Video: Signals, Yardsticks, and Tipping Points
January 28, 2015 ・ Holly WellesResearch on Site: The Princeton Campus as Living Lab
November 11, 2014 ・ Catherine Zandonella, Office of the Dean for ResearchPrinceton Continues Significant Progress Toward Sustainability Goals
November 15, 2010 ・ Ruth StevensFor the second consecutive year since adopting a Sustainability Plan, Princeton University’s on-campus greenhouse gas emissions have decreased. Last year, emissions declined for the first time since the University’s energy-efficient cogeneration plant was installed in 1996 by a modest amount…
Campus Sustainability Efforts Expand Over Summer
August 30, 2010 ・ Emily AronsonAlana Tornello, a member of Princeton’s class of 2012, uses a monitoring probe to collect real-time data about the water quality of Washington Road stream. Tornello was one of the participants in the Princeton Environmental Institute’s Summer Undergraduate Research Training…
ENV Freshman Open House
December 31, 2009 ・ Carol Peters
Princeton Takes Significant Steps Toward Achieving Sustainability Goals
November 11, 2009 ・ Ruth StevensIn its first report since adopting a Sustainability Plan in February 2008, Princeton University states that on-campus greenhouse gas emissions have decreased for the first time since the University’s energy-efficient cogeneration plant was installed in 1996. While the decrease in…
The Environmental Studies (ENV) Program Freshman Open House Draws Engaged Students
September 17, 2009 ・ Carol PetersThe Program in Environmental Studies (ENV) held its Freshman Open House on September 15. Filling the ENV lab to capacity, the enthusiastic students were eager to learn how to incorporate environmental studies into their undergraduate coursework. Henry Horn, Professor of…
From Top to Bottom, Butler Will Be a Living Environmental Laboratory
August 13, 2009 ・ Kitta MacPhersonRoofs on more than half of the Butler buildings have been planted with 14 varieties of hardy sedum. The contrasts in the palette of the many-hued rooftop garden will intensify as summer turns to fall. (Photo: Denise Applewhite) In University-led…
