Q. What’s the deal with the university’s Holiday Setbacks program? A. Each year during the holiday break in December and January, Facilities and Campus Services allows the temperature of most campus buildings to “float” between 55 degrees (to prevent freezing pipes) and 85 degrees (to […]
The new campus student social space known as “The Barn,” became the first building on campus to feature solar electric PV cells on July 28. Like all new construction on campus, the Barn was designed to meet, at a minimum, LEED Certification standards. The […]
The Forsyth County Commissioners and the Environmental Affairs Board of Forsyth County recently recognized the university for sustainability initiatives in two departments. The office of Waste Reduction and Recycling received a Special Environmental Award in July for diverting 44.6 percent of solid waste from […]
Think Green Thursday: Fair Trade When: 10:30am-12:15pm Where: Magnolia Patio What is fair trade and why does it matter? Learn about the importance of fair trade from a student entrepreneur. Test your knowledge to win discounts on beautiful fairly traded merchandise from around the […]
More than 100 students huddled together in the Reynolda Hall lobby on March 26 to count down the seconds until the spotlights on Wait Chapel were extinguished in celebration of Earth Hour 2011. The Demon Deacon was on-hand to flip the giant light […]
Facilities and Campus Services have been hard at work over the last few years trying to reduce the university’s energy consumption amid rapidly rising fuel costs. As the manifold initiatives draw to completion, the university has begun to reap the rewards. Since June of […]
On March 27th from 8:30-9:30 pm, Wake Forest University participated in Earth Hour 2010. This event, started by the World Wildlife Fund in Sydney, Australia, aims to raise awareness about global climate change. By symbolically “flipping the switch” on Wait Chapel’s spotlights, students, faculty, […]
You bet! The university saved about $22,000 in avoided electrical use and $37,000 in avoided steam production, for a total of about $59,000 over the 11-day set back. This is the second year of the holiday setback program. In 2008, the university saved about $7,000 […]
Energizing the Future: Technology, Policy and Entrepreneurship — February 10-11, 2010, on the Wake Forest Campus Energy is vital to our modern way of life, and sustainable energy solutions are essential for a secure future. With broad interest and expertise in the sciences, economics, law […]
While pundits debate the causes of our changing climate, energy conservation remains the most impactful way our institution can decrease its carbon footprint as well as shield itself from rising energy costs. Mike Draughn, Wake Forest’s Director for Maintenance and Utilities, is responsible for much […]
The university saved $30,000 in nine days last year during the trial run of the Holiday Setbacks program implemented by Facilities Management and Campus Services. This year’s program, which will run an additional 5 days is expected to save the university even more money in […]
The new ThinkPad T400 laptop computers issued to incoming freshmen and juniors this year meet the highest standard of environmentally sound design according to the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT). EPEAT, a not-for-profit, environmental procurement tool is designed to help purchases evaluate, […]
Starting in September 2008, Jim Alty, associate vice president for Facilities & Campus Services, began phasing out old service trucks from the facilities service fleet and replacing them with entirely electric vehicles from Miles Electric Vehicles. To date, seven MILES ZX40ST trucks supplement the Facilities […]
