Sustainability

The Vanderbilt power plant has a dramatic new look. Demolition of the brick exhaust stack, which once stretched more than 200 feet tall, is now complete. Read More

Donation and recycling locations on campus will be expanded from April 20 to May 10, just in time for student move out and office spring-cleaning efforts. Read More

California's aggressive incentive program for installing rooftop solar-electric systems has not been as effective as generally believed according to a new analysis. Read More

The first-ever Commons Unplugged environmental awareness week, scheduled for Feb. 15–21, will celebrate sustainability and natural resource and energy conservation through a variety of events targeting Vanderbilt’s first-year student population. Read More

Vanderbilt professor David Hess received the James Thornton Fant Chair in Sustainability Studies only this week, but the chair’s story dates to 1899. Read More

Plant Operations is asking the Vanderbilt community to take small steps for the rest of the week to help reduce pressure on the campus’ energy infrastructure during the current bout of extremely cold weather. Read More

Vanderbilt Athletics, the Sustainability and Environmental Management Office and Waste Management, Inc. are looking for the greenest group on campus during this year’s basketball athletics sustainability competition. Read More

Vanderbilt’s Sustainability and Environment Management Office offers 12 steps that everyone can take to make the season a little greener. Read More

If you are going to be away from your office or home for an extended period of time over the holidays, please remember to power down before you leave. Read More

Vanderbilt’s Sustainability and Environmental Management Office (SEMO) has added six new glass recycling locations to the main campus this semester, bringing the total number to eight. Read More

Students Promoting Environmental Awareness and Responsibility has been named winner of the 2014 football sustainability competition and can boast the title “greenest group on campus.” Read More

Vanderbilt has donated five dumptruck loads, or 35 tons, of wood chips to Tennessee State Parks to be used on walking paths at Radnor Lake State Natural Area. Read More

The NSF has awarded a pair of grants to Vanderbilt researchers for the study of local water conservation policies across the nation and the role of litigation in social activism, respectively. Read More

The new Warren and Moore Colleges, which include the Kissam Center, has received a LEED Gold certification. Read More

Move In 2014 set a new record for cardboard recycling at Vanderbilt. Read More

Two massive natural gas boilers were installed at the Vanderbilt Power Plant July 12 as part of the university’s ongoing effort to convert the co-generation facility completely to natural gas. Read More

Vanderbilt’s waste and recycling vendor, Waste Management, has launched a new fleet of natural gas-powered trash collection vehicles that will reduce both air and noise pollution on campus. Read More

As temperatures climb into the 90s and higher this summer, faculty, staff and students are encouraged to do their part to reduce energy consumption on campus and at the medical center. Read More

Celebrate National Dump the Pump Day on Thursday, June 19, by taking public transportation, such as an MTA bus or the Music City Star commuter train. Read More

Vacation season is here, and you can reduce your environmental impact - and save money - with these handy, sustainable travel tips. Read More