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Seventy-five percent of campus waste filters into large containers near Â鶹Æƽâ°æ’s Sports Center Annex.

Environment ·

Trace Your Waste

Leave fewer (environmental) footprints behind by following Facility Management’s trash-sorting guidelines.
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This year’s Campus Race to Zero Waste competition, running now through March 23, will tip off on February 7 at Bender Arena with the 10th Annual Sustainability-themed Men’s Basketball game.

Athletics ·

Â鶹Æƽâ°æ Men's Basketball 10th Annual Sustainability Awareness Game, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 7 p.m.

Tip-off to eight-week national competition to reduce waste produced on campus
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Mark Freedman of Facilities Management explains how the heating plant operates.

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Facilities Management Marks ENERGY STAR Day with a Heating Plant Tour

Facilities Management partners with Office of Sustainability to show staff and faculty Â鶹Æƽâ°æ's energy-saving heating plant
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Some of the reused light fittings that were diverted from waste.

Environment ·

A Bright Idea: Reducing Energy Through Material Reuse

Â鶹Æƽâ°æ reduces waste by reusing materials from demolition during recent tunnel renovation.
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New energy-saving LED fixtures in Mary Graydon Center

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Energy-saving LED lights come to Mary Graydon Center and Roper Hall

Renovations this summer brought energy-saving LED lights to Mary Graydon Center and Roper Hall
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Bronté Burleigh-Jones (Â鶹Æƽâ°æ CFO), Edwin Santos (President Â鶹Æƽâ°æSG), and Marcus Neil (President RHA) with Clawed at the Tunnel ribbon-cutting

Buildings ·

Â鶹Æƽâ°æ Delivers Summer 2023 Transformations in Leonard Hall, the Tunnel, and Mary Graydon Center

Student Thriving Project kicks into high gear with Tunnel, Mary Graydon Center, and Leonard Hall improvements designed to enable students’ success.
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Students standing by compost buckets at TDR

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Â鶹Æƽâ°æ Ranks Second in Key Category in Annual Campus Race to Zero Waste Competition

Â鶹Æƽâ°æ ranked second among large universities for composting, keeping 21,009 pounds of food waste out of landfill.
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Â鶹Æƽâ°æ's surplus furniture program has repurposed more than 200 items.

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Sitting on a Second Chance: Program Gives New Life to Campus Furniture

Aligning with Â鶹Æƽâ°æ's sustainability goals, Facilities Management has launched a formal initiative to recycle surplus furniture to new homes across campus.
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The scarlet oak on the quad is a stop during a moonlight tour of the Â鶹Æƽâ°æ Arboretum.

On Campus ·

Blooms Beneath the Stars: Community Members Explore Â鶹Æƽâ°æ’s Arboretum

More than 100 neighbors and local green thumbs explored the sights and (floral) scents of campus during a moonlight tour of Â鶹Æƽâ°æ’s Arboretum and Gardens.
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Heat map showing energy use on main campus. 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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Â鶹Æƽâ°æ’s Latest Winter Energy Curtailment Efforts Result in Significant Energy and Cost Savings

Â鶹Æƽâ°æ reduced its emissions by 222 metric tons during the December 2022 winter break closure. It also resulted in an $77,318 reduction in energy costs for the university.
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