Proper assessment of Stanford’s success in achieving a culture of sustainability depends heavily on tracking performance metrics and reporting them both internally and externally. A commitment to transparency and accountability …

Stanford is addressing climate change, the greatest environmental and socioeconomic challenge of our time, head on by raising the bar in efficiency and ingenuity in developing global solutions and implementing …

The university has developed innovative alternative water supplies and expanded water conservation efforts for its buildings, grounds, and residential leaseholders. In April 2015, Governor Brown declared a state of emergency …

Energy generation for building heating, cooling, and electricity accounts for the majority of Stanford’s carbon emissions—and from 2000 to 2025, the university expects to build 2 million square feet of …

Energy efficiency programs have been prominent on campus since the ’80s. Metering campus buildings has paid dividends throughout the last decade in developing more advanced programs to improve energy efficiency. …

Despite significant campus growth, the TDM program has resulted in measurable reductions in commuter emissions, and it plays an essential role in the university’s sustainability effort. The Stanford Commute Club …

As one of Stanford’s largest auxiliary departments, R&DE provides housing and food for over 13,000 students and family dependents, and hosts over 20,000 summer conference visitors each year, in more …

Stanford has increased its landfill diversion rate, also referred to as its recycling rate, from 30% in 1994 to 65% in 2014, with the goal of reaching 75%, the new …

Complementing academic curricula led by faculty and operational efficiency measures undertaken by facilities staff, action-oriented programmatic initiatives led by OOS help make sustainability both more tangible and more visible at …