The Office of Sustainability

Power Down Friday's

The UAlbany Green Scene is looking for volunteers to assist with energy conservation efforts during Power Down Friday’s. Volunteers will go around and turn off all lights, computers, projectors and other electronics in the LC classrooms during the Energy Campaign.

Home Game Recycling

The Office of Sustainability is looking for volunteers to assist with recycling at Home Basketball and Lacrosse Games this season. Volunteers are required to assist with pre-game recycling (during the tailgate if there is one) and stay after the game to pick up bottles/cans around/in the stadium. Student and Greek Organizations are welcome to sign up as a group!

RecycleMania

RecycleMania is a friendly competition and benchmarking tool for college and university recycling programs to promote waste reduction activities to their campus communities. The University at Albany has participated in this nationwide program since 2006. Check out our website here for our 2018 data and stay tuned for involvement opportunities this spring!

Office Composting Program

Are you part of an on campus office? Are you interested in being part of the office composting program? Contact gogreen@albany.edu to get more information or to get involved.

Zipcar on Campus!

Reserve, unlock, and go with Zipcar, our car sharing service! Student organization leaders can now sign-up for free!

Terra Nomination Form

The Office of Sustainability has established an award to recognize the persistent efforts of campus community members.  Each semester, one faculty member, one staff member and one student will each be awarded with a Terra. Flyer Here

Ask Sustainable Suzie

Do you have a burning sustainability question? Send your questions in and Sustainable Suzie will answer them each month in the Green Scene Bulletin.

UAlbany Continues Support of Puerto Rico Recovery Efforts

Last May, 30 students from the College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity (CEHC), along with two staff members, were among the first group of SUNY volunteers to assist with the island's ongoing Hurricane Maria and Irma recovery efforts. Dozens more from the campus community followed during the summer. Now, the University’s service work is continuing into the new year.

Metering Down

The University reduced energy usage by 8 percent, saving 291 tons of carbon dioxide during this fall’s 10-week Energy Campaign, which ended in mid-November. That’s the equivalent to taking 62 cars off the road for a full year, said Mary Ellen Mallia, the University’s director of sustainability.

Study: Peru’s Quelccaya Ice Cap Could Meet its Demise by Mid-2050s

If warming trends continue, Quelccaya, which until recently was the world’s largest tropical ice cap, will have reached a state of irreversible retreat by the mid-2050s, according to a new study led by UAlbany climate scientist Mathias Vuille and recent Ph.D. graduate Christian Yarleque.

Scientists have observed a shrinking of the Quelccaya ice cap, located in the Andes of Southern Peru, for decades.

Building 25 Earns LEED Platinum Certification

Building 25 looks the same from the outside — classic Edward Durell Stone lines in a two-story building set among the pines.

But a nearly two-year-long project changed the academic building both inside and out, and last month the University got the plaque to prove it: a Platinum LEED certification, the highest rating for energy-efficient design.

Rebuilding Puerto Rico

With the return of the final deployment of students and volunteers, Gov. Andrew Cuomo shared some impressive numbers to illustrate the success of this summer’s “NY Stands with Puerto Rico Recovery and Rebuilding Initiative.”

In late May, 30 students from UAlbany’s College of Emergency Preparedness Homeland Security and Cybersecurity (CEHC), along with two staff volunteers, led the way, as part of the first group of students to depart.

Ready, Set, Save!

Turning off a light, refilling your own water bottle, taking the stairs — the small steps we take every day to save resources and reduce energy usage that really add up.