Columbia University continually strives to be a leader in environmental performance. Whether it is for receiving the first LEED-ND Platinum certification in New York City, as well as the first Platinum certification for a university campus plan nationally, for our Manhattanville campus or being awarded the EPA Environmental Quality Award for the University’s Clean + Go Green program, the highest recognition presented to the public by the EPA, Columbia’s pioneering spirit is evident.On December 10, 2014, William Hichak, Director of Laboratories, Department of Dermatology, along with EH&S’s Shane Son and Nicholas Craig, Hazardous Materials Specialists, and Chris Pettinato, Executive Director, accepted the Environmental Excellence Award from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation at the 11th Annual New York State Environmental Excellence Awards Ceremony in Albany, NY.
Columbia University was recognized for its laboratory waste solvent recycling programs at CUMC and Morningside campuses. Solvent recycling began at CUMC as a partnership between EH&S and the Departments of Pathology and Dermatology more than a decade ago and was introduced to Morningside in 2008, in the Department of Chemistry, where hundreds of gallons of acetone used in glass washing operations is recycled each year.
Congratulations to Columbia University on nurturing and maintaining award winning, environmentally sustainable solutions. To read more about these prestigious awards please visit…
NYSDEC Environmental Excellence Award
LEED-ND Platinum Certification
EPA Environmental Quality Award
