About Us

The University Sustainability Office is a hub for campus sustainability resources and programs.

About the Sustainability Office

The NC State University Sustainability Office was established in April 2008 to serve as a centralized resource of sustainability information and action for students, faculty and staff. Current responsibilities of the University Sustainability Office and its staff include:

Foster collaborations that integrate sustainability into NC State’s campus, operations and culture.

Program Implementation: Plan and implement programs supporting the university’s Sustainability Strategic Plan and commitments
Sustainability Council: Support the NC State Sustainability Council
Emissions Tracking: Lead efforts to monitor and reduce campus emissions
Performance Assessment: Measure and assess campus sustainability, publish the Annual Sustainability Report, and manage data for third-party reporting and certifications
Data Management: Maintain sustainability-related databases, including GIS maps and inventories of courses and researchers
Campus Planning: Incorporate sustainability into university physical campus planning
Partnership Building: Serve as a connector of people, ideas, and resources. Represent sustainability on committees and strategic efforts both on and off campus.

Equip and empower students for impactful careers and lives.

Applied Learning: Lead Campus As A Classroom program that provides campus sustainability internships, projects for courses, research opportunities and tours.
Leadership Development: Coordinate the Sustainability Stewards program.
Grant Management: Administer the NC State Sustainability Fund.
Student Programs: Create high-impact experiences in sustainability, such as Make-A-Thon.
Facilitate Collaboration: Bring together student initiatives and organizations

Centralize sustainability-related information, progress and activities on campus.

Marketing: Promote sustainability awareness and progress through communication tools including website, weekly e-newsletter to 8,000+ subscribers, and social media
Education: Offer campus training, outreach and presentations
Event Management: Plan Earth Month, Energy Week, Celebration of Sustainability, and more
Recognition Programs: Offer sustainability certifications for labs, events, workplaces and student orgs, as well as facilitate the annual NC State Sustainability Awards
Promotion Support: Coordinate communication for NC State Energy Management, Energy Collaborative and other sustainability-related campus efforts

Real-world problems are best solved when the boundaries of classroom, campus and community are dissolved. That’s why NC State’s campus serves as a living laboratory and model for experiential education, research and outreach that creates sustainable solutions for global challenges.

Impact that improves communities and lives
Stewardship of economic and natural resources
Collaboration with interdisciplinary partners to do more together than alone
Connections of people and ideas that weave together common threads and boost efficiency
Experiential education that equips students for careers while improving campus
Shared responsibility that recognizes interdependence and calls for action
Innovation that addresses grand challenges of society