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Campus Sustainability Committee formed. This committee advocated for a sustainability office, a sustainability focus for curriculum, and increased sustainability in the operations of the campus. Many of the following accomplishments can be attributed to the dedication of the Campus Sustainability Committee

Students for Environmental Awareness and Sustainability, SEAS, student club created. Students organized renewable energy fairs and Earth Day events, pushed for green buildings on campus, and created a campaign to save energy by encouraging the turning off of lights.

SUSTAINOVATION: The third annual Sustainnovation event revolved around the theme of climate change. Students, faculty and staff came together to learn, connect and act upon ways to address climate change and advance sustainability within the region. 10th ANNIVERSARY: The Office of Sustainability celebrated its 10th anniversary marking a decade of dedicated faculty, staff and students working to decrease UCCS’ carbon footprint. CAMPUS CONSERVATION NATIONALS (CCN): The month long conservation challenge encouraged residential students to decrease their energy and water use. Each week, the office worked with Residence Life to host an event to engage and educate students on many ways to conserve. Throughout the month long campaign, residential students decreased about 70.364kWh per day, which is an equivalent to $7.74 saved per day. KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL: binsOne of our Recycling Coordinator student staff, Alex Greanias, wrote and received 50 slim jim recycling bins through the Keep America Beautiful Bin Grant. These bins were placed throughout campus to help increase our diversion rate. OZZI: A student intern, Mae Rohrbach, wrote and received a grant through the Green Action Fund to purchase the OZZI machine. This program has the goal of reducing single-use containers within Café 65 and Clyde’s by providing reusable containers.


2016
GREEN RIBBON
SUSTAINNOVATE: The Office hosted its fourth annual Sustainnovate Symposium on the topic of sustainable mobility, featuring speakers, exhibits, awards, and workshops. The event focuses on the idea of learn, connect, and act. Throughout the day, student, faculty, staff and community members learned about community infrastructure, new technologies, and more! CCN: This year UCCS Campus Conservation Nationals campaign had an overall electricity reduction of 3.19% (8,771 kWh). UCCS met its original goal of achieving 2-3% reduction in electricity use. The reduction was equivalent to averting roughly 15,947 pounds of CO2 from entering the atmosphere, and approximately $831 in savings. GREEN RIBBON: University of Colorado Colorado Springs was selected as the state of Colorado’s nomination for the 2016 US Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools Awards. The award recognizes schools for reducing environmental impact and costs; improving the health and wellness of schools, students, and staff; and providing environmental education, which teaches many disciplines, and is especially good at incorporating STEM, civic skills, and green career pathways. COS BIKE SUMMIT: UCCS hosted the first annual Colorado Springs Bike Summit, which is designed to get information to people who care about biking, create bike advocates, and shape a vision of what is possible in Colorado Springs.

SUSTAINNOVATE: The Office hosted its fourth annual Sustainnovate Symposium on the topic of sustainable mobility, featuring speakers, exhibits, awards, and workshops. The event focuses on the idea of learn, connect, and act. Throughout the day, student, faculty, staff and community members learned about community infrastructure, new technologies, and more! CCN: This year UCCS Campus Conservation Nationals campaign had an overall electricity reduction of 3.19% (8,771 kWh). UCCS met its original goal of achieving 2-3% reduction in electricity use. The reduction was equivalent to averting roughly 15,947 pounds of CO2 from entering the atmosphere, and approximately $831 in savings. GREEN RIBBON: University of Colorado Colorado Springs was selected as the state of Colorado’s nomination for the 2016 US Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools Awards. The award recognizes schools for reducing environmental impact and costs; improving the health and wellness of schools, students, and staff; and providing environmental education, which teaches many disciplines, and is especially good at incorporating STEM, civic skills, and green career pathways. COS BIKE SUMMIT: UCCS hosted the first annual Colorado Springs Bike Summit, which is designed to get information to people who care about biking, create bike advocates, and shape a vision of what is possible in Colorado Springs.