Tougaloo College

School details:
Full-time enrollment: 905
Part-time enrollment: 44
Location: Jackson, Mississippi

Administration

• Tougaloo’s Sustainability Task Force will work to decrease the school’s carbon footprint, identify green policies, increase campus recycling, save water and energy, and encourage green construction and maintenance.
• The vice president for facilities works on making the campus more environmentally friendly.
• The college’s strategic plan includes sustainability as a guiding principle.

Green Building

• Tougaloo will reuse the wood floors, beams, and other building materials from a recently demolished building for other projects on campus.
• The school is using recycled materials in a current renovation project.
• Two future buildings, the Bennie G. Thompson Academic Center and Tougaloo Commons, will feature energy-efficient lighting and temperature controls as well as landscaping that will incorporate native plants.
• Efficiency technologies in existing buildings include energy management systems, LED lighting, variable speed drives, and chillers.
• To save water, buildings feature dual-flush toilets and efficient washing machines.

Recycling

• Tougaloo recycles cardboard and some plastics as well as used computers.
• The campus aims to reduce its paper usage through centralized printing.

Dining

• Dining services purchases local foods.
• Food is grown in an on-campus garden.
• Excess food is used as feed at a local pig farm.

Student Involvement

• The Facilities & Real Property Convocation educates students about environmental issues.
• Students work with professors on environmental research projects.