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Cornell Campus Sustainability Office | Spring 2018

Yes, renewable heat is a thing, and you can do it, too!

Three girls laughing in snow

Cornell saved 1.4 million kwh during the winter break due to energy efficiency measures in the community.

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Cornell Campus Sustainability Office | Winter 2018

Sustainability Life Recipe Series

Testing a thermal imaging camera

Cornell community members may check out the camera to help identify home efficiency needs.

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Cornell Campus Sustainability Office | Winter 2018

Sustainability Life Recipe Series

Lake Source Cooling pipes inside the central facility

Cornell University | May 10, 2017

Cornell’s Lake Source Cooling facility has been in operation for over 15 years, providing the campus with low-carbon, clean cooling, direct from Cayuga Lake. Learn how the LSC project has remained one of the most significant environmental initiatives ever undertaken by an American university to promote a sustainable future.

Two students hold up cellphones showing the HumbleBee app interface

Cornell Chronicle | Sherrie Negrea,  March 2, 2017

A new smartphone app, Humble Bee, will engage and motivate students to change their behavior to improve sustainability on campus. “The problem hasn’t been engaging staff – it’s been engaging students,” said Casey Franklin, a doctoral student in human behavior and design. “How do we reach a new generation that would rather play Pokémon Go than look at our sustainability website?”

old coal storage area-without coal

Cornell Chronicle | By Bill Steele, January 18, 2010
A university-wide grand opening event showed off Cornell's super-efficient Combined Heat and Power Plant, up and running since mid-December 2010, to media and representatives of state and local government.