Operations

  • Campuswide Energy Conservation

    Future opportunities for energy conservation include: integrating energy conservation into the university’s performance goals and measurements for the Board of Regents, creating a university-wide energy ...

  • UFM Solar Energy Production

    Source: Linda Inlow Teener, 785-532-8763, lteener@k-state.edu Note to editors: Similar stories on K-State's sustainability efforts are available at http://www.k-state.edu/media/webzine/green/index.html News release prepared by: Jessica Grant, ...

  • Green Purchasing Guidelines

    The Director of Sustainability has had limited conversations with purchasing departments throughout campus to better understand green purchasing opportunities and challenges. Purchasing products with environmental ...

  • Campus Shuttle Program

    K-State has a shuttle service between the Student Union, the K-State Foundation Building, and Edwards Hall. The shuttle runs approximately every half hour during Spring ...

  • Transportation Planning

    Future opportunities for sustainable transportation programs include: a carpooling project, growth of the bike rental program, and development of a community-wide public transportation program with ...

  • Salina Green Purchasing

    K-State Salina Media Services aggressively reviews the specifications on equipment purchases (TV's, LCD monitors, projectors, presentation technology tools, and more). We're looking intentionally for equipment ...

  • Campus Wind Energy

    There is a Skystream 3.7 Wind Turbine, rated at 2kW that provides power to the fire station at the corner of Denison and Kimball Avenues. ...

  • Campus Grounds- Smart Irrigation Technologies

    The University has approximately 146 acres of irrigated turf, with this comes the capability of using in excess of 100,000,000 gallons of water each year ...

  • Facilities Flower Bike Crews

    K-STATE FLOWER CREWS TAKE TO THEIR BICYCLES TO SAVE MONEY, ENVIRONMENT For Kansas State University's grounds department, the word "green" is loaded with meaning. It ...

  • International Student Center Raingarden and Rain-Bowls Projects

    Prof. Lee Skabelund created a service-learning project to address problems associated with stormwater run-off in the Mid-Campus Creek area of the university campus (by the ...