Resources

UMass Dining Services prioritizes sustainability by focusing on sourcing food locally whenever possible. 

2023 sustainability report for UMass Amherst.

The Campus Sustainability Hub is a one-stop shop for AASHE members to access toolkits and resource collections about all aspects of sustainability in higher education, from academics to operations to governance.

Using equitable, just, and friendly competition, the Campus Race to Zero Waste provides tools and opportunities that inspire, empower, and mobilize colleges and universities to benchmark and improve efforts to reduce or eliminate waste.

The university now has installed 10 MW of solar capacity across campus on 5 rooftops and over 5 parking lots with 2 electric battery storage systems to support resiliency and utility savings.

A high-level overview of key-steps UMass Amherst (UMA) could take to transition the campus energy system to carbon neutrality.

In 2016, the Central Heating Plant (CHP) added a solar hot water system, which reduces fossil fuel usage by preheating condensate water used in the steam making process.

At UMass Amherst, we've decreased our emissions when compared to square footage of space to be heated and cooled on campus.

Since 2010, the UMass Amherst Crop and Animal Research and Education Farm in South Deerfield, MA, has been home to a ground-mounted solar photovoltaic array (agrivoltaics). The 106-panel, 25-kilowatt PV is mounted high enough off the ground to allow sunlight penetration for farming and animal grazing.

GRITS is a powerful, time-saving platform for planning, tracking, and sharing energy, carbon, and utility cost reduction projects.