What's new in 2009?
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Gund Hall has the first restaurant on campus to incorporate composting.
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The Graduate School of Design Recycled 60% of it's waste stream including woodscraps from the Woodshop.
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Chauhaus started the reuasble mug program. The result: 100s or cups are no longer thrown in the trash and mug owners get a discount on cofee.
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Switching from bottled water bubblers to filtered water. The result: No more truck deliveries and no more plastic bottles.
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Over 150 feet of bike racks
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Lighting sensors introduced in the bathrooms.
GSD Sustainability in the News:
Ecological Urbanism: Alternative and Sustainable Cities of the Future, April 3-5, 2009
International Conference Thinks About Sustainable Cities
Harvard Gazette, April 9, 2009 >>
Related:
Ecological Urbanism conference website >>
GSD Sustainability Initiative
Paul Zofnass ’69, M.B.A. ’73 establishes GSD sustainability initiative
Harvard Gazette, October 30, 2008 >>
Lecture: Designing for Sustainability
GSD lecture and panel address ‘Designing for Sustainability’
Harvard Gazette, October 30, 2008 >>
Sustainability Links
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GSD-Squared research initiative within the MDesS program Sustainable Design concentration |
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Paperless hand dryers installed in Gund Hall Lobby bathrooms.
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