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 CU Â鶹ӰԺ, 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 CU Â鶹ӰԺ's environmental engineering graduate program, is helping Americans build better green homes as a modeling engineer at Emu Passive Inc.
- Biking is one of the most popular ways to navigate campus and Â鶹ӰԺ. Here are some tips to help you maintain and protect your bike for a convenient and sustainable way to get around.
- Representatives from the CU system and CU Â鶹ӰԺ 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 CU Â鶹ӰԺ 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 CU Environmental Center was awarded the 2024 Environmental Legacy Award by the Green Sports Alliance for his work with CU Athletics on the department’s sustainability initiatives.