Category Archives: Current Sustainability Initiatives

Happy Summer Solstice!

Did you know… that the newly renovated Wooster Building is designed so that at solar noon of the Summer Solstice, the sunlight falls on the top of the new monumental staircase?  During…

Celebrate #daylighthour on June 17

This Friday, June 17 is #daylighthour at SUNY New Paltz where we’re turning off the lights and dedicating one hour to sun power. How you can participate: Turn off the lights in your day-lit…

7 Tons of Material Diverted from the Landfill

Over Move Out Weekend, the Office of Campus Sustainability, Facilities Operations, the New Paltz Reuse Center, New Paltz Recycles, and local volunteers partnered for the annual Reuse2Reduce program as well as…

Partnership with NYPA will bring cutting-edge solar power storage system to campus

SUNY New Paltz has announced a partnership with the New York Power Authority (NYPA) to construct a state-of-the-art solar energy storage system on campus, a major step toward sustainably offsetting…

Green Revolving Fund invites students to develop smart sustainability measures on campus

SUNY New Paltz is announcing the chartering of a new Green Revolving Fund, a student-driven investment fund that will be used to implement energy efficiency and sustainability projects on campus….