SCU is currently the largest supporter of Silicon Valley Power's Green Power Program. We purchased 11,256 mWh of wind energy from the turbines pictured, in 2008
Joe Sugg with a 50 kW solar array on the Support Services Building, Santa Clara University Photo by Charles Barry, University Photographer
Wind farm in Fairfield, CA where our renewable energy is generated.
Joe Sugg explains the green tech at work in the new Learning Commons and Library. Photo by Charles Barry, University Photographer
Students in the Sustainability Squad help event attendees compost and recycle their waste. Photo by Charles Barry, University Photographer
Over 20 students volunteered as the "Sustainability Squad" to help Preview Days guests compost and recycle their waste. This was the University's first large-scale composting initiative. In this photo: Jenny Gore ('09) and Tracey Mangin ('09), leaders of the Squad. Photo by Richard Jaramillo ('11), Sustainability Intern
Katrina Jaber ('12) and Kaelin Holland ('11) showed guests that most of their waste was compostable! Photo by Richard Jaramillo ('11), Sustainability Intern
Rose Saltamacchia ('09) and Katherine Quinn-Shea ('10) help prospective students sort their waste. When these students return to campus as freshmen this fall, they will be ready for our new composting program! Photo by Richard Jaramillo ('11), Sustainability Intern
Campus visitors were interested in learning more about University sustainability initiatives. Photo by Richard Jaramillo ('11), Sustainability Intern
“Can you taste the difference?” Jasmine Blaine (’10) and her SLURP team asked students to taste water (one from a water fountain, the other from bottled water). Their study showed that students do not prefer one over the other.
Campus Minister Matt Smith shows students his personal worm compost container. Photo by Charles Barry, University Photographer
Campus Minister Matt Smith encourages students to smell his odorless worm compost. Photo by Lindsey Cromwell, Sustainability Coordinator
Matt Smith's worms assisted in the decoposition of a compostable plate from Dining Services. In 10 days, a plate (same as the one shown in the photo) turned into the two unrecognizable items on the plate). Photo by Melissa Reynen, Dining Services
Arrupe Placements enable students to learn from the community.
Over 85% of campus is irrigated with recycled water.
Over 85% of SCU campus landscape is irrigated with recycled water
The University is currently pilot testing dual-flush toilets in the women's restroom in Malley Fitness Center.
Each waterfree urinal conserves about 40,000 gallons of water per year, and $200 in maintenance costs. Over 200 are installed on campus.
The Commons at Kennedy Mall, a sustainable design demonstration building
The living green roof atop the Commons at Kennedy Mall, in 2007.
Learning Commons fun fact: the building is twice the size of Orradre Library but consumes the same amount of energy
Over 90 percent of public space in the Learning Commons has access to natural light.
Lucas Hall was designed to be as energy efficient as we could afford. Roughly 10% better than Title 24, CA energy efficiency standards.
Students learn about recycling on campus as they create papier mache pumpkins at Campus Sustainability Day 2007.
Club Bottom Line and Beyond had a table at Campus Sustainability Day 2007 to educate students about plastic bags.
Focus The Nation is an annual national teach-in about climate change.
Recycling sign posted at all residence hall waste and recycling areas help students sort items and minimize landfill waste.
GREEN Club trash audit 2007
Recycle Mania - Students after a "dorm storm" where they basically go trick-or-treating for recyclables. Event brings awareness to international recycling/waste minimization 10-week competition.
The GREEN Club created a display to educate the campus community about recycling and waste minimization.
A display about RecycleMania at SCU, a national recycling and waste minimization competition.
Results of a trash audit during RecycleMania 2008.
An event for Recyclemania 2008: if students ate their meal "for here" they received a raffle ticket to win a solar bag or portable solar charger.
Recycling Directors and Bucky at Open House 2007
Students from the GREEN Club put signs near residence halls to collect e-waste and carpeting during move-out. The e-waste is recycled by Facilities, and the GREEN Club cleans, stores, and re-sells the carpeting in the fall to incoming students.
Used carpet collection during campus move-out in June.
Students participating in the waste characterization were from the Grass Roots Environmental Efforts Now (GREEN) Club, SCU Student Sustainability Convergence, and other student organizations.
SCU students sorting University waste as part of a Waste Characterization. By sorting the components of our waste, we can determine how much can be diverted by composting and by improving our recycling collection system.
Bon Appetit switched to compostable serve ware on April 22, 2008. The University is currently piloting a composting program and plans to compost our food waste by Fall 2009.
Tracey Mangin (’09) and Silas Strickland (’10) share their progress with Silver Creek High School to their classmates in ENVS 140: Sustainability Outreach. Photo by Lindsey Cromwell, Sustainability Coordinator
SCU is helping St. Ignatius develop a sustainability plan for their school. This photo was taken at San Francisco's Arbor Day Celebration, in which St. Ignatius participated. SCU student Tracey Mangin is St. Ignatius' Sustainability Decathlon mentor.
St. Ignatius students create a native plant garden during San Francisco's Arbor Day Celebration. SCU students mentor local high school teams in the Sustainability Decathlon, a competition for high schools to integrate sustainability into their schools. St. Ignatius College Prep in San Francisco is one of seven schools participating in the 2009 Sustainability Decathlon (http://www.scu.edu/sustainability/service/decathlon2009.cfm).
St. Ignatius students create a native plant garden during San Francisco's Arbor Day Celebration.
Sustainability Coordinator Lindsey Cromwell at campus Sustainability Day 2008.
