• ONU’s fleet of hybrid and electric campus vehicles reduces the University’s dependence on fossil fuels. 另外, 该大学最近购买了它的第一个电子设备, zero-turn lawn mower and has plans to convert all campus grounds equipment–from utility vehicles to lawn mowers to leaf flowers– from gasoline/diesel to electric.
• ONU converted all exterior lighting as well as the interior lighting in several major buildings from halogen and incandescent to energy efficient LED lighting. 总共改造了10162个照明装置.
•使用PlugSmart, Ameresco公司, ONU installed an automation and control system in approximately 90 percent of campus buildings in order to remotely control and monitor energy utilization in each building. 该系统提醒ONU注意设备故障引起的能量峰值, and allows staff to remotely adjust HVAC and heating levels to reduce energy usage during academic breaks.
• Four solar-powered picnic tables on campus have LED panels on the picnic tables’ umbrellas that capture the sun’s energy and power USB ports that can charge laptops, 手机和平板电脑.
• The Lehr Kennedy Engineering Building is a Silver LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified building.
The grassy area surrounding the retention basin on the south side of campus between the president’s home and Stadium View Apartments is home to a colony of bees. 这片草原地区以天然植被为特色.e., 100 small flowering trees, shrubs and wildflowers) that provides a perfect habitat for 10 beehives. 在这片以前的草地上播种消除了割草的需要, thereby reducing the University’s use of gasoline and polluting lawn mowers.
The past few years have seen the reduction of “landfill” dumpsters and an increase of recyclable dumpsters on campus. 事实上,理大的堆填废物已减少一半. 尽管这些努力并没有节省任何费用, they have reduced the number of trash hauls and we’re doing something that we know is good. 与联合废物运输公司合作, 俄亥俄州北部正在资助艾达学校的一个回收项目. 阿达学校校园里放置了一个回收垃圾箱.