可持续性

Our reusable to go container program in the Hardrocker Café allows our guests to take their meal on the go to meet the needs of their busy schedules. This not only is a great service for our guests, it reduces the amount of disposable product 使用.

我们通过减少来减少浪费, 重用, and recycling and we minimize our footprint through our waste reduction efforts. 在我们的运营中, we have established practices from initial purchase to final waste disposal that decrease 废物在环境和经济上的总成本. We utilize a system called Lean Path to track our kitchen waste and then all food is separated and saved for local farmers to pick up to feed their various animals.

We recycle items from the kitchen including cardboard, cans, plastic and fryer oil.

We procure environmentally minded products for our disposables in catering and retail as much as feasible.

我们专注于工厂向前菜单项目在我们的业务.

We have introduced the utilization of iPads for electronic production packets which reduces our printing by 2 cases of paper per month.

居住生活 is dedicated to reducing its environmental footprint through efficient building planning and management. 帕默顿和康诺利大厅最近获得了LEED金牌认证. 帕默顿、康诺利和彼得森附近的绿化项目 Halls requires no irrigation and all plantings are native to South Dakota. 新型节能锅炉, 包括在帕默顿和康诺利新建的数字化管理锅炉, 减少宿舍的能源消耗. 安装 of covered bike shelters and bike repair stations encourage bicycle 使用.

俯瞰校园的是一台新维修的20千瓦再驱动风力涡轮机. 的 turbine was originally funded by Black Hills Energy and was repaired by GenPro Energy Solutions in Piedmont, SD. 涡轮机不仅为校园提供电力，而且 也为许多学生提供了一个有价值的设计项目. 与风力涡轮机相邻的是三个190瓦的太阳能电池板. Additionally, solar panels are installed near the Foundry on the East side of campus.

Center for Green Solid-State Electric Power Generation and Storage (CEPS)
CEPS vision and mission is to become a center of excellence in developing eco-friendly, 安全, and economically feasible all-solid-state energy storage technology for portable and medical applications, 汽车工业, 集中 and de集中 electric grids, military applications, and energy security. 了解更多.

Composite and Nanocomposite Advanced Manufacturing (CNAM) - Biomaterials Center
的 overall goals of the CNAM-Bio Center are to synthesize low cost biodegradable biopolymers from renewable sources (such as agricultural waste biomass and methane) using polymer-producing microbes and extremophilic bioprocessing; and to develop commercially viable processes to transform these materials into valuable biopolymer and biocomposite products. 了解更多.

参加与可持续发展相关的课程!

• 化学462/562:绿色化学和过程
• AES/BIOL 406/506:全球环境变化
• CBE 455 & 污染现象与工艺设计
• CBE 485:可再生能源和可持续能源
• CEE 325:可持续工程概论
• CEE 425/525:可持续工程
• CEE 428/528:石油和天然气开发与环境
• ME 460:燃料 & 燃烧
• MEM 120:采矿，可持续发展和安全导论
• pol 407:环境法 & 政策
• HIST 492:美国环境史
• hum250:环境伦理和STEM

访问我们的 在线目录 有关这些课程的更多信息.

南达科他州矿山 purchases from contracts setup by the 采购管理处 (OPM) in Pierre, SD. OPM has awarded a number of contracts that have “green/recycled/eco-friendlyâ€� items which our campus is able to purchase through SDezBuy (采购订单系统). 这些合同的例子:史泰博(保洁) & 清洗), 格兰杰和紧固件维修, 修复, 操作供应), Heartland and Cole(再生纸), 所有提供 - œgreenâ -项目. 史泰博合同 拥有超过1,600件环保/可循环再造的物品. 也, all of these contracts have programs to decrease materials and eliminate waste when shipping their items.

以前RecycleMania, 校园零浪费竞赛 帮助高校找到一条通往零浪费的道路.

Lower your carbon footprint by using alternative transportation during the annual “Drive to Not Drive.�.

We host “权衡废物â€� events where we track the post-consumer waste in a visible setting and report how much weight per person is wasted.

的 Wellness Committee hosts 健康星期三 to focus on overall heath, 包括健康饮食的植物前进菜单项目.

Student organization dedicated to learning about sustainable lifestyles and about how to get involved on campus.

学生分会 ACS 重点是向年轻一代推广教育. 内容具有很大的可持续性.

Student chapter that brings together water and environmental focused students from different departments to promote a professional network on campus and in the community. 的 环境 & 水资源研究所 是 美国土木工程师学会 环境和水相关问题的技术来源.

National student competition to design and construct a car powered by a chemical energy source, that will 安全ly carry a specified load over a given distance and stop. 了解更多.

Student competition that involves the development and construction of a single-person, 省油的车.

Student organization aimed at connecting students to the surrounding Rapid City area through hiking, 徒步旅行, 和野营.

LED retrofits are being completed continually in main areas and on all the larger renovation projects to reduce energy use.

设施 & 风险管理与校园合作，改善回收工作. A new recycling program has been introduced throughout all residence halls.

所有的宿舍都有新的地板 FloorScore 室内空气质量标准.

的 可持续发展委员会 implemented double-sided printing as the default option in 苏贝克中心 to reduce paper waste.