The Office of Sustainability was previously located in STEPS, a LEED Gold building which incorporated LED lighting and motion sensors throughout. In August 2019, the office relocated to 516 Brodhead Avenue. While the space was better suited for the needs of the department and its students, the decades-old building lacked energy efficient features.
That is until this summer, when the Office of Sustainability was awarded a $2,000 grant from the Enterprise Holdings Foundation to help relamp the office building’s fixtures to LEDs controlled by motion sensors. The relamping project was completed in mid-July. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, LEDs use roughly 75% less energy and last 25 times longer than traditional incandescent light bulbs. Therefore, these upgrades help ensure that the on-campus home for the Office of Sustainability is a model of energy conservation.
