NC State’s commitment to sustainability is guided by its university-wide Sustainability Strategic Plan, which provides a comprehensive roadmap for advancing campus sustainability. Released by the Campus Environmental Sustainability Team in 2011 after more than a year of open, campus-wide planning, the Sustainability Strategic Plan consolidates all of NC State’s sustainability-related commitments, both from within campus and state-mandated.
The five-year plan outlines dozens of goals in these areas: academics and research, buildings, community and culture, energy and water, land use, purchasing, transportation, and waste reduction and recycling. Every year tactics are updated and progress is reported in NC State’s Annual Sustainability Report.
| Year 1 Tactics (2011-2012) |
| Year 2 Tactics (2012-2013) |
Other NC State University Commitments
- Campus Mobility Plan, 2012
- Bicycle and Pedestrian Mater Plan, 2012
- Sustainability Strategic Plan, 2011
- Climate Action Plan, 2011
- Strategic Energy Management Plan, 2011
- Physical Master Plan
- Centennial Master Plan
- University Construction Guidelines
- University of North Carolina General Administration Sustainability Policy, 2009
- Energy Star Partnership, signed 2008
- American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment, signed 2008
- All new construction built to LEED – Silver standards, announced spring 2008
- UNC Tomorrow: NC State Response, May 2008
- Recommendations of the NC State Environmental Sustainability Task Force, 2000
- Commitment to Environmental Sustainability-Guiding Principles, 1999
State of North Carolina Commitments
- Session Law 2010-196(HB 1292) – reinvestment legislation for energy savings at universities, 2010
- Session Law 2007-546(Senate Bill 668) – conservation of energy and water use in state, university and community college buildings, 2007
- Session Law 2002-167 (HB 1215) – reduce water consumption in state agencies by at least 10 percent, 2002
- NC Executive Order 26 – water system protection, 2002
- NC Executive Order 156 – state government environmental sustainability, reduction in solid waste and procurement of environmentally preferable purchasing, 1998
- NC General Statute 143-58.3 - purchase of products with recycled content , 1994
