Earth Day is a day to celebrate and demonstrate our support for environmental protection throughout the world, and this year marks its 50th year. Even during these challenging times, we want to recognize the good things taking place in New York to make our world a cleaner, greener, place.
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, SUNY is happy to announce we’ve met the Governor’s 20 x 20 goal, also known as Executive Order 88, under the BuildSmart NY program. The goal is to achieve a 20% reduction in energy use intensity (EUI) by 2020. EUI is a metric used to express energy per square foot.
Meeting the goal requires involvement from all 64 of our campuses, and they are all doing their part to help us get there. Large and small efforts are coming together to reduce energy use, increase recycling, and embrace new renewable forms of energy.
Here’s a small sample of what some of our schools are proud to highlight as recent or in-development accomplishments to build a more sustainable SUNY:
Winnie Yu is a writer in the Office of Communications at SUNY System Administration.