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Redesigned sustainability report expands focus to include holistic environmental efforts
Mar. 15, 2018—Vanderbilt displays a new emissions baseline in a redesigned version of its annual sustainability report that outlines the university’s environmental impact in 2016. The university’s GHG emissions come from three evenly split sources. Natural gas for the on-campus power plant and individual buildings represents 31 percent; 33 percent is power purchased from Nashville Electric Service;...
Symposium suggests ways to make environmental regulations more palatable
Mar. 8, 2018—Read the MyVU story here. A panel of law and environmental experts will discuss making environmental regulations more palatable to conservatives by limiting where they’re enforced and moving responsibility from the federal level to state and local governments. Blake Hudson, law professor at the University of Houston, will present his paper “Relative Administrability, Conservatives, and Environmental Regulatory...
‘Additional Perspectives on the Nashville Transit Plan’ set for March 13
Mar. 8, 2018—Read the MyVU story here. The Office of Community, Neighborhood & Government Relations and the Vanderbilt Center for Transportation and Operational Resiliency (VECTOR) invite the Vanderbilt community to attend a lunch-and-learn panel discussion about the future landscape of Nashville as well as the impact of mobility on land use at Vanderbilt. “Additional Perspectives on the Nashville Transit Plan,” part...
Vanderbilt experts showcase research at second transit forum
Feb. 28, 2018—Read the MyVU story here. Approximately 110 students, faculty, staff and community members attended the second transit forum presented by Vanderbilt this semester. The forum, held Feb. 23 at the Student Life Center, featured a panel of Vanderbilt professors sharing research that brought further context to Nashville’s proposed transit plan. The event, titled “The Nashville Transit...
New recyclable resin makes wind turbines much more sustainable
Feb. 16, 2018—by Liz Entman | Feb. 15, 2018, 10:58 AM It generally requires a great deal of time and energy to cure the type of resin that makes the 150-foot-wide fiberglass turbines strong and durable. When they finally wear out after 20 or 25 years, very little of the material can be recycled.Doug Adams, Distinguished Professor of...
Davidson County Long-Term Zero Waste Master Plan Survey
Feb. 15, 2018—Metro Nashville Public Works and Davidson County Solid Waste Region Board are working to create a long-term Solid Waste Master Plan with the ultimate goal of achieving zero waste to landfill in the future! The purpose of the Master Plan is to evaluate Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County’s existing waste management system and provide options...
Panel discussion on Nashville Transit Plan set for Feb. 23
Feb. 15, 2018—Read the MyVU story here. The Office of Community, Neighborhood & Government Relations and Vanderbilt Center for Transportation and Operational Resiliency (VECTOR) invite the Vanderbilt community to attend a lunch-and-learn panel discussion about the proposed Nashville Transit Plan. The event will feature diverse perspectives from research by Vanderbilt faculty members on emerging technologies that could disrupt or enable future...
Transit forum draws capacity crowd; next forum scheduled for Feb. 23
Feb. 1, 2018—Read the MyVU story by Melanie Moran | Feb. 1, 2018, 9:45 AM More than 100 students, faculty, staff and community members attended a campus forum Jan. 30 to learn more about the proposed transit plan for Nashville. (Steve Green / Vanderbilt) A standing room only crowd of students, faculty, staff and community members filled the multipurpose...
Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center announce support for mayor’s transit initiative
Feb. 1, 2018—by Princine Lewis | Jan. 29, 2018, 5:16 PM. Read the Vanderbilt News story here. Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center today jointly announced their official support for Mayor Megan Barry’s efforts to expand Nashville’s transit options. “We must match our collective ambitions for the future of Nashville with investments in our future prosperity,” said Vanderbilt University Chancellor...
Are you the greenest group on campus?
Jan. 25, 2018—Waste Management, the Sustainability and Environmental Management Office (SEMO), and Vanderbilt Athletics present the 2018 Vanderbilt Basketball Sustainability competition in search of this year’s greenest group on campus. The winning group will be awarded in-game videoboard recognition at the February 27 game against Missouri, as well as a hospitality event and twenty tickets to the...