Sustainability
A team of students from the Masters of the Environment program won the C40 Students Reinventing Cities competition for their proposal to transforms a historic site in Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles, into a sustainable, community-centered urban space.
National searches are underway for the university’s new vice chancellor for sustainability and for an executive director to lead the establishment of a new Sustainability Research Initiative.
At Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder, sustainability isn’t just a buzzword—it’s a way of life. Our campus is a global leader in sustainability as a result of the rich history of student-led sustainability efforts, starting with the founding of the Environmental Center in 1970. Here are three things you can do to be more sustainable this semester.
Since the 2024 Climate Action Plan was published at the end of the spring semester, several projects supporting the campus’s climate goals have progressed.
Jules Fischer-White, a student in Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder's environmental engineering graduate program, is helping Americans build better green homes as a modeling engineer at Emu Passive Inc.
Representatives from the Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØsystem and Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder will explore innovative solutions and identify ways to accelerate clean technology from idea and proof of concept through to market adoption.
Chancellor Justin Schwartz has announced several actions to further establish Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder as a global leader in sustainability. The university will partner with Pivot Energy to add 5 megawatts of solar energy to the local grid and is committing tax credit savings to campus decarbonization efforts.
At its June meeting, the Campus Sustainability Executive Council discussed capital prioritization and Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System reporting.
Dave Newport of the Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØEnvironmental Center was awarded the 2024 Environmental Legacy Award by the Green Sports Alliance for his work with Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØAthletics on the department’s sustainability initiatives.
During its June meeting, the Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoard of Regents approved two new sustainability initiatives: the construction of a solar array on East Campus and an 18-building efficiency project.