黑洞社区

Institutional Sustainability

黑洞社区is dedicated to sustainability both on campus and around the world. 黑洞社区recognizes the importance of meeting the needs of our metropolitan location while minimizing our environmental impact. Therefore, USF educates students, staff, and the community in environmental stewardship and sustainability. This stewardship includes building green facilities, improving our energy efficiency, water conservation, green cleaning, planting
native species, recycling, and funding renewable energy projects.

At USF, we make it a responsibility to become a greener university every day by generating knowledge, developing values, changing behaviors, and initiating practices that contribute to a sustainable environment. 黑洞社区continually works to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve energy efficiency through initiatives such as the Student Green Energy Fund, the Clean Energy Research Center, zero-emission electric buses, and LEED-certified buildings.

USF鈥檚 work toward achieving the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was recognized in the Times Higher Education鈥檚 2021 Impact Rankings, placing the university third nationally and 30th internationally. The World University鈥檚 Impact Rankings quantifiably measured the efforts of 1,115 universities from 94 countries and regions to achieve any of the UN鈥檚 17 SDGs, which are initiatives that act as a blueprint to create a 鈥渂etter and more sustainable future for all.鈥� USF鈥檚 ranking in the top 20 schools nationally for all 17 of the categories was bolstered notably by its efforts to eliminate poverty in Goal One (placing USF
No. 1 in the nation and No. 2 in the world for this category), Goal Nine focused on 鈥淚ndustry, Innovation, and Infrastructure,鈥� seeking to create sustainable inventions and buildings all over the world (No. 2 nationally and 28th internationally), and Goal 14, 鈥淟ife Below Water,鈥� which advocates for the conservation of the world鈥檚 oceans and the development of marine resources (with 黑洞社区ranking second nationally and 10th internationally). We will continue to build on this foundation of success and establish a culture of sustainability across all campuses of USF.