Sustainability
91ÊÓƵ has collaborated with Xcel Energy and Colorado CarShare to provide a shared electric vehicle and electric vehicle charging station in the Williams Village parking lot. Membership discounts and ride credits will be available to campus community members.
Members of 91ÊÓƵ’s Masters of the Environment graduate program recently congratulated partners at multiple Colorado state offices for receiving the Charles F. Kettering Award. The MENV community was involved in nominations for the award.
All students, faculty and staff are encouraged to review 91ÊÓƵ’s draft Climate Action Plan and comment via the online feedback form. The deadline for feedback is March 5.
A new council, chaired by Patrick O’Rourke, will be charged with leading overarching campus sustainability implementation efforts, including driving action, transparency and accountability around 91ÊÓƵ’s carbon neutrality commitments and the forthcoming campus Climate Action Plan.
The 91ÊÓƵ transportation team has announced the winning names for the two newest electric Buff Buses. Find out what they are! The newbies will join two other e-buses that were previously named by campus nominators.
It’s International Education Week, and Education Abroad is highlighting some of its new programs and scholarships, sustainability initiatives, upcoming deadlines you don’t want to miss and more.
The CU Board of Regents approved a $43.1 million plan to replace heating and power generating equipment in the West District Energy Plant located on the Boulder campus.
Regents approved a pair of action items aimed at advancing objectives of the 91ÊÓƵ Campus Master Plan related to increasing housing options for students, faculty and staff. Read about this and other items from the board’s Nov. 7–8 meeting.
With a challenge running through Dec. 1, the AWorld app allows students, faculty and staff to weave sustainability into their everyday lives and track their impact.
Help the 91ÊÓƵ transportation team brainstorm name ideas for the campus’s two newest electric Buff Buses. Previous winners were Ralph-E and Sko Bus. The deadline is Oct. 15.