环境可持续性

环境可持续发展行动计划

中央社区学院’s 环境可持续发展行动计划 spells out the commitment, goals and actions CCC is taking to be a great steward of our environment – for our students, 社区与地球.

可持续性仪表板

The sustainability dashboard shows the consumption of electricity and natural gas for all of CCC and for individual campuses and centers on an annual basis.

计算机管理

减少电脑设备对能源的需求, 屏幕在10分钟后进入节能模式, sleep after 30 minutes and into hibernation after two hours of inactivity.

温度挫折

CCC utilizes a temperature set-back in buildings during unoccupied times such as nights and weekends. This raises the temperature in the summer and lowers the temperature in the winter so that less energy is used to heat and cool unoccupied buildings.

黑斯廷斯风力涡轮机

A partnership between CCC, Bluestem Energy and the City of Hastings led to completion of a 1.7-megawatt wind turbine in December 2016 on the 黑斯廷斯校园. When operating, this turbine provides most of the electricity needed for the campus.

黑斯廷斯太阳能电池板

The 黑斯廷斯校园 has a 17 kilowatt ground-mounted tracking solar system south of the Merrick Building.

地热

CCC has geothermal systems on the 格兰德岛和黑斯廷斯 campuses as well as at the 科尔尼中心. 地热 systems use the ground as a heat source in the winter and a heat sink in the summer, 从而减少了加热和冷却建筑物的能源需求.

科尔尼社区太阳能电池阵列

2018年5月，CCC购买了350股，共计52股.5兆瓦时/月，来自科尔尼SunWise社区太阳能项目. This is the largest community solar array project in Nebraska at Tech One Crossing located on 53 acres at 56th Street and Antelope Avenue in the Northeast side of Kearney.

These shares are enough to cover 100% of the projected annual electricity use at CCC's Kearney center. 通过购买这些股份, CCC locks in a utility rate with this agreement with a Purchase Power Agreement (PPA) between NPPD and the solar developer SoCore Energy.

CCC's 科尔尼中心 received the first GreenPower certificate associated with the Kearney 社区 Solar Project and retains the environmental attributes associated with the purchased carbon free energy shares.   

Total solar energy production for the solar array can be viewed 在这里.

单个流循环

CCC has made recycling easier than ever by adopting single-stream recycling on the 格兰德岛和黑斯廷斯 campuses as well as the 科尔尼中心, 世界学习中心和大学公园. 单个流循环 means that all recyclable materials can be mixed together in CCC’s blue recycling bins. 当有疑问时, you can reference the recycling poster located on the front of blue recycle bins or this website for what can be recycled at your location.

哥伦布校区目前只回收纸制品.

塑料袋回收

与Trex合作, CCC在哥伦布号上增加了一个塑料薄膜回收箱, 格兰德岛和黑斯廷斯 campuses as well as the 科尔尼中心. The plastic film that is collected is reused to produce Trex eco-friendly outdoor decking. 在这些箱子里可以回收的物品是购物袋, 面包袋, 报纸的袖子, 食品贮存袋, 生产塑料袋, 冰包, 谷物衬垫等. For a complete list, please see the poster on the front of the bin. CCC已经回收了超过500磅. of plastic film and received a bench made of recycled plastic bags from Trex. 长凳位于哥伦布校园传粉者花园.

自行车分享

The bike share consists of 10 bikes owned by the college that any CCC student or employee can check out at CCC-Columbus or CCC-Grand Island for free. The bikes will be available for checkout any day in the spring, summer and fall. 请访问我们的网站了解如何注册.

自行车维修站

与中区卫生局合作, CCC has added a do-it-yourself bike fixit station to the Grand Island trail between Stuhr Museum and Highway 281, 在霍尔县公园和ccc -格兰岛之间. The fixit station includes all the tools necessary to perform basic bike repairs and maintenance, 从换轮胎到调整刹车和变速器. 还有一个带气压计的空气泵站.

油电混合动力车队

CCC has 12 gasoline-electric hybrid fleet vehicles across all three campuses and the Kearney center. These hybrid vehicles are more fuel-efficient than traditional gasoline vehicles.

酒店管理/餐厅管理(HMRM)

The HMRM program on the 黑斯廷斯校园 runs its own dining service in the Platte Building. They have a vegetable and herb garden that is used when creating dishes, and two compost bins to turn food waste into compost that can be used in the vegetable garden. They also incorporate sustainability practices into their courses and plan an annual sustainability event.

