Sustainability

Elon Sustainability’s February theme is Reduce your use and Recycle. This month we encourage you to make the effort to reduce, reuse and recycle on a daily basis.

Elon has received a STARS Silver Rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education for sustainability efforts.

Elon is now the only college or university in North Carolina to have six LEED for Homes certified structures on its campus.

Elon Sustainability’s December theme is alternative transportation. We encourage you to make a few changes this month to reduce your automobile emissions output.

Several campus offices have participated in a program to help employees play leadership roles in creating sustainable practices.

Energy consumption, the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions at Elon University, accounted for 54 percent of total emissions.