Sustainability information for CCNY has been limited or difficult to find. However, this section presents all the available data of the actions CCNY has done in the two most pertinent areas of need on campus: responsible waste management (RMM) and energy usage. The subtabs in this section focus on these areas in detail.
RMM is how CCNY handles all of its waste, both general trash and recyclables. CCNY’s RMM measures include:
- Partnership with the NYC Department of Sanitation to track all waste generated at CCNY.
- Installation of eco-conscious hardware (hand dryers in bathrooms to curb paper waste, more hydration stations to curb plastic water bottle use.)
- Continuous campaign to educate the campus body about sustainability.
Energy usage is how CCNY consumes energy and efforts to limit that consumption. CCNY’s energy conservation measures include:
- Tracking the greenhouse gas emissions at CCNY.
- Installation of motion detectors through 80% of the campus to limit unnecessary energy usage.
- Completed the first portion of upgrading the Marshak Science building’s HVAC system.
But solving these issues is not the end of making CCNY a sustainable campus. A team of four former CCNY master’s students noticed that CCNY had no official sustainability plan, so they created one. Sustainability at CCNY can be divided into the eight “pillars” they proposed, which are:
| Pillar #1: Responsible Materials Management |
| Pillar #2: Campus Energy |
| Pillar #3: Culture Change and Campus as a Living Laboratory |
| Pillar #4: Water Conservation |
| Pillar #5: Sustainable Transportation |
| Pillar #6: Responsible Design and Construction |
| Pillar #7: Campus Green Space |
| Pillar #8: Local Community Engagement |
More information is needed to create a complete sustainability transcript of City College. We implore the campus body to push for more research on CCNY’s sustainability. If you have more information on any of CCNY’s other facilities and departments or would like to find out how to participate in research involving these areas, please comment on this website or email Professor Stephanie Rose at srose2@ccny.cuny.edu.
