2.29.12 - FE&P Employees Visit Waste Management Facility
See photos of Rice staff members touring the single stream recycling facility.
2.29.12 - Veg Out
Members of the new student group Real Food Revolution held a sustainable food tasting on Feb. 17.
2.20.12 - BRC earns LEED Gold rating
Rice's Bioscience Research Collaborative earns LEED Gold certification. This is Rice's seventh recent construction project to receive this honor.
2.20.12 - RecycleMania takes hold of campus
More than 600 schools in the U.S. and Canada will compete this year through March 30. Rice has participated yearly since 2006.
1.30.12 - New filling station available in the RMC
A new campus water fountain is designed to reduce plastic bottle waste thanks to innovative students
12.2.11 - Rice Fights Drought with Reclaimed Water
Rice University is tapping into condensate water reclamation to save millions of gallons of water during a historic drought
9.21.11 - Rice taps AC condensate
Twelve million gallons of water recycled per year
9.2.11 - Innovation in the midst of a record drought
Rice recycles water to save resources
9.1.11 - Rice completes water conservation projects
Big savings from AC condensate harvesting
8.17.11 - Free-cycling back by popular demand
Annual office-supply swap set for Aug. 24
8.17.11 - Take the bus... and your bike
Bike racks have been mounted on Rice's shuttle buses
8.17.11 - To market, to market
Rice University's Farmer's Market offers a bounty to behold
8.17.11 - Let's go to Market
Every Tuesday from 3:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. the Rice University Farmer's Market is open
8.17.11 - Freshman team keeps green roof green
Students designed an advanced irrigation system based on measurements of soil moisture
8.17.11 - Three new campus buildings earn recognition for design excellence
Rice's Brockman Hall for Physics and Duncan and McMurtry colleges have earned awards
8.17.11 - The paperless professor
Jones School's Price says goodbye to hard copies
8.17.11 - Rice dedicates state-of-the-art physics research facility
NIST director, NASA astronaut unveil Brockman Hall for Physics
8.17.11 - Rice University unveils state-of-the-art physics research facility
Federal, Rice officials dedicate Brockman Hall, which drew $11 million in stimulus funding
8.17.11 - Easy rider
New initiatives make biking a more convenient transportation option
8.17.11 - Wilson House dedicated
The new LEED Silver Wiess College master's house was dedicated on March 11
8.17.11 - Single-stream recycling available at Rice
Mixed recyclables can now all be placed in the same blue bins
8.17.11 - Baker College servery closes the loop on the 'farm-to-fork-to-farm' program
Baker servery makes special efforts to use local produce and return compost back to local farmers
8.17.11 - RESET appropriates funds to six student projects
Members of RESET gave a total of $15,000 to six project grant winners
8.17.11 - RESET projects innovative
RESET blanket tax funds environmental sustainability improvement projects
11.18.10 - Rice Energy Finance Summit
Rice Energy Finance Summit discusses how to navigate industry uncertainties
11.9.10 - Sustainability Pay$
Rice's Shell Center hosts conference to examine Denmark's sustainability success
11.8.10 - Sustainability Grade is rising!
Rice has improved it's grade on the College Sustainability Report card to a B+, a grade that's continued rise
11.8.10 - McMurtry College earns LEED Gold
One of Rice's newest newest residential colleges, McMurtry College, has earned USGBC LEED Gold certification
10.25.10 - Green Carbon Center
Rice University has created a Green Carbon Center to bring energy sources together to help ensure the world's energy future
10.25.10 - Where do we go from here?
Rice leads discussion at 2010 conference of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainabilty in Higher Education
10.6.10 - ZEROW House on tour!
The ZEROW House designed and built by Rice students for the 2009 Solar Decathlon is now on the Solar Tour
9.23.10 - Ready, Set, Recycle!
The Greenopolis Recycling Kiosk is installed in the RMC and waiting for your cans and bottles!
4.14.10 - RecycleMania!
Rice has joined the nation-wide intercollegiate recycling contest, RecycleMania. Join the Facebook group!
4.14.10 - Gold!
Rice earns a LEED-Gold rating for the renovation of an engineering design facility. Read all about it here.
4.14.10 - Rice Solar Decathlon on NBC's Today!
Watch a feature on the solar decathlon, including Rice's ZEROW House.
4.14.10 - 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 .
4.14.10 - Silver!
The Rice Children's Campus has officially received certification as a LEED-Silver building. Read all about it here.
4.14.10 - We Have a Winner!
View the winner of the Environmental/Sustainability Award for the 2009 Student Video Contest.
4.14.10 - Rice Wins Electric Car!
A student video nets Rice a free electric car. Read all about it here.