Campus Sustainability News
News on campus sustainability initiatives, emerging programs, rankings, awards, student initiatives, green teams, and more from across the Cornell University campus.
On January 31st, the Student Assembly passed a resolution in support of climate change and sustainability literacy.
Cornell recently opened Cascadilla Community Solar Farm, the University’s sixth large-scale solar project. The solar farms will generate 30-gigawatt hours to serve about 3,000 average local residential homes.
The new solar farm - Cornell's 6th - will generate over 30,000 megawatts annually and double the University's annual renewable energy use.
Cornell dove into its 10th year of participating in the sustainability contest “RecycleMania” — a continent-wide, two-month-long tournament in which universities compete to generate the least waste and recycle the most.
Upson Hall is Cornell’s fifth LEED Platinum building and the 21st overall LEED certified project completed on the Ithaca campus. Calculations for Upson Hall's energy efficiency reflect a 66.62 percent energy-cost reduction – a new Cornell LEED record.
“Indigenous people around the world are incredibly important when we think – in terms of climate change and impact – about what is happening to our planet,” said Allred, associate professor of natural resources, in her Dec. 6 keynote address at Cornell’s 2018 Sustainability Leadership Summit. Each year leaders across campus gather to discuss and find ways to make the campus sustainable.
Cornell Daily Sun | Amanda H. Cronin, November 7, 2018
With roots in its Ithaca campus’ natural setting and its Climate Action Plan, Cornell University has been named one of the top 20 “Coolest Schools,” or, greenest colleges of 2018 in the Sierra Club’s annual list
In this week’s edition of “All Things Equal,” Gary Stewart is joined by Sarah Brylinsky, sustainability communications and integration manager for the Campus Sustainability Office, to discuss Cornell’s commitment to sustainability and a recent award recognizing that work.
Cornell has been recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Center for Resource Solutions for its efforts to advance access, education, and public interest and engagement in renewable energy resources, especially in low-income communities.
A former Bethlehem Steel site being rehabilitated as a business park in Lackawanna, New York, stands as an example of sustainable redevelopment and the impact a local government can have on climate change.