Read Vanderbilt's Greenhouse Gas Report and Environmental Commitment Statement

The Commons wins state Environmental Stewardship Award for Green Buildings

The Commons has a total of seven LEED-certified buildings, four Gold and three Silver.

Download SustainVU's Greening Guides

Tips for reducing your environmental impact

It Pay$ to be Green!

Research at Vanderbilt University

American idle: cars left running too long
The average U.S. resident idles their car for 16 minutes a day and wrongly believes that a car should idle 3.6 minutes before it is better to turn it off, finds the August Energy Policy study, led by VU psychologist Amanda Carrico.
The Campaign to End American Idle
Vanderbilt Law professor Mike Vandenbergh wants to change your driving behavior: Stop idling your car.
Vanderbilt Doctors develop new technology to recycle anesthetic
Recently, doctors at VUMC have developed the Dynamic Gas Scavenging System, a device which collects air containing exhaled anesthetic, which is then captured, condensed, and recycled.
The Vanderbilt School of Engineering will soon have a new state-of-the-art biodiesel testing facility
Beginning in the fall of 2008, students from various engineering disciplines will use the Vanderbilt Multi-User Biodiesel Engine Test Facility to investigate diesel engine performance parameters and test campus-produced biodiesel fuels.
Energy Expert Discussess the Future of Solar Power
Watch a video of Lawrence Kazmerski, Director of the National Center for Photovoltaics in the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, discussing the prospects of solar-photovoltaic (PV) technologies, arguing that this solar-electricity source is at a tipping point in the very complex realm of worldwide energy.
The New "Wal-Mart Effect"
A new study by Vanderbilt Professor of Environmental Law Michael Vandenbergh finds that U.S. companies often are pushing for environmental regulations from foreign businesses rather than lobbying national or international governments.
The Vanderbilt Climate Change Research Project
This project includes a team of faculty and graduate students who are conducting theoretical and applied research on one of the most important and most widely overlooked sources of greenhouse gases: individual and household behavior. Furthermore, The Vanderbilt Law School's Regulatory Program is engaged in the study of how governmental activities influence public or private behavior for purposes of promoting environmental protection and public health.
Mobile pollution sensors to be developed at Vanderbilt using Microsoft grant
Vanderbilt engineers have won an award from Microsoft Corp. to develop a real-time, online, detailed and accurate picture of air quality in large metropolitan areas like Nashville.
Chemists receive award from 'Popular Mechanics'
A team of Vanderbilt chemists whose work could make the light bulb passé and cut electricity consumption by half are among the recipients of Popular Mechanics magazine's 2006 Breakthrough Awards.
Cleaning Up Coal
Scientists and policymakers might debate the existence and causes of "global warming," but no one debates the need for clean air or the desirability of cleaning up emissions from coal-fired power plants.
Historian offers overview of environmental issues
The litany of woe has become familiar and seemingly overwhelming: The Earth is running out of fossil fuel and facing chaotic weather due to global warming.
Nuclear waste issues to be tackled by VU-led team
Nuclear power might be "green power" — but only if nuclear waste can be managed properly.
Reducing emissions of direct injection goal of VU research
An automobile engine with 30 percent greater fuel efficiency than current models — but that also meets U.S. emission standards — is the goal of an engineering professor.
Community Development and Ecological Theory
A Vanderbilt Professor writes about how community development is affected by the environment and vice versa.
Watch VUCast of Climate Change Lecture
An expert discusses climate change and how it effects our community.