Building Managers

Typically when the temperature spikes, so does energy use. It’s pretty simple. Pulling heat and humidity out of buildings, offices, and classrooms – thus making them comfortable to occupy – requires a vast amount of energy.

A 16% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in base buildings since 2006, 10 green teams and a 28% food waste reduction in the dining halls...

On May 2nd, more than 50 Harvard students took a break from studying for finals and picked up caulk guns to help improve the energy efficiency of the Phillips Brooks House in Harvard Yard.

For the second straight year, Harvard University, led by FMO’s Recycling and Solid Waste group, has won the 2010 RecycleMania Grand Champion competition among Ivy League schools! The prize is just one of several awards handed out during RecycleMania—an annual event sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency involving more than 600 colleges and universities across the country.

April 22. Since that day in 1970, the UN encouraged Earth Day across the globe and an estimated 184 countries and 500 million people held formal Earth Day celebrations in 2000. People around the world have adapted the Day to their culture and needs.

The HSPH EcoOpportunity Team and Sebastian's Cafe at HSPH won the "Team Project Award" in the "Waste or Water Reduction" category at the first annual Harvard-wide Green Carpet Awards Ceremony on April 23.

The Campaign

The "Take the Stairs" campaign is an initiative aimed at improving human health (by getting people to take the stairs more often) and reducing our environmental impact (by using the elevator less and thereby using less energy).

Harvard University honored and recognized Harvard faculty, students, and staff who have made significant contributions to green house gas reduction and sustainability efforts at Harvard at the first annual Green Carpet Awards on Friday, April 23rd, a day after the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day.

Harvard Medical School received an Award of Environmental Excellence from Stericycle® for its use of reusable sharps containers in the HIM & NRB buildings. Since HMS began using the reusable sharps containers in May 2009, 6,774 lbs of plastic have been diverted landfills as a result of this initiative.

Mac-Gray, the laundry company that services Vanderbilt Hall, replaced all ten of the old washing machines in Vanderbilt with new, energy efficient front-loaders.