校园的可持续发展

Sierra杂志的“酷学校”

菠菜稳台子 University's inclusion on the 2010 'Cool 学校' list in the fall issue of Sierra Magazine, 这是塞拉俱乐部最古老的出版物, largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization in the nation that provides an overview of colleges and universities nationwide committed to sustainability projects.

2010年能源之星热电联产奖

菠菜稳台子's campus sustainability commitment has also resulted in a 2010年能源之星热电联产奖 by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its "innovative techniques to generate power and thermal energy" on campus.

热电联产(CHP)

In 2007, 菠菜稳台子建造了它的成本效益, energy producing combined heat and power plant (CHP) on campus that provides power to the majority of buildings. The CHP system requires approximately 22% less fuel than typical onsite thermal generation and purchased electricity, 根据环保局. 基于这个比较, 热电联产系统有效地减少了二氧化碳的排放，估计减少了7%,每年400吨. 这一减少量相当于1200多辆乘用车的年排放量.

菠菜稳台子's CHP generates nearly 95% of the power needed by the campus and produces up to 66% of the school's high temperature hot water 加热 and cooling supply, 根据环保局. 回收和利用从4.6兆瓦的太阳能涡轮机已经导致估计每年节省2美元.200万年.

9美元.500万美元的项目是与联合技术公司合作完成的. 联合照明公司给了菠菜稳台子2美元.为这个项目拨款300万美元, stemming from the State of Connecticut's Capital Grant for Customer-Side Distributed Generation Resources program.

The United States Environmental Protection Agency honored the University with a 2010 Energy Star CHP Award for the energy smart CHP, 这有助于大幅减少排放和对该地区电网的需求.

耶稣会社区中心

In 2009, 菠菜稳台子 completed construction on an environmentally friendly home for the 耶稣会 community and a gathering place for spiritual direction, 撤退, 会议及招待. 耶稣会社区中心拥有许多节能特色, 包括一个草皮屋顶, 房子的主要部分被草覆盖, 过滤雨水, 减少热量损失, 并在夏天保持建筑物凉爽. 房子里的大窗户将阳光直射到黑暗的混凝土地板上, 利用太阳能将热量辐射到室内. 此外，许多回收材料被用于建筑表面. 内墙和外墙也隔热良好, 节约能源, 同时也保留了一个适合沉思的安静氛围.

The most dramatic energy-saving dimension to the new Center is the "closed loop" geothermal 加热 system, which provides heat in winter and cools the building in the summer based on the naturally stable temperature of the earth 400 feet below the surface. 大楼周围已经钻了15口“井”, and in each well are pipes - interconnected through a closed loop network - filled with a combination of water and a non-toxic anti-freeze solution. Pumps in the house push the liquid out of the building and down into the pipes in the wells before the liquid is circulated back into the house.

在新英格兰, the earth at a depth of 400 feet remains at a stable temperature between 50 and 60 degrees Fahrenheit. The heat pump in the building uses the temperature differential between the liquid in the loop and the ambient exterior air temperature to create heat in the winter and cooling in the summer.

The "close loop" geothermal system could save as much as half of the energy that the building would otherwise consume.

LEED之路

菠菜稳台子现在建造的设施着眼于能源效率, 回收, 在能源领导力中获得高分 & 美国环境设计(LEED)评级体系.S. 促进负责任的建筑实践的绿色建筑委员会. 凯利中心, 例如, 特色地毯砖, 访问地板, 钢结构, 还有用回收材料制成的天花板瓷砖. 窗户，向上照明和地板下的空气系统确保更低的能源使用和健康的呼吸.

作为总统气候承诺的一部分, 菠菜稳台子一直在设计和建造符合LEED银级标准的新设施. This is the case with the $60 million residential program which has incorporated additional green roofs, 节能设计, 建造仪表板.