charging Research Program with Swift Charge and Concordia University of Edmonton, funded by the Alberta Ecotrust Retrofit Accelerator.

The business model is a free membership model supplemented by sponsorships, donations, and undisclosed professional services revenue. Membership is free for post-secondary institutions and provides access to peer networking, quarterly collaborative workshops, webinars, and shared resources. Sponsorship packages and donations fund network expansion and content development. Distribution is direct, primarily through the founder's outreach and the website's self-serve signup, with events serving as mid-funnel engagement. Strategic partnerships with SOFIAC (collective renewable energy purchasing and retrofits), Alberta Ecotrust Retrofit Accelerator, Swift Charge, Concordia University of Edmonton, Green Economy Canada, and Energy Futures Lab extend reach and credibility.

Name

Sustainable Campus Collaborative

Legal name

Sustainable Campus Collaborative

Website

https://sustainablecc.ca

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Sustainable Campus Collaborative is a Calgary-based nonprofit that connects post-secondary sustainability leaders across Canada and the U.S. through peer networking, energy benchmarking, grant writing support, and shared funding opportunities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Higher Education Sustainability Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Off-Campus / University-Affiliated Housing Management (EDAEAFAB)

Keywords

• Campus sustainability services
• Energy benchmarking consulting
• GHG emissions planning
• AASHE STARS reporting
• Grant writing support

Headquarters

HQ city

Calgary

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Free Membership: Core membership is free, providing access to the community of practice, peer networking, quarterly meetings, webinar series, and a growing catalogue of recorded presentations, webinars, white papers, and case studies.
2. Grant Writing and Funding Support Services: Services to find and write grants on behalf of member institutions to access external funding for building energy benchmarking, student research projects, energy efficiency upgrades, and emissions reduction programs. Grant funding supports students and academics undertaking research that advances facilities sustainability goals.
3. Sponsorships and Donations: The organization accepts sponsorships and donations to expand reach, develop new resources, and keep the network growing. A sponsorship package is available for download on the website.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Sustainable Campus Collaborative is a nonprofit that provides post-secondary institutions with peer-networking, energy benchmarking, GHG inventory and reduction planning, AASHE STARS reporting support, grant writing assistance, and campus engagement coordination. Its core is a free-membership community of practice complemented by fee-based professional services delivered to universities, colleges, and polytechnics across Canada and the U.S.A.

Product overview

Sustainable Campus Collaborative is a nonprofit organization offering a suite of interconnected sustainability services for post-secondary institutions. The core offering consists of four integrated service pillars: Community of Practice (peer networking and knowledge sharing), Benchmark Performance & Data Insights (energy benchmarking and emissions tracking), Funding & Grant Support (grant writing and collective funding access), and Campus Engagement & Living Lab (student/researcher engagement coordination). These services are designed to work together to help campus facilities and sustainability leaders measure, manage, and report on their sustainability progress. The organization also hosts the annual Campus Sustainability Exchange event and conducts research initiatives such as the EV Charging Research Program in partnership with external organizations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 37 EV chargers installed through grant-funded programs
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• SOFIACcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSOFIAC partnership enables collaborative renewable energy purchasing and deep energy retrofits for member institutions. By acting together, institutions can access large-scale solutions that wouldn't be viable if done alone. This is a core partnership providing collective purchasing power for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects.
• Alberta Ecotrust Retrofit AcceleratorcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFunded a research project conducted by Sustainable Campus Collaborative, Swift Charge, and Concordia University of Edmonton to document EV charging needs and challenges in multi-unit residential buildings (MURBs) to evaluate a grant-funded charger installation program.
• Swift ChargecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in EV charging research project funded by Alberta Ecotrust Retrofit Accelerator, working with Sustainable Campus Collaborative and Concordia University of Edmonton to document EV charging needs in multi-unit residential buildings.
• Concordia University of EdmontoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in EV charging research project funded by Alberta Ecotrust Retrofit Accelerator, working with Sustainable Campus Collaborative and Swift Charge to document EV charging needs in multi-unit residential buildings.
• Green Economy CanadaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDonald Jantz worked with Green Economy Canada before founding the Sustainable Campus Collaborative, bringing experience in sustainability strategy and organizational change.
• Energy Futures LabminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDonald Jantz served as a Fellow with the Energy Futures Lab, gaining experience in clean tech ecosystem development that informed the creation of the Sustainable Campus Collaborative.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Second Nature: Second Nature runs the Campus Climate Action and Race to Zero commitments that drive much of the same U.S. and Canadian post-secondary decarbonization demand SCC serves. Comparable nonprofit model mobilizing campuses around climate commitments with peer-learning networks.
• The Campus Climate Network: Campus Climate Network is a peer-network and resource hub for higher-ed sustainability officers. Similar community-of-practice mission and audience to SCC, focused on climate action and decarbonization in North American colleges.
• AASHE (Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education): AASHE is the U.S./Canada-wide membership organization that operates the STARS sustainability rating system that SCC explicitly supports members in completing. Both serve the same post-secondary sustainability leader persona with benchmarking, resources, and peer networking - the most directly comparable peer.
• Society for College and University Planning (SCUP): SCUP is a membership association for higher-ed planners that delivers peer learning, benchmarking, and workshops around campus planning and operations - closely analogous to SCC's community-of-practice model for a related persona.
• GreenerU: GreenerU is a higher-education-focused sustainability consulting firm offering energy benchmarking, climate action planning, and STARS support - directly overlapping SCC's professional services stack for U.S. and Canadian colleges and universities.
• Intentional Endowments Network: IEN is a peer-learning nonprofit network coordinating higher-ed institutions around sustainable investing and ESG. Comparable network/community of practice model serving a similar post-secondary sustainability audience.

Broad incumbents

• Sightlines (a service of EAB): Sightlines/EAB provides institutional benchmarking and facilities advisory to higher education, including capital planning and energy data. A much larger incumbent offering that competes with SCC's data/benchmarking value prop as part of a broader facilities management portfolio.
• Green Building Council member sustainability programs (CaGBC / USGBC): CaGBC and USGBC run LEED and broader sustainability education/networking programs that touch the same campus facilities and sustainability leader audience. They are broader incumbents offering building certification plus community resources, partially overlapping with SCC's peer learning and benchmarking.

Others

• Workday / EPEAT-style procurement sustainability benchmarks: EPEAT and similar product-level sustainability benchmarks overlap with SCC's sustainable procurement focus and AASHE STARS credits. They serve as enabling data sources rather than direct competitors, but shape member expectations and benchmarking language SCC must align with.
• Carbon Action Reserve / Climate Registry (campus GHG programs): Climate Registry and similar GHG accounting programs/registries underpin the GHG Protocol-aligned inventories SCC builds for members. They are standards/data infrastructure providers that SCC's services plug into rather than compete with.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/in/donaldjantz

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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