Environment ·
Facilities Management Marks ENERGY STAR Day with a Heating Plant Tour
Facilities Management partners with Office of Sustainability to show staff and faculty AU's energy-saving heating plant
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A Bright Idea: Reducing Energy Through Material Reuse
AU reduces waste by reusing materials from demolition during recent tunnel renovation.
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Environment ·
Taking the Temperature of Global Warming
SIS professor Dana Fisher and a team of researchers polled participants about climate change at the March to End Fossil Fuels.
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Energy-saving LED lights come to Mary Graydon Center and Roper Hall
Renovations this summer brought energy-saving LED lights to Mary Graydon Center and Roper Hall
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Buildings ·
AU Delivers Summer 2023 Transformations in Leonard Hall, the Tunnel, and Mary Graydon Center
Student Thriving Project kicks into high gear with Tunnel, Mary Graydon Center, and Leonard Hall improvements designed to enable students’ success.
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Environment ·
Two Facts and a Fiction: Heat Wave
AU atmospheric scientist Valentina Aquila explains what on Earth is happening on the heels of the hottest June on record
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AU Ranks Second in Key Category in Annual Campus Race to Zero Waste Competition
AU ranked second among large universities for composting, keeping 21,009 pounds of food waste out of landfill.
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On Campus ·
Sitting on a Second Chance: Program Gives New Life to Campus Furniture
Aligning with AU's sustainability goals, Facilities Management has launched a formal initiative to recycle surplus furniture to new homes across campus.
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Environment ·
Leading Environmental Change: AU Continues to Be a Power Player, Five Years after Achieving Carbon Neutrality
How do you quantify carbon neutrality? The energy saved since AU reached the historic milestone in 2018 is equivalent to planting around 4.5 million trees—more than double the total number in the District.
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Communications ·
PR Students Use Strategic Savvy and Shovels to Stop Climate Change
PR students work with The Climate, Inc. on its newest Trillion Tree Campaign by planting trees across campus for AU Beautification Day.
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