Environment ·
AU Ranks Second in The Princeton Review’s Top 50 Green Colleges List
Highest ranking yet in annual list
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Buildings ·
Building Automation Systems – a ‘Sixth Sense’ for Ensuring Energy Conservation and Optimal Efficiency
How do university engineers ensure that energy conservation and optimal efficiency are maintained in campus buildings?
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In the Community ·
From Farm to Fork
Airlie Berkshire Farm’s three hardworking agriculturists care for the animals and tend to the crops that feed the campus community.
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Environment ·
3 Facts and a Fiction: The Eye of the Storm
Hurricanes are the deadliest, costliest, and most destructive of all weather-related hazards in the US. With Hurricane Helene battering the East Coast, environmental science professor Stephen MacAvoy explains what to expect now—and in the future.
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Science ·
AU Launches PhD in Biomedical and Environmental Health Sciences
Professor Victoria Connaughton explains how new degree intertwines science along with skills to develop policies informed by science
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On Campus ·
One Student’s Discards are Another Eagle’s Dorm Décor
The Office of Sustainability and Facilities Management Zero Waste Office’s 2024 Project Move In distributed 17 tons of gently-used items to AU students this fall.
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On Campus ·
Eagle Tales: Wasting No Time
AU boasts about 1,900 dedicated staff members. Meet one here: Caroline Boone, zero waste manager in Facilities Management.
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Achievements ·
At Airlie, Â鶹´«Ã½ Grows a Sustainable Future
At Airlie farm and scenic retreat, the first carbon-neutral university in the US is feeding its community, developing the next generation of changemakers, and innovating for a sustainable future.
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Environment ·
From Trash to Treasure
This May, Project Move Out collected 500 pounds of food and about five tons of clothing from AU students.
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Environment ·
Meltzer Center Poised to Be AU’s First Net Zero Building, but What Is Net Zero?
Â鶹´«Ã½ achieved carbon neutrality in 2018 and is now moving to further advance our sustainability goals by adding what is expected to become its first Net Zero Energy building to the campus portfolio.
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