Sustainability

The University is embarking on a number of sustainability activities. Below are highlighted initiatives:

• New policy on sustainability
• Green Team
• Sustainability Progress Report (2008)
• Connect by Hertz Car Share Program - Allows faculty, staff and students to rent a car by the hour or day for a small fee
• Reggie Ride - Allows faculty, staff, and students to check out a bicycle for free
• Holiday shutdown energy savings - During the holiday break shutdown, the University realized $72,000 in cost savings through energy conservation measures like turning down thermostats and unplugging computers and other unused machines
• Trayless dining - Watterson Commons Dining Center implemented trayless dining after the 2010 spring break, which switched from paper products to permanent dishes throughout the facility; the Marketplace at Linkins previously went trayless
• Waste fryer oil use - Converted into fuel for use in campus fleet vehicles
• Dine-In Challenge - Challenged the University community to eat in the dining center locations instead of carrying out meals in hopes of reducing those meals carried out by 15 percent