Facilities

The design of buildings greatly impacts the energy used and pollution created. UW Oshkosh is committed to green building.

The new Student Recreation and Wellness Center

History

Several recent construction projects have been constructed in accordance with LEED design standards: renovations in Taylor Hall, construction of the Student Recreation and Wellness Center, and the South Campus Parking Ramp.
Our next major construction, a new academic building, will be certified LEED silver or higher.

Goal

Energy efficient standards will be utilized on all new construction and applicable renovation projects.

Want to know more?

What is LEED? How can we know if a building is green? And how green is it? The U.S. Green Building Council has designed standards for sustainable building practices at various levels. Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is the certification system they use. For more information, check out their website.
Here is a link to the section of our Campus Sustainability Plan on facilities: CSP IV F - Facilities

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by David Barnhill — last modified Feb 13, 2009 01:11 PM

Bike and Pedestrian Survey

The City of Oshkosh is updating its Pedestrian and Bicycle Circulation Plan and they are looking for public input from people who live, work, study, or recreate in Oshkosh. They have developed a website that has links to an online survey:

pedestrian_bicycle_plan

Even if you do not currently use a bike or walk to campus, completing the survey will help the city learn why you do not, or how they might improve city infrastructure.

Most of us use city facilities every day: sidewalks along streets carrying automobiles through campus are built by the city, to their current standards. The last public meeting was in August, so student and staff input was not representative of UW Oshkosh pedestrians and bicyclists. So please consider giving the city some feedback from the campus community.