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Urban Land Institute Nashville Honors Two Vanderbilt Projects with Second Annual Excellence in Development Awards
Aug. 25, 2010—Press release reprinted from the Urban Land Institute Nashville District Council’s web site. CONTACT: Nancy DeKalb 615-218-9655 ndekalb@kvbpr.com Nashville, Tenn— May 21, 2009 — The Urban Land Institute’s (ULI) Nashville District Council honored 11 area development projects with Excellence in Development Awards last night at the Noah Liff Opera Center. Award entries represented projects from...
One Hundred Oaks and The Commons Center recognized with Urban Land Institute award
Aug. 23, 2010—Two Vanderbilt projects, One Hundred Oaks and The Commons Center, recently earned Excellence in Development awards from the Urban Land Institute’s Nashville District Council. Winners were selected based on criteria considering various design factors, such as land use, contribution to the community, financial practicality and sensitivity to the environment. The Vanderbilt Health/One Hundred Oaks facility...
Students moving onto campus recycle tons of packing materials
Aug. 16, 2010—Move-In, the weekend when the majority of undergraduate students move into their residence halls at Vanderbilt University, can generate a lot of potential waste. All those cardboard boxes, plastic bags and covers and Styrofoam packing materials start to add up when more than 1,500 first-year students leave home for the first time. That’s why Vanderbilt...
Everyone at VU asked to conserve energy during heat wave
Aug. 3, 2010—Temperatures are predicted to hit 100° F this week and to remain in the high 90s throughout the rest of August. As one of the largest energy consumers in Middle Tennessee, please help us to make reductions now in our energy use patterns that we can sustain all year round. We in VU Plant Operations...
Fairview to Vanderbilt Express Coach Service available August 2
Jul. 26, 2010—Anchor-Trailways, a private transportation company under contract with the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT), now offers direct “motor coach” transportation from Fairview to Vanderbilt at a special discount price of $27/month (unlimited rides in a calendar month pass). Passes go on sale July 28 and the service will begin on Monday, Aug. 2. SCHEDULE Morning...
Toner and battery recycling offered at main campus and Vanderbilt Valet locations
Jul. 9, 2010—Vanderbilt Valet, Vanderbilt Procurement and Disbursement Services, Guy Brown and the VU Sustainability and Environmental Management Office (SEMO) are pleased to announce the availability of recycling for toner cartridges, batteries and cell phones at Vanderbilt University. Drop-off locations for toner cartridges and cell phones have been established at the following locations: –Commons Center and Sarratt...
Don’t send $$$ down the drain: Water conservation saves money and resources
Jul. 9, 2010—[ Originally published in MyVU] In today’s economic climate, every little bit of savings helps. Plant Operations, VUMC Plant Services and SustainVU have been working for more than a year to find new and better ways to save water through the Campus Water Conservation Project. Not only does conserving water preserve a valuable resource and...
Faculty-Staff Giving Campaign: Changing the environment changed her life
Jun. 17, 2010—[originally appeared on myVU] by Missy Pankake It’s not often that a writing assignment from your freshman year can have a lasting impact on your life, but that is exactly what happened to rising Vanderbilt senior Leslie LaBruto. A civil and environmental engineering major, LaBruto was asked to pen a rebuttal article for The Hustler...
New paper shredding vendor saves green
Jun. 17, 2010—Recently, Vanderbilt University changed confidential paper collecting and shredding vendors to Cintas. The switch allows Vanderbilt to save green by saving money (Cintas costs almost 65 percent less) while helping the environment. To be more environmentally friendly and lower their costs, Cintas condensed their 5-day routes in Nashville to 4-day routes and installed idle shutoff...
2525 West End earns EPA’s ENERGY STAR for energy efficiency
Jun. 8, 2010—The 2525 West End office building has earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR® for the eighth consecutive year, indicating that the building performs in the top 25 percent of similar facilities nationwide for energy efficiency. The facility scored 90 out of 100 possible points. The 2525 West End building is owned by The...