Sustainable Middlebury
From construction choices to the way we commute to how we plan for the future, Middlebury leans into the challenges of helping to create a more sustainable world.
Explore where we’ve come from in our environmental action timeline and how sustainability is currently integrated across campus through our initiatives below
Frameworks and Guideposts
Buildings and Design
Climate Resilience
Community and Justice
Landscape and Ecology
Materials and Waste
Air
- Purple Air Monitors in Bicentennial Hall for wildfire smoke and AQI monitoring
- Conservation of lands and trees- how much oxygen does this conserved area produce?
Water
- Middlebury campus is home to rain gardens and green roofs at a variety of sites around campus, providing stormwater management and treatment
- Explore the hydrological benefits of our campus trees
- In all new construction and renovation projects, the installation of low-flow faucets and toilets highlight the importance of efficiency in water usage