Advancement of Sustainability in Higher has been building aesthetically pleasing and
Education (AASHE) to promote green highly effi cient facilities. Some of the features
athletic practices. One example is to have
A breath of fresh air
like low-fl ow water fi xtures and occupancy
men’s and women’s teams travel together
At 100 FPM face velocity, a typical
sensors in the locker rooms are not very sexy.
on the same buses.
6-foot laboratory fume hood will
However, a green roof on Duke’s football sta-
Purdue University had trash bag and
exhaust over 1,250 cubic feet of
dium and a stunning new Student-Athlete
recycling bag dispensers set up in the park-
air—the equivalent of exhausting
Development Center at Indiana University’s
ing lot as well as in the stadium. Fans were
all the air from a 12.5’
football complex show how athletic facilities
10’ room
then asked to leave their refuse and recy-
with a 10’ ceiling—every minute.
can dovetail with the institution’s overall aes-
cling at their parking space for pickup the
An equivalent amount of outside
thetic and sustainability plans.
next day by green organizations that were
air must be brought into the build-
paid for their eff orts.
ing, heated or cooled and delivered
A fi tting conclusion
Purdue also cleverly managed another
to the lab… only to be exhausted
Mark Sherry off ers this fresh perspective:
environmental problem. Storm water
right back out through the hood.
“Athletic departments also have unique
from acres of asphalt parking lots used to sustainability opportunities. By developing
drain unchecked into the Wabash River. a comprehensive sustainability program in
Now, a sand pit drain system underneath the athletic department, universities can le-
the main football fi eld fi lters and slowly verage their strong brand power and visibil-
discharges all that water, quietly and un- He also knows it creates a teaching moment. ity to diff erentiate their schools and make
obtrusively as fans cheer the Boilermakers. “When a recruit and his or her parents are meaningful environmental improvements.
As for the quest for year-round stadium told of our environmental stewardship, the Additional revenue and philanthropic op-
grass perfection, DePauw athletic director school’s esteem is raised in their eyes.” portunities may arise for athletic depart-
Page Cotton tells his coaches to “take a pic- “More athletic departments are pull- ment sustainability initiatives in the form
ture.” He believes reducing unnecessary off - ing in line with institutional sustainability of corporate sponsorship of green pro-
season maintenance is the right thing to do. initiatives,” says architect Browne. His fi rm grams and green advertising.”
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