Recycling and lending clothes to benefit students: The Career Closet — courtesy of the Leadership Program, Center for Life's Work and the Undergraduate Association.
Loaning bikes and other outdoor equipment: Bikes@Naz now has more than 70 bikes, as well as snowshoes and XC skis for free borrowing by the Naz community. Bicycle racks have been placed around campus.
Donating food: Sodexo Dining teamed up with public health students to donate over 50 trays of food to the Open Door Mission and Cameron Community Ministries during Public Health Week.
More Initiatives
Charging for hybrid and electric cars on campus
The Nazareth Sustainability team is proud to offer car-charging stations on campus.
The charging stations are located in Parking Lot O (next to George Hall) and in Lot A (Arts Center).
These stations provide plug-in hybrid or battery electric vehicle users with a safe and manageable link between the power grid and the vehicle.
Charger station operation guide »
Energy conservation across campus
Green fleet: The Facilities Department operates 4 fully electric cars and two electric golf carts.
Reducing energy use:
- Nazareth's Energy Management Plan was published and made available to all. Core network and IT servers are being virtualized, a process that allows for consolidation of server hardware and increased energy savings. Power meter readings were taken in the datacenter prior to work starting, and will be monitored throughout the project.
- Energy efficient motors, lights, boilers, and chillers are all used on campus.
- Variable speed motor drives — the drives slow the motors to match the speed needed for the load and save energy at the slower speed
- Computerized energy management systems lower/raise temperatures and turn air-moving equipment on/off based of the occupancy of designated spaces
- Initiated a comprehensive heat and air conditioning set-back procedure. Heat temperatures, when possible, are set back during break times to 55 degrees.
- Steam boilers replaced
- Direct digital controls installed in several buildings to increase energy efficiency for HVAC systems
- Parking Lot J lights upgraded, allowing for fewer light poles (from 16 to 10), and a decrease in wattage (from 400 to 250)
- Replaced gym lighting with energy-efficient lighting, saving an estimated $3,500 per year
- Replaced a 20-ton air conditioning unit in the Shults Center with a unit that is 30% more efficient; estimated to save $10,000 over 5 years
- Clock Tower Commons has Energy Star compliant mechanicals where available
- A biofuel refinery is on campus. Used fryer oil from dining services is used to fuel all diesel-fuel-operated ground equipment
- Building insulation, windows, and doors were upgraded to reduce the need for energy
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
- We recycle metal, plastic, paper, gift wrap, and all other items accepted in Monroe County. No need to separate items, since the county uses single-stream recycling.
- Nazareth's Information Technology Services created an online IT project request system, which replaced a paper process and saves hundreds of sheets of paper each budget season.
- The finance department's budget process went paperless in 2009.
- Print management is enforced to reduce toner waste and improve monitoring of paper use.
- Our housekeeping staff uses environmentally safe cleaning products.
- Our environmental services group switched to 100% sustainable chemicals.
- Landscaping materials are 100% recycled, right on campus.
- The dining halls went tray-free to reduce waste.