Topic: Impressions of the Campus
I am extremely proud to consider myself a student at Florida Gulf Coast University. One of the six main pillars of FGCU is environmental sustainability, and I truly believe they do an amazing job at promoting that and making FGCU as “green” as possible.
Our campus is full of trash cans, recycling bins, and even trash compactors. These trash compactors use solar power to compact our trash into smaller pieces. During the Spring 2010 semester, FGCU participated in Recylemania which is a national competition that sees which school can recycle the most. We did extremely well considering this was our first year.
Another environmental initiative in place at FGCU is “Eagles Love Tap Water.” The Physical Plant added spickets to all water fountains so students could easily fill up water bottles, and Student Government bought over 2,000 aluminum water bottles with the “Eagles Love Tap Water” logo. As a Student Government representative, I’ve seen how much these bottles are used, and we plan on buying even more for the upcoming school year.
All buildings after Lutgert Hall must be considered LEED certified. LEED certification is a verification that the building or community was designed and built using environmentally sustainable strategies that improve performance all across the board. Buildings must have energy savings, water efficiency, CO2 emission reduction, and more. Student Government recently bought benches to be placed by the bus loop, and even those benches are considered to be LEED certified.
I could go on and on about the things FGCU is doing to be an environmentally friendly campus, but these are just a few things that we are doing to live up to our mission of being a greener campus.
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