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Dining Hall Initiatives
In the Dining Halls we:
• Offer filtered water at stations in the dining rooms so you can refill your bottle or jug.
• Put napkins on the tables so you take just what you use.
• Offer refills at a discount.
• Recycle and compost in the dish rooms.
• Grow tomatoes and herbs on the roof of the Diner.
• Install energy efficient equipment
• Design new facilities to be energy efficient.
• Provide recycling containers.
• Minimize pre-consumer food waste.
• Send pre-consumer food waste to a local food bank whenever it’s practical.
• Clean with environmentally responsible products and processes.
• Consider the impact that packaging and transportation have on our environmental footprint. We weigh these factors carefully when making purchasing decisions.
We ask that you:
• Eat in whenever you can.
• Use carryout only when you are carrying out.
• Reduce your use of disposable packaging as much as possible.
• Recycle and compost whenever you can.
• Use appropriate receptacles when discarding waste.
The Diner is undergoing a “Green Upgrade”
• Lighting fixtures will be replaced with the most energy efficient lighting available.
• Occupancy sensors will be turn off lighting fixtures when spaces are not occupied.
• Doors will be upgraded to improve insulation
• Sinks and toilets will be replaced with reduced-water fixtures
• Ice machines will be fitted with two stage cooling units.
• Steam traps will be replaced to cut energy usage in heating and cooking
• Insulation blankets will be installed on hot water and air conditioning systems
• The air conditioner chiller will be replaced with the most energy efficient model available
• 30% of the building’s hot water will be produced by roof mounted AET solar collectors
• Variable speed controls will be installed on air handlers and exhaust hoods
• Heating and cooling systems will be integrated into one control system reducing energy loads when specific spaces are not occupied
• Fryers and refrigerators will be replaced with the most energy efficient models currently available
• Funding for this Green Upgrade will come from cost savings generated by reducing the usage of water, electricity, gas and steam
