UW Sustainability
Certified Green offices
GOLD
Center for Urban Waters
Certified for 3 years
Innovations:
- Maintain a living green roof.
- Recycle rainwater, which prevents stormwater runoff, and use this water and lab waste water to flush toilets.
- Use geothermic heating solutions to avoid using energy to heat and cool building, heating and cooling is all done geothermically.
Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST)
Innovations:
- Coordinate quarterly on-campus office restoration events to help "green" our University and offset carbon emissions generated from work-related travel.
- Computers are set to automatically shut-down at 6:00 pm every night.
- We run a marine debris program which helps to remove trash from Pacific Coast beaches.
- Interns are educated about and encouraged to help us find new ways to operate in a more sustainable fashion.
- We are transitioning to biodegradable scientific bird tagging methods as opposed to easier and more cost-effective plastic options.
- We collect surveying supplies from volunteers leaving the program for reuse with new volunteers.
- Turn off unnecessary consumers of electricity to decrease this demand.
Department of Psychosocial & Community Health
Certified for 2 years
Innovations:
- Recycle text books, bubble wrap, and one side clean printed paper.
- Install MondoPads in conference rooms for clinical conferences instead of having students drive in.
- Share workspaces for part time and emeritus faculty.
- Maintain a green bulletin board with current relevant conservation topics.
- Encourage reusable water bottles.
- Printer is set to default double-sided printing.
- Paper towel composting in restrooms.
Office of Applied Mathematics
Certified for 3 years
Innovations:
- Umbrella sharing program to encourage walking to meetings instead of driving.
- Encourage guests of conferences to bring their own water bottles, use laptop or tablet for note-taking, using compost/recycling bins when possible, and using public transit.
- Post a sustainability blurb on our conference website, and limit printed handouts available.
Office of News and Information
Innovations:
- Save rubberbands from mail and newspapers to give back to carriers for reuse.
- Every staff member brings in a reusable water bottle.
- Install a drinking fountain in the office with a water bottle spout.
Office of Research
Innovations:
- Compost paper towels in restrooms and kitchen.
- Promote environmentally-focused charities for Combined Fund Drive.
- Switch from paper to electronic versions of reports to campus.
UW Recycling
Innovations:
- Use recycled tissues.
- Share service ware and utensils.
SILVER
CAS Shared Services
Innovations:
- Encourage paperless business processes among all client units.
History Main Office
Office of the Chancellor
Residential Life Administration Office
School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences
School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences
Innovations:
- Use sustainable and environmentally friendly marketing and promotion materials.
The School of Nursing Learning and Information Technologies
UW Libraries Office of the Vice Provost and Dean
UW Recreation
Certified for 3 years
Innovations:
- Recycle bottle caps.
- Solar panels on roof.
- Transition to paperless timesheets.
- Archery targets made of all recycled materials.
- New turf field does not require watering or fertilizer.
- Climbing center lights changed to reduce energy 20%.
- Biodegradable gym wipes for patrons to use on workout equipment.
UW School of Medicine Dean's Office
UW Sustainability
Certified for 2 years
Innovations:
- Avoid using overhead lights, and opt to use task lights and natural daylight instead.
- Obtain sustainably manufactured furniture and purchase furniture made with high percentages of recycled material.
UW Tacoma Urban Studies Program
