Assessment Of NYU Energy/Sustainability Efforts

Click HERE to view the NYU environment assessment page and the campus sustainability assessment project.

As a committed member of the environment, NYU has made the largest purchase of wind energy by any US university, and pledged to continue to make clean, renewable sources a part of its energy mix. It has also launched a $120 million renovation of the cogeneration power plant on our campus, which will quadruple the number of buildings served by this clean, high-efficiency energy source. New York University pledged to reduce the carbon footprint of NYU by 30% over ten years, as a partner in Mayor Bloomberg's PlaNYC 2030 Challenge. It also formed a campus-wide Sustainability Task Force composed of faculty, students, and administrators, charged with creating and care taking a university Green Action Plan. NYU Committed $250,000 annually for at least four years to a Sustainability Fund through which the NYU community can submit campus greening, research, and demonstration projects. The fund is currently supporting 15 initial projects. Additionally, NYU initiated a new, multidisciplinary undergraduate Environmental Studies Program directed by Professor Dale Jamieson and created three new full-time positions: Assistant Vice President of Energy, Engineering and Technical Services; Director of Energy and Sustainability; and an Administrator for the Sustainability Task Force.