水瓶加注站

Each campus has water bottle fill-up stations installed with the drinking fountains. 学生 and employees can use these to refill their water bottles with filtered and chilled water instead of using disposable bottles of water.

特韦尔

CCC contracts with 特韦尔 for dining services on all three campuses. 特韦尔 is committed to sustainable food practices through sourcing food locally and reducing food waste.

哥伦布传粉者花园

感谢内布拉斯加州州立植物园的资助, 2017年8月，哥伦布校区增加了一个传粉者花园. It is located south of the Facilities Management Office near the orchard trees. The garden is approximately 7,200 square feet and has about 1,460 flowers, grasses and shrubs.

大岛传粉者花园

The 大岛校园 added a pollinator garden in September 2017 and received the same grant as the 哥伦布校园. The pollinator garden can be found on the east side of the Center for Industry and Technology building. 这里有超过25种不同的本地植物, phase one of the Grand Island pollinator garden has been completed.

黑斯廷斯传粉者花园

The Hastings HMRM program received a CCC mini-grant for a pollinator garden and planted it in summer 2017. 花园在道森大厦的东侧. It is near the HMRM vegetable garden, which will in turn benefit from the pollinators.

美国蜜蜂校园 

2017年5月，格兰德岛校区被命名为蜜蜂校区. CCC成为美国第29所学校.S. to get the certification and is the only school in Nebraska to be named a Bee Campus. 美国蜜蜂校园 rewards schools that educate students on the benefits of pollinators.

eBadge机会

电子徽章项目于2016年秋季启动. An eBadge is an award that learners can share with potential employers on their resume and with their social media networks. 获得的电子徽章也会出现在CCC的课程成绩单上. CCC的学生, employees and other persons associated with the college can choose among the options in courses, community education classes and volunteer and service learning experiences offered by the environmental sustainability office and across the college.

T在这里 are currently three eBadges offered: Leadership in Environmental Stewardship, 解决问题, 和共生.

能源科技计划

The 能源科技计划 is an Associate of Applied Science offered on the CCC 黑斯廷斯校园. 学生 in the Energy Technology program will he highly trained in how to design, maintain and repair the instruments used to harness wind and solar power and battery storage.

社区教育

Many community education courses at CCC incorporate environmental sustainability. 在社区教育宣传册上, these classes are noted by having one to four leaves next to the name of the class. One leaf means sustainability is incorporated into the class and four leaves means that the class is solely focused on a sustainability topic.

校园实习

The intern program for the environmental sustainability office began in 2014 and has continued to grow and develop. Interns take on a variety of duties and apply a variety of skills such as emailing, 公众演讲, 以下是详细说明, 独立工作和团队合作. 了解我们过去和现在的实习生 在这里.

可持续发展领导讲座系列

The 可持续发展领导讲座系列(方案得到) is a monthly live broadcast of highly qualified and credible speakers who present on regional topics of sustainability and global and local environmental issues. The 方案得到 is currently in its seventh year at the college with partnerships across the state.

学生4可持续发展

The 学生4可持续发展 (S4S) is a student organization that is open to all current CCC的学生 with an interest in sustainability or the environment. S4S empowers students to make sustainable changes in their lives through campus projects, 当地社区的努力, 还有同伴教育.

地球的月

每年春天的4月22日地球日前后, CCC hosts 地球的月 events at each campus location to provide education on sustainability and the importance of the environment. 活动包括学生专题展览、演讲和参观. Be on the lookout 了解更多信息 on this year’s upcoming 地球的月 events.

美国回收日

CCC在每年的11月10日举办美国回收日. 在哥伦布校区. 美国回收日 is the only nationally recognized day dedicated to promoting and celebrating recycling in the United States.

志愿服务机会

• 格兰德岛的收养公路
• 国家公平
• 循环审计
• 社区散步
• 夏令营
• 社区花园

环境可持续发展总监 Ben Newton was featured in a Business Officer article.

CCC partners with Open for Business Magazine on a People, Planet, Profit column.

CCC获得STARS银色评级.   

CCC received WasteCap Nebraska’s Green Team of the Year Award in 2016.

CCC partners with CDHD on the Bike Barn at the Nebraska 国家公平.

www.climatefixes.org