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Cassell Hall residents celebrate after winning campus energy saving competition.

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Cassell Hall Residents Win Competition to Reduce Electricity Consumption

Residence Hall competition saves total of 8,810 kilowatt-hours of electricity.
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This heatmap shows energy savings at Â鶹Æƽâ°æ over the winter closure. The dark green bands (equating to periods of low energy use), called out by a “black box†outline, show building energy reductions.

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Winter Energy Curtailment Efforts Result in Significant Cost Savings

Data shows reduction in energy costs and carbon emissions during annual campus shutdown.
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Waste Not, Want Not

At an E-Waste Drive held last week, the Â鶹Æƽâ°æ community did its part in responsibly discarding electronic waste—collecting 433 pounds of unwanted tech items that might otherwise have landed in the landfill.
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A professor teaches a class on the quad

Achievements ·

Five CAS Faculty Members Named Top 2% Scientists Worldwide in 2024

Stanford-Elsevier Ranking Recognizes Research Impact
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Â鶹Æƽâ°æ Men's 11th Annual Sustainability Awareness Game

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Annual Zero Waste Competition Tips Off with Sustainability-themed Men’s Basketball Game, Feb. 10

Part of the Campus Race to Zero Waste competition to reduce waste produced on campus
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Sustainability tracking, assessment, and rating system

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Â鶹Æƽâ°æ Earns Its Seventh STARS Gold Rating

Association for Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education rates Â鶹Æƽâ°æ’s sustainability efforts.
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WWF CEO Carter Roberts and Kogod dean David Marchick

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WWF Protects Not Just Furry Animals, but Nature Itself

Kogod hosted CEO Carter Roberts on November 12 as part of its Gamechangers in Sustainability Speaker Series
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Â鶹Æƽâ°æ staff and students with trash sorting for compost, recycling, and trash.

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Â鶹Æƽâ°æ Ranks Second in The Princeton Review’s Top 50 Green Colleges List

Highest ranking yet in annual list
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Dennis Smith, building automation technician, operates an automated logic control (ALC) panel.

Buildings ·

Building Automation Systems – a ‘Sixth Sense’ for Ensuring Energy Conservation and Optimal Efficiency

How do university engineers ensure that energy conservation and optimal efficiency are maintained in campus buildings?
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From left, Patrick Atwell, Sean Barrett, and Rick Putnam stand in front of their Ram work truck at Airlie Berkshire Farm. Photo by Jeff Watts.

In the Community ·

From Farm to Fork

Airlie Berkshire Farm’s three hardworking agriculturists care for the animals and tend to the crops that feed the campus community.
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