UNI Energy Conservation Committee

The University of Northern Iowa has formulated a University Energy Conservation Committee charged with identifying, considering, and recommending strategies that will enhance environmental awareness and energy conservation efforts on campus. The specific objectives of this committee include:

• Engage the university community (students, faculty, staff) in identifying ways to reduce energy/energy related costs.

• Complete an environmental audit of the campus identifying what the university is currently doing and/or can do to reduce energy.

• Identify best practices in higher education for attaining energy efficiency and sustainable operations.

• Develop a plan to promote sustainability activities and practices on campus and in partnership with the Cedar Valley community through education, outreach, and publicity.

• Participate with other Regents' universities in information exchange on ways to move toward an environmentally sustainable future.

• Identify ways to adopt the ten tenets of the Talloires Declaration, a document that was created in 1990 in Talloires, France to guide each signatory institution around the world to "become a sustainable university."

• Establish policies and procedures that emphasize resource conservation, and environmentally sound practices.

• Seek external grants for environmental projects.