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The Sustainable Campus for the Year 2018 Initiative is an Oak Ridge National Laboratory-wide effort. Its goal is to integrate energy and resource efficiency, cutting-edge technologies, operational and business processes, and behavior to achieve sustainability at work, home, and in the community. Read more about the Sustainable Campus Initiative here.

 ORNL Sustainability Progress and Challenges

Green transportation
Green Transportation
ORNL is developing transportation action programs...
Success Stories: Fact Sheets
Success Stories
Fact sheets describe ORNL successes in moving toward sustainability...
Solar panels
Solar Installations
ORNL's solar energy collectors showcase our commitment to sustainability...
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Information Technology
Can IT simultaneously meet researchers’ needs,security requirements, and energy savings goals?
Waste reduction
Waste Reduction
ORNL is working hard to reduce items sent to the landfill...
Notebook computer in grass
Biomass
How can another way of boiling water save energy?

 Sustainability News

SCI newsletters
Sustainability News & Tips
Archive of ORNL's Sustainable Campus Initiative newsletter
Susan Michaud
Sustainability at Home Seminars
Video and slides from ORNL's Sustainability at Home seminar series 

 Sustainability at Work and Home

Sustainability R&D
R&D Initiatives
ORNL is leading the way in sustainability research and development in several key areas...
Sustainable Campus Initiatives
Campus Facilites & Operations
Information on campus sustainability progress throughout ORNL's facilities and operations...
Your Sustainabitity
Your Sustainabitity
Information to help you obtain sustainability at work, at home, and in your community...

Education
Check here each day for a new EPA environmental tip you can use.
 
 

 Moving Toward Sustainability

Next SUSTAINABILITY AT HOME SEMINAR on September 15

Avi Askey will present the next Sustainability at Home Seminar, Restoring Harmony—Using Native Plants for Your Home Habitat, at noon on Wednesday, September 15, in the JICS Lecture Hall (Room 128, Building 5100). Bring your lunch and learn about restoring harmony to your home environment with native plants.

September Issue of Sustainability News & Tips Posted

 Announcements & Events

  Eco-friendly lightbulbs
  USDA and DOE Partnership Seeks to Develop Better Plants for Bioenergy
  Doing More While Using Less Power
  Continuous Building Evolution
  Two Million Smart Grid Meters Installed Nationwide
  New Stickers Will Go Beyond M.P.G. in Rating Cars
  DOE funds 15 CO2 underground storage projects