Campus Initiatives

The Office of Sustainability works with many stakeholders across campus and in the community to create a greener, cleaner, and more efficient campus by design. Below are some examples of recent and current initiatives!

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Each year, we facilitate a Sustainability Career Fair – showcasing employers from every discipline from engineering to criminal justice, to show our students that sustainability is interdisciplinary, and if it is important to you, you can incorporate it into your career! We are proud to have had several students successfully land internships and full time jobs from our career fair.

Examples of employers who have attended in the past include:

Rare, Maryland Department of Natural Resources, CityScape Engineering, Baltimore City Office of Sustainability, and Constellation Energy

Have an idea for an employer that should attend next time? Email us and let us know at sustainability@umbc.edu

 

Maryland Energy Administration awards UMBC $1.2 million for solar panels and more:

The funding will enable construction of solar canopies over the north portion of the Stadium Lot. Rooftop solar arrays will be mounted on UMBC’s central receiving warehouse, located adjacent to the lot. The installations will be highly visible to the UMBC community and members of the public attending events at the Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena.

Together, these solar installations will generate 1,000 kWAC of clean, carbon-free energy, or about 2.5 percent of UMBC’s current annual electricity. The solar panels’ output will reduce UMBC’s carbon footprint by roughly 500 tons per year and earn Solar Renewable Energy Credits from the state of Maryland, which can be sold to power companies. The combined savings from the electricity generation and accompanying SRECs may save UMBC $200,000 to $300,000 annually.

Read the full press brief here!