Excellence in Building Design, Construction, and Renovation

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 …

Dec 14

School of Medicine Retrofit Projects Expected to Save $1.5 Million

The School of Medicine’s Office of Facilities Planning and Management integrates sustainability into all activities. Green cleaning systems, recycling, composting, water use reduction, and sustainable efforts in new construction are …

Jan 15

DAPER Retrofits Reduce Energy Costs by $400,000/Year

The Department of Athletics, Physical Education, and Recreation (DAPER) operates 69 buildings on the Stanford campus, totaling almost 800,000 square feet. In 2015, DAPER completed energy efficiency projects in six …

Mar 15

New Wastewater Treatment Research Facility Exemplifies “Living Laboratory”

The university broke ground on construction of the innovative new William and Cloy Codiga Resource Recovery Center (CR2C). This facility, which will be managed primarily by the Civil and Environmental …

Apr 15

Stanford Invests in 78.5 MW of Solar Power

On April 16, Stanford entered into an agreement with SunPower to build an off-site solar photovoltaic (PV) plant generating 73 MW of electricity—enough to power approximately 20,000 homes—that will supply …

Apr 15

Parts from Decommissioned Cardinal Cogeneration Plant Reused

When Stanford’s new Central Energy Facility came online as part of the Stanford Energy System Innovations program, the Cardinal Cogeneration plant that had provided virtually all of the university’s energy …

Jun 15

Stanford Receives 2015 IBcon “Digie” Award for Most Intelligent College Campus Operations

Stanford University was presented the 2015 Digie Award for Most Intelligent College Campus at the Intelligent Buildings Conference in San Antonio. Presented by Realcomm, the Commercial Real Estate Digital Innovation, …