Sustainable Products Used in Residence Life
Residence Life believes that sustainability doesn't start and end with recycling in our communities. Over the last few years our facilities and maintenance staff have made a commitment to use environmentally friendly and sustainable products in our offices and hall communities.
Here's some of the environmental goodness our facilities staff perform in our commnities:
- Low VOC paints areused in our halls to limit off-gassing in our buildings
- Fabrics on our furniture have recycled content and are recyclable
- ENERGY STAR compact fluorescent light bulbs are used throughout our halls
- Green cleaning products used by our custodial staff
- Microfiber cleaning cloths are used which requires use of less cleaning product
- Hepa filters are used on all vacuums for better air quality
- Floor mats are made from recycled material
- Student room furniture ismade from domestic wood produced in North America from renewable forest
- All refrigerators currently purchased are ENERGY STR rated
