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Students improve Nelson Hall as part of sustainability class
Sure, you could learn about sustainable buildings in a textbook. Or you could learn while doing and improve your college campus at the same time.![](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Engineeringbuilding-300x162.jpg)
Decade-long holiday energy savings top $2.76 million
Why pay to heat a building to comfortable room temperatures when no one is inside?Campus readies for holiday energy savings
As campus winds down for winter holiday, energy saving efforts are ramping up.![](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Yarbrough-Steam-Plant-360x216.jpg)
Historic Yarbrough Steam Plant earns sustainability certification
Yarbrough Steam Plant received certification for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) at the silver level.![](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/HVAC-recommissioning-2.jpg)
Campus energy efficiency improves one building at a time
Since 2012, NC State’s recommissioning program has saved $525,000 in annual energy costs by sleuthing out energy inefficiencies one building at a time.![](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/we-recycle-360x216.jpg)
Wolfpack football’s tailgate recycling program underway for 2014 season
After recycling a record 60 tons during last season’s home football games, the Wolfpack is off to another great start in the 2014 season.![](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/NCSU-Cankerworm-Banding-360x216.jpg)
Students, families to combat cankerworms on annual day of service
This year NC State’s annual Parents and Families Weekend service project isn’t about planting trees; it’s about saving them. From 9 – 10:30 a.m. on Sunday,...![](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/autoclave-water-use-360x216.jpg)
Equipment retrofit reduces water use in campus labs
A new NC State water conservation project is making campus research more water-efficient one steam sterilizer at a time.![](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/talley-composting-360x216.jpg)