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Energy and Sustainability

Energy & Sustainability is comprised of three interactive teams that work together to achieve our obligations and seize opportunities to reduce our environmental footprint while providing vital utilities services to the Ithaca campus.

Campus Sustainability Office
Empowers, equips, and engages our diverse partners to catalyze a sustainable campus transformation.

Energy Management
Conserving energy, load forecasting, trending, optimizing supply, reducing demand, metering...

Utilities Distribution and Production
Infrastructure: producing and distributing heat, cooling, electricity, water...

Events Happening Now:

Leaving campus for a break?: Before leaving campus for winter or spring break, and other holidays throughout the year, follow these simple tips to save energy in your office, common areas, labs, residential rooms and spaces. Read more at: https://sustainablecampus.cornell.edu/news/power-down-winter-energy-setback

 

Cornell's Ithaca campus Central Energy Plant

 

NEWS:

Electronics Recycling Month

Recycle Home & Office Electronics

Wednesdays in March, 8am-3pm 
251 Solidago Rd


Bring your unusable home and office electronics to the Cornell Recycle Center (R5) between 8am-3pm on Wednesdays in March: 3/5, 3/12, 3/19, 3/26. R5 will recycle your electronics safely, sustainably, and for free. See what items are accepted and not accepted.

 

 
Sustainable Event Program

Designed for events large and small, the Sustainable Event Program supports low-impact event planning at Cornell.  Improve your event sustainability with our guide to a sustainable event, local catering list, and certification program for completing steps in food, waste, purchasing, accessibility, and more.

Green summit event
Green Event Program

2024 Annual  Water Quality Report is available to download.(5/6/2024)

2023 Energy Fast Facts

The 2023 Energy Fast Facts provide a great one page snapshot of the present vs. 1990 energy production, consumption, emissions associated with the central energy plants. (5/31/2024)

FY22 Central Energy Plant Energy Metrics have arrived. Find them here.