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814-472-2872
renewable@francis.edu

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Saint Francis University
117 Evergreen Drive
P.O. Box 600
Loretto, PA 
15940-0600
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  • 2.5kw Wind turbine on campus
  • Geothermal heating and cooling used in Christian Hall and the DiSepio Institute
  • Low albedo roof on the Disepio Institute
  • Food served without trays at Torvian Dining Hall
  • Torvian serves local food when possible
  • Water bottle refilling station in JFK
  • Science Day
  • Annual Earth Day Carnival
  • Recycling bins in all buildings
  • Large recycling bins in JFK parking lot
  • Watershed Nature Trail
  • Office paper for printing is partially recycled
  • Energy efficient lighting
  • Green Dorm Challenge
  • Immersion semester at Raystown Field Station
  • Faculty and students in Biology, Chemistry, and Environmental Engineering are conducting environmental research

Albedo Roof

Learn more about SFU's green initiatives...

Student Page Turbine Tower

 

  • Join the Environmental Action Society
  • Join the Green Team
  • Conduct research
  • Reduce your energy use
  • Recycle
  • Donate to the Dorothy Day Center
  • Check out an environmentally themed book or video from the library
  • Take an environmentally themed class
  • Major in an environmental field
    • B.S. in Environmental Engineering
    • B.S. in Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies
    • B.S. in Biology with Environmental Science Concentration
    • M.B.A. with Renewable Energy Concentration
  • Find a green career after college

Watershed Trail Clean-up

Learn more about how you can be green...

 
     
Below are some of the websites Saint Francis University freshmen 
students prepared as part of a General Education course on Alternative Energy Recycling Button
Technology.
Nuclear Power: The Power of the Future 
Solar Power in Thailand

Solar Energy

Fuel Cells

The Centralia Mine Fire
 

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