Recent News and Events:

• Gold!  Rice earns a LEED-Gold rating for the renovation of an engineering design facility.  Read all about it here. 
• Rice Solar Decathlon on NBC's Today!  Watch a feature on the solar decathlon, including Rice's ZEROW House.
• Rice Featured in Generation E!  A new publication from the National Wildlife Federation's Campus Ecology program tracks success stories of students leading for a sustainable, clean energy future, including efforts here at Rice.  Read about it here.
• Silver!  The Rice Children's Campus has officially received certification as a LEED-Silver building.  Read all about it here.
• We Have a Winner!  View the winner of the Environmental/Sustainability Award for the 2009 Student Video Contest.
• Rice Wins Electric Car!  A student video nets Rice a free electric car.  Read all about it here.
• Rice Launches Innovative Free Bicycle Program.  Graduate students at the new Rice Village Apartments were given free bicycles in exchange for agreeing not to bring a car.  Click here for coverage on Channel 39, or read about it here.
• Report Energy Waste on Campus!  We are pleased to announce a new, easy way for you to report energy waste on campus: energywaste@rice.edu.  Click here for details.
• Rice RecycleMania Featured on Channel 39!  View here.
• North Colleges Architect Named Sustainable Architect of the Year.  The architecture firm that has designed Duncan and McMurtry Colleges was recognized by Buildings Magazine as the Sustainable Architect of the Year.  Click here for details.
• Read the Greening the Campus Blog!  If you would like an inside view of the world of the campus sustainability professional, check out our new Greening the Campus blog.
• Rice Solar Decathlon Profiled in Newsweek!  Click here to read about the rising campus sustainability movement across America, with a paragraph devoted to Rice undergraduate Roque Sanchez and the Solar Decathlon project.
• Green Roof Installed at South Plant!  Click here to read about Rice's first vegetated green roof.
• Rice Installs Rain Tank!  Click here to read about the rainwater collection system installed at the Rice Children's Campus, which saves both construction costs and future utility costs.
• FOCUS THE NATION WEBCAST!!  Rice University joined over 1,700 other colleges, universities, and institutions across the United States on January 31, 2008 for a series of events on climate change solutions.  Watch the webcast here.  Click here for further event details.

About Sustainability at Rice

This site details some of the sustainability initiatives at Rice, and provides resources relevant to campus greening activities in general and at Rice in particular.

New initiatives and projects are launching regularly.  If you have questions about campus greening activities at Rice, or would like to get involved, please contact our Director of Sustainability Richard Johnson at (713) 348-5003, or send email to sustainability at rice dot edu.

Last updated: November 20, 2009