Track Your Building's Energy Usage

Energy Management provides students, faculty and staff opportunities to monitor resources being used in their facilities. The energy dashboards allow occupants to view the amount of electricity, steam and chilled water being consumed in their building. Details >>>  More news >>>

It All Adds Up

It All Adds Up is the University of Minnesota's conservation program. The Facilities Management department launched It All Adds Up in 2009 by setting a five percent energy reduction goal for fiscal year 2010. That goal was reached three months early at the end of March 2010. As a result, the university will save more than $2.25 million annually and release 25,000 fewer tons of CO2 into the atmosphere.

Additionally, It All Adds Up collected 10,000 energy conservation pledges from students, faculty and staff in 2009. The energy conservation pledge is designed to increase awareness about how each person at the U can help save energy by asking them to commit to energy saving behaviors, like turning off the lights when leaving a room or using the stairs instead of an elevator.

Recycling initiative

As part of this year’s Beautiful U Day celebration, University of Minnesota President Robert Bruininks and Vice President for University Services Kathleen O'Brien announced today the expansion of the It All Adds Up conservation program to include recycling. Read more >>>