Office of Campus Sustainability

January 22, 2020
OCS highlights progress toward 2025 sustainability goals

U-M detailed progress toward its 2025 sustainability goals in healthy environments and community engagement, and highlighted initiatives ahead for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
September 25, 2019
Commission co-chairs: Climate change solutions need broad commitment

Successfully tackling the problem of climate change will require help from all areas of the U-M community, say the co-chairs of the President’s Commission on Carbon Neutrality.
June 13, 2019
Student Move-Out results in 12.5 tons of goods donated locally

U-M donated more than 12.5 tons of clothing, bedding, household goods and food to organizations benefiting Ann Arbor and surrounding communities after Student Move-Out.
May 22, 2019
U-M buildings receive statewide awards for energy reduction

Three buildings on U-M’s Ann Arbor campus have earned recognition for reducing energy in 2018 through a competition hosted by the U.S. Green Building Council of West Michigan.
September 24, 2018
University maintains gold rating for sustainability performance

The university’s sustainability performance continues to earn a gold rating by the international Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System.
April 24, 2018
U-M buildings recognized in statewide energy reduction contest

The School of Public Health II building and the Angell Complex led the education category in the Michigan Battle of the Buildings, which recognizes buildings with the greatest energy reduction across the state.
February 5, 2018
RecycleMania returns with campuswide, national contests

The U-M community will try to trim its trash in the eight-week Battle of the Buildings competition, as well as a RecycleMania waste-reduction contest with colleges and universities nationwide.
June 13, 2017
U-M first Division 1 campus to receive environmental certification

A joint effort involving eight Ann Arbor campus departments has earned U-M the state’s first Division 1 campuswide certification for reducing pesticides and fertilizer.
March 10, 2017
School of Information first school certified Platinum for sustainability

The School of Information is the first school on the Ann Arbor campus to have all of its spaces achieve Platinum-level certification for sustainability.
September 12, 2016
Fall M Farmers Markets celebrate healthy eating, sustainable living

Four expanded M Farmers Market events will take place on campus this fall, with fresh fruits, vegetables and other locally sourced food items available from various area farms.