Christine Shepherd fills a bottle at one of the water stations in the CAW Student Centre.
Refill stations in the CAW Student Centre eliminate the need for disposable water bottles.
A group ride along the Riverfront Trail will follow a campus lunch for bike commuters Thursday.
A group ride along the Riverfront Trail will follow a campus lunch for bike commuters Thursday.
IT Services staff racked up more than 3,600 km in commutes during the Bike to Work program this summer.
IT Services staff racked up more than 3,600 km in commutes during the Bike to Work program this summer.
UWindsor environmental advocate Paul Henshaw and Josh Psavka, president of the University of Windsor Cyclists Association, celebrate the installation of a Fixit station in front of Essex Hall.
The installation of a new service station on the UWindsor campus will make it easier to commute by bicycle.
A new system to monitor the University’s energy use will help to identify ways to save both energy and money, says the Facility Services engineer responsible for the project.
“Each building has meters to measure its consumption of electricity, natural gas and cooling water, and now we have a central system to gather all of that information on one desktop,” says Dan Castellan. “We can analyze each building independently and set performance standards.”
Sorting through the University’s garbage can be a little disheartening, says Taylor Purdy.
A master’s student of environmental engineering, she combed through a pile of trash Friday outside the maintenance compound on Union Avenue, conducting an audit of the waste produced on campus.
“At least half of this could have been recycled,” Purdy said. “It’s especially sad because this pile comes from the Centre for Engineering Innovation, a LEED-certified building where we are not recycling like we could be.”
An online survey of the ways UWindsor faculty, students and staff get to campus will help researchers to measure the University’s overall environmental impact.
The questionnaire asks participants about their trips to campus to study or work, and whether they travel by car, bus, bicycle or on foot. Participants may enter a draw to win one of five prizes worth $100 as UWinCARD credit or a University Bookstore gift certificate.
Environmental engineering Master’s student Taylor Purdy was honoured Friday at Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital for her efforts to help the hospital significantly reduce its environmental footprint and save thousands of dollars in annual operating costs.
