1. The Life Sciences Center has 40 solar thermal panels which absorb the sun's heat and use it to heat up water.
2. The Mona Campbell Building has a solar wall which is a solar air heating system that uses the power of the sun to heat the building’s ventilation air. It minimizes energy consumption, heating costs and greenhouse gas emissions throughout the heating season.
3. The Computer Science Building has 80 solar photovoltaic (PV) panels installed in front of a solar duct system on the roof.
4. LeMarchant Place has 46 solar thermal panels as a means to heat hot water.
5. The Student Union Building has 43 solar photovoltaic (PV) panels and the Weldon Law building has 16 PV panels. PV panels use the sun to generate electricty.
9. There have been energy and water projects completed including campus lighting upgrades in buildings and outdoor lighting (LEDs), major energy upgrades of the Life Sciences Center and Student Union building, as well as campus-wide water fixture upgrades and more.
10. You can take a self guided tour of the LEED® Gold certified Mona Campbell building using the green directory and signs or watch our video. Features include a rain water cistern, building activated art, and green roof.
11. Visit the Steele Ocean Sciences building (LEED® Silver certified) to use the bike Fixit station and the electric vehicle charge station.
12. Visit the LeMarchant Place building (LEED® Gold certified) and see solar thermal panels for hot water heating, low-flow fixtures, vegetative green roof, variable refrigerant flow heat recovery heat pump system, as well an electric charge station in parking lot behind building.
13. Visit the Wallace McCain Learning Commons (WMLC) (LEED® Silver certified) to see the first building to have all LED lighting, green roof, FSC certified wood, and refillable bottle station.
14. The Life Science Research Institute is a LEED® Silver certified building. There are a number of green feature include high rates of construction and demolition diversion, energy efficient motor drives, natural landscaping and LED lighting.
17. The Fitness Centre (LEED® Gold candidate) has highly insulated walls and roof, day lighting, low flow water fixtures, EV charges, vegetative bioswale, and more.
18. See the permeable pavement at back of the Steele Ocean Sciences building. Permeable paving systems allows water to drip through the pavement and into the soil below. Permeable paving systems filters pollutants from storm water and reduces surface runoff.
19. There is a rain garden on the corner of Coburg and Oxford and the Killam Loop. Rain gardens are specially-designed garden beds that filter storm water runoff.
20. There is a green roof between Dentistry and Burbidge buildings help to slow down storm water.
21. Hundreds of bike racks are installed across campus. Visit the campus Bike Centre at the Studley Gym. Dalhousie has a student and employee bus pass. Bike Fixit stations are available at the Student Union Building and the Oceans Science Building.
22. Dalhousie Urban Garden Society manages an on-campus food garden behind the Computer Science building. Biodiversity replacement programs are restoring native and adapted species. A naturalized pond (ocean pond) was created beside the Chase Building Native species have been planted around the Life Science Research Institute and other locations on campus
23. View many idle free signs around campus and ride share parking spots. Dalhousie has signed a workplace agreement with CarShare Atlantic’s and Dalhousie departments and faculties can access CarShare Atlantic’s fleet of cars around Halifax. Car share spots are located on Studley campus at the Grad House.
24. Dalhousie has hundreds of courses and programs on environment and sustainability across faculties. Visit the College of Sustainability first floor of the Mona Campbell buidling, Environmental Science Program 8th Floor of the Life Science Center (Biology) and School for Resource and Environmental Studies at the Ken Rowe building.
25. The University Office of Sustainability, in the Central Services building, focuses on campus operations.
26. The Dalhousie Student Union Sustainability Office is located in the Student Union Building (2nd floor). There are many Dalhousie student societies that have an environment and sustainability agenda.
Dalhousie recycles electronics, organic material, paper and cardboard, recyclables, construction and demolition material, white goods, and universal waste items like batteries and paint on all campuses. Look for four-bin sorting systems in every building.