Energy Management<\/h3>\n
In November 2011 the College appointed ENER-G to deliver a $6.3 million energy services contract for its West Campus in Jersey City. The project calls for the installation of clean technology that will reduce carbon emissions by 6.4 million pounds per year. This will equate to the carbon saving benefits of a 615 acre pine forest.Slated for completion in June 2012, the campus will see the installation of solar arrays above a number of buildings to generate electricity, replacement of outdated mechanical equipment and installation of a cogeneration plant that will produce both low carbon heat and electricity for academic buildings on the West Campus.<\/p>\n Â鶹ÊÓƵ\u2019s will be the second private university in the state of New Jersey to purchase green energy as its sole source of electricity, thereby displacing an estimated 3,065 metric tons of carbon dioxide throughout the year, which is the equivalent of planting 2,761 acres of trees or removing 7,697,000 miles of vehicle travel from roadways. \u2028\u2028Other energy conservation strategies and accomplishments include:<\/p>\n In addition to our energy conservation strategies, the\u00a0University has implemented the use of a variety of recycled and \u201cgreen\u201d products on campus:<\/p>\n Campus Initiatives Â鶹ÊÓƵ\u2019s\u00a0University has already taken many steps toward sustainability and has several initiatives in planning stages.\u00a0 Since President Cornacchia signed the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) in 2008, progress is already apparent. \u00a0\u2028\u2028Through its business partnerships with Sodexo Dining Services, Collins Building Services and R3 Energy Management, Audit & Review, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":234,"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions\/234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Silver](\"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/blogs.dir\/185\/files\/2012\/08\/miniecar-300x201.jpg\" "\\"miniecar\\"")
<\/a>Effective beginning January 1, 2010, the electricity purchased for all buildings on the Â鶹ÊÓƵ\u2019s\u00a0University Jersey City campus will be 100 percent renewable \u201cgreen\u201d energy<\/a> for a minimum of one year.<\/p>\n\n
Recycling Our Resources<\/h3>\n
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Native Garden<\/h3>\n
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Â鶹ÊÓƵ\u2019s University has been awarded $1,000 from the Society for Biodiversity Preservation (SBP) to create a \u201cNative Plant Garden for Birds and Pollinators.\u201d The garden is currently under development along Gannon Hall. The goal of the project is to restore natural habitat and promote biodiversity. Plans include planting native species such as wildflowers that will support bees and butterflies. Milkweed will be planted as a food source for Monarch butterflies and shrubs such as blueberry, elderberry and viburnum will be added to produce food and shelter for birds. Wild ginger, purple coneflower, New England aster, cardinal flower and wild columbine are examples of perennials planned for the garden. The SBP grant includes funds for expanding feeding stations used for Project FeederWatch (PFW), a winter survey of birds, which will soon be in its 5th season on campus. In addition, several students involved in PFW have been assisting in the hard work of removing foreign and invasive plants from the site to make way for native species. Pictured above is Kathy Wydner, Ph.D., associate professor of biology and director of the grant.<\/p>\nOther Green Efforts<\/h3>\n
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<\/a>Past events for awareness and action include lectures on environmental issues, screenings of documentaries, community clean-up projects, and contests encouraging green action and awareness. \u2028In addition:<\/p>\n\n