Check out our major environmental accomplishments in 2015!

NYUnplugged Conserves Energy

During the month of February, 8 NYU Residence Halls participated in NYUnplugged, saving 50,175 kWh of energy. Green House was named the competition winner! Stay tuned for forthcoming details about this year’s NYUnplugged challenge.

Bike Share Expands

In March, the Bike Share program opened its Brooklyn docking location, extending the program outside of the borough of Manhattan. Resolve to bike more in 2016, and find your nearest Bike Share location here!

 Kimmel Finds a Bright Solution

Over the summer, the Kimmel Center completed its ongoing lighting project. The project will save 559,345 kWh of energy through newly installed LED light bulbs and occupancy sensors.

ECO Reps Take to Residence Halls

This past fall, 22 environmental all-stars joined the re-vamped ECO Reps program. This semester, the ECO Reps have been busy spreading their eco-magic throughout Residence Halls. Check out some of the ECO Reps’ initiatives from this semester.  

Green Grants Fund Sustainable Ideas

In 2015, Green Grants allocated $75,000 to fund 7 grant proposals. Grants were awarded to: the NYU Environmental Student Times, which features stories and artwork that celebrates the environment; an energy challenge run by the American Association of Blacks in Energy Tandon chapter; TradeMade, an app to help people trade used goods; Green Generation Feed, a company developing livestock feed from brewing waste; RISE, a platform to buy and sell industrial waste; Sprout Up, an environmental education volunteer program for elementary school students; and Return Recycling, an advanced recycling bin project for select NYU buildings.

Looking forward, NYU Strengthens Climate Commitments

In the last few months of the year, NYU has increased its commitments to acting on climate change. After meeting the PlaNYC Mayoral Carbon Challenge of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 30% by the year 2017, 5 years ahead of schedule, we upped our goal to 50% by 2025. Learn more about how we’re achieving our goals here. NYU also joined 218 American Colleges and Universities in a White House pledge for stronger international action on climate change in advance of the Paris Climate negotiations. Finally, NYU has started to work on developing a clean energy proposal as part of Governor Cuomo’s REV Campus Challenge. Learn more about the early brainstorming process here.

In the Office of Sustainability, we are excited to work with members of our community to continue to make NYU a more sustainable place and a leading environmental institution in 2016. How will you be #GreenIn2016?