Sustainability On Campus

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Regis University's Energy Policy

Leaders of Regis University believe it is their responsibility to ensure that every effort is made to conserve and properly manage energy and natural resources, as well as to exercise sound financial judgments.

Implementation of this policy is the joint responsibility of Regis University administration, faculty, students, support personnel, and its success is based on cooperation at all levels.

Ways that students can reduce the cost to the environment are:

Choose the appropriate set point for your housing unit base on your comfort while keeping the environmental impacts in mind.
Close blinds on sunny days to reduce heat gain.
Always keep windows closed when your heating or air-conditioning units are on.
If you open your windows, turn off the heating/air-cooling unit.
Turn off lights and appliances when not in use.
Turn off computers, printers, and other electronic devices when not in use.
Take shorter showers.
Recycle, Reuse, and Retain whenever possible!

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Regis University's Bus Pass Program

As a Regis student, you now have the privilege of using the RTD bus and Light Rail system, free of charge with your new bus pass. This is a great way to get around Denver and the surrounding areas. This service is included in your Student Activities Fee for Regis University undergraduate students.

Benefits of the Bus Pass:

Cost
Compared with rising gas prices, parking, automobile maintenance, and insurance charges, public transit is very affordable.
Convenience
Public transit functions on a schedule, making planning your trip easy. Also, you can read or study while riding.
Environment
The public transportation system is the ultimate carpool, cutting down on harmful emissions.

Click Here to read the Buss Pass Brochure.

Regis University is on Wind Power

Energy from the wind has been powering classrooms and facilities at Regis University. In 1997, the University signed up to purchase electricity from Colorado's first "wind farm" in northeastern Colorado. Regis lead the way in helping the state to develop renewable energy resources when it became Public Service Company of Colorado's first WindSource customer. Regis has committed to purchase 240,000 kWh of electricity per year from the ten-megawatt "wind farm", which equates to approximately five percent of the University's total electric consumption. This commitment to renewable wind energy has the same equivalent benefit as locing 100 acres of trees, or not driving a car for a half million miles. Regis' purchase of wind power will reduce the amount of carbon dioxide emissions by 168 tons a year. The wind turbines are located at Public Service Company of Colorado's Ponnequin Wind Facility, just inside the Colorado border about ten miles south of Cheyenne, Wyoming.

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Regis University's Recycle Initiative

There are GREEN and BLUE dumpsters (as seen in the image above) located all around campus that you may throw away non-soiled items to be recycled.

Each residence hall room also has a recycling bin placed inside it. Please use these to separate your recyclable material from your trash, which you can then easily deposit in the appropriate larger dumpsters found at the five locations listed below.

There are five recycling dumpsters around campus:

Behind O’Connell and DeSmet
North of the Town Houses
West of Main Hall
Behind the Student Center
South East of the Adult Learning Center

Click Here to read the Recycling Brochure.

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