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The Sustainable Campus for the Year 2018 Initiative is an Oak Ridge National Laboratory-wide effort. Its goal is to integrate energy and resource efficiency, cutting-edge technologies, operational and business processes, and behavior to achieve sustainability at work, home, and in the community. Read more about the Sustainable Campus Initiative here.

 ORNL Sustainability Progress and Challenges
Solar panels
Solar Installations
ORNL's solar energy collectors showcase our commitment to sustainability... 		Notebook computer in grass
Information Technology
Can IT simultaneously meet researchers’ needs,security requirements, and energy savings goals?
Waste reduction
Waste Reduction
ORNL is working hard to reduce items sent to the landfill... 		Notebook computer in grass
Biomass
How can another way of boiling water save energy?

 Sustainability news
SCI newsletters
Sustainability News & Tips
ORNL's Sustainable Campus Newsletter, Sustainability News & Tips, provides information for you on moving toward sustainability at work, at home, and in your community... 		Jeff Christian at ZEB house
Sustainability Seminars
Did you miss one of the seminars presented by the Sustainable Campus Initiative? Or wish you could see one again? Or want to review the slides slowly? You can! Videos and slides of each are available for your personal review...

 Sustainability at Work and Home
Sustainability R&D
R&D Initiatives
ORNL is leading the way in sustainability research and development in several key areas...		 Sustainable Campus Initiatives
Campus Facilites & Operations
Information on campus sustainability progress throughout ORNL's facilities and operations...
Your Sustainabitity
Your Sustainabitity
Information to help you obtain sustainability at work, at home, and in your community...		 Education
Education
Herb Debban (left) drew the names of the employees receiving the final SEEC awards. Click here to access all SEEC modules.
  		 

 Moving Toward Sustainability


SEEC Winners Benefit from Completing All Modules

Ten employees who successfully completed all 10 of the Sustainable Energy Education and Communication (SEEC) modules were rewarded for their efforts with gift cards or energy audits for a non-profit organization of their choice. Pictured above are (front row, left to right) winners Victoria Harmon, Gail Moore, Susan Michaud, Kimberly Miner, and presentors Jimmy Stone and Herb Debban of Facilities and Operations. In the second row are winners (left to right) Karen Long, Bill Rose, Angela Galyon, Samuel Ward, and Wayne Richardson. Not pictured: Shelly Lohmann.
First "Sustainability at Home" seminar available on web

ORNL's Jeff Christian presented "A Very Comfortable, Energy-Efficient Home--How You Can Make It Happen," on January 14 to an overflow crowd. Video and slides of his presentation have been posted. This seminar series will help you apply ORNL expertise to make your home more sustainable.

 Announcements & Events
  Hybrid school buses hit the road
  Princeton University issues sustainability report
  Cellulosic ethanol demonstration plant opens in Vonore
  ORNL supercomputer to help develop lithium-air batteries
  Thermoelectric powders to convert waste heat to electricity