Where

College Halls at Kissam  

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Where We Are

​6 of our 29 campus dorms are LEED certified. These dorms are Crawford House, Gillette House, Hank Ingram House, Murray House, Stambaugh House, and Sutherland House.

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The Commons hosts the Commons Cup Energy Competition where each Commons dorm competes to save the most energy.
 

Each dorm room is furnished with a recycling bin and has access to aluminum, plastic, paper, and cardboard recycling bins.



Where We Are Going

We dream of dorms committed to energy conservation.  We want all dorms to be LEED certified. We want outlets with off switches to prevent vampire energy loss. We want dorms to be lit using energy efficient LED light bulbs.

We dream of dorms committed to water conservation. We want bathrooms with waterless urinals, dual-flush toilets, and shower timers to conserve water. We want laundry rooms with front-loading washing machines and drying racks. The drying racks would be placed so that water drips down to water plants underneath them – herbs and produce that students can use in their kitchens. Similarly, in our kitchens, we want dish-drying racks that drip onto herbs that we can use for cooking. 



We dream of dorms committed to waste reduction. We want each dorm to have a composting site. We want our dorms to have required composting and recycling policies. We want required recycling and composting information sessions during hall meetings in order to counteract confusion around recycling policies and composting techniques. We want the accessories in our rooms to be made out of recycled materials, for example, a lamp made out of recycled glass. We want organic, biodegradable cleaning products used to clean our dorms.   



We dream of dorms committed to community. We want regular community-building events that promote sustainable practices. For example, we want art shows in the lobby where people present their artworks that relate to issues of sustainability. This would brighten the lobby as well as connect students with each other’s talents. We want each group of roommates or suitemates to create a sustainability project to implement in their dorm throughout the year, and present the results to their hall. We want community gardens for each dorm. These gardens will not only provide us with fresh, delicious produce, but also an escape from the pressures of schoolwork and other stressors. We want established gardeners to tend these gardens and train students in the art of gardening for themselves.



How To Get Involved

Become an Eco-Dore! The Eco-Dores program enlists students to act as peer-educators on sustainability in their housing communities. To learn more about how to become an Eco-Dore follow the link below.