OUR MISSION
The Office of Energy and Sustainability is part of Procurement Services at Yeshiva University.
Our mission is to develop a campus culture of environmental awareness; to incorporate the ideals of sustainability into our academic programs, policies, planning and existing operations… MORE »
SUSTAINABILITY WEEK
Thank you to everyone who participated in Sustainability Week. We look forward to making it even bigger and better next year!
SUSTAINABILITY AT YU
YU’s got green. And you? Learn how our students and our institution are working to respect the environment, save resources and heal the Earth.
What is sustainability?
- Condensed definition: The lowest cradle-to-grave impact.
- Design Ecology Project definition: Sustainability is a state or process that can be maintained indefinitely. The principles of sustainability integrate three closely intertwined elements—the environment, the economy and the social system—into a system that can be maintained in a healthy state indefinitely.
- Bruntland Commission (World Commission on Environment and Development) of the United Nations: Development is sustainable “if it meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”
- American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) definition: Sustainability involves “providing for the needs of the present without detracting from the ability to fulfull the needs of the future.”