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The University of Louisville is taking steps to reduce its environmental impact and enhance sustainability on all three of its campuses. These efforts span the full spectrum of our operations from how we build and maintain our facilities, to what food we serve, to how people get to and from campus.

The Vice President for Business Affairs is committed to fostering leadership in the area of sustainability. Vice President Larry Owsley chairs the Sustainability Council's Operations Committee  and works with university units to improve environmental, social and economic performance in areas such as local food, energy management and LEED certification.

If you have recommendations for how we can enhance the sustainability of our operations, please send your ideas and report problems.

Buildings & Energy

Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Club members install solar panels for Garden Commons greenhouse.

• Building Dashboards
  
• Energy Efficiency
• Energy Savings (performance contract)
  
• LEED Buildings
• University Planning & Design's LEED Building Initiatives
• Clinical and Translational Research Building LEED elements
• High Performance Building Standards
  
• Renewable Energy
• Report on Renewable Energy Options for UofL
• Model Green Rooms
  
• Green Roofs

Take a Belknap Campus Sustainability Tour to learn about some of our efforts!

Campus Planning

• Brownfield Redevelopment Recognition
• UofL Master Planning
• UofL Bicycle Master Plan
• Property Reuse

Climate Action Planning

• UofL Climate Action Planning
  
• American College & University President's Climate Commitment - UofL Climate Action Plan
• UofL Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory for 2006-2010

Food

• Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Program
• Gray Street Farmers' Market
• Kentucky Proud Products
• Campus Dining
• Basic Pantry Program
• Campus Gardens

General

• Sustainable Operations Presentations
• Sustainable Operations Committee Monthly Reports
• Sustainable Operations Awards
• Cards Go Green! Pledge
• Belknap Campus Sustainability Tour
  

Health & Wellness

• Office of Health Promotion
• Get Healthy Now - Employee Wellness
• Bicycling for Transportation at UofL
• Healthy Food
  

Green Purchasing

• Green Products
• Green Purchasing Policy
• Green Vendor Showcase
• Supplier Code of Conduct

UofL achieved Tree Campus USA designation for 2010 from the National Arbor Day Foundation.

Grounds

• Landscape/Grounds Management Policy

Check out the self-guided Belknap Campus Tree Tour

• Campus Trees
• Belknap Tree Tour
• UofL Tree Care Plan
• UofL TREE app
  
• Integrated Pest Management
• Lower-maintenance micro-clover experimental plot
• Snow & Ice Removal
• Low-Emission Mowers
  
• Native Species
• Irrigation
• Horner Wildlife Refuge
• Composting

Housing

Information Technology

Recycling, Reduction, and Reuse

• Recycling at UofL
• Single-stream Recycling (paper, cardboard, plastics, metal, glass)
  
• Electronics Recycling

• Battery Recycling
• Lighting Recycling
• Cell phone Recycling
  
• Chemical Recycling
• Chemical Waste Minimization
• Composting
Why & How to Bike To UofL
• UofL Surplus (reuse items!)
  
• Surplus Property Exchange (UofL account required for login)
• Unwanted Mail Reduction
• UofL Biodiesel Program
• Waste Reduction efforts at UofL

Stormwater Management

• Stormwater Management at UofL
• Pervious Pavement at Dental School

Transportation

"I've been biking to and from Belknap campus for 25 years. I'm more reliable than the postman." - Perry Finley, Physical Plant