Green Technology

Colorado State is recognized for its green performance by Princeton Review.  The university has implemented:

• 5.3-megawatt solar plant
• commercial-sized composting project on the Foothills Campus
• biomass boiler that burns wood chips claimed from forest fire or beetle kill mitigation
• gray-water testing in residence halls
• cumulative recycling rate of more than 52 percent of the total waste generated on campus
• two million seedlings annually to reduce carbon monoxide emissions
• education in sustainability in the School of Global Environmental Sustainability
• six LEED Gold buildings and five others pending certification

…   “the university has six LEED Gold buildings and five others pending certification. Princeton Review also mentioned Colorado State’s participation in the Talloires Declaration in 2001, the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment in 2008 and the ongoing Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System or STARS, which is a self-reporting program created by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education.”   …

Via Colorado State University: Green College.