Josh Lasky
Interim Assistant Vice President, University of Resilience
Josh Lasky currently serves as Interim Assistant Vice President for University of Resilience at The George Washington University, where he leads Environmental Health and Safety, the Office of Emergency Management, and the Office of Sustainability. He owns GW’s ambitious commitments to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030, eliminate all single-use plastics, and earn a STARS Platinum rating by 2025. Josh managed GW’s first-ever building decarbonization study, led the execution of a 15-year renewable energy power purchase agreement, and launched a comprehensive composting program that diverts more than 400,000 pounds of organic waste annually.
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Renewable Energy
Josh Lasky recently led a multi-year effort to increase The George Washington University's renewable energy usage resulting in a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) associated with new-build solar development. This agreement will supplement a previous PPA to allow GWU to source 100% of its electricity demand from solar generation. As the university works to fulfill its climate commitments and electrify campus infrastructure, this clean and renewable energy sourcing is a critical strategy for improving resilience and environmental impact. GWU is also concurrently working to drastically drive down energy consumption through an array of efficiency measures, financed in the short term through the monetization of renewable energy certificates (RECs) from on-site, rooftop solar.