Among many of its environmental sustainability practices, MSU now is requiring facilities to report their use of air conditioning, heating, and ventilation, or HVAC, systems. Each request to utilize a building's HVAC utilities now must receive approval from a dean who oversees that building, said Jennifer Battle, assistant director of campus sustainability.
The program was implemented through MSU's Boldness By Design initiative, which first launched in about 2005, Battle said. The university hopes to reduce use of those utilities by about 3 percent over time. In addition, classroom relocations are being examined, in order to better utilize buildings. Battle said these types of cases most often apply when only one or two classrooms are being used at a given time in a specific building.
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