Seventy-four new electric vehicle (EV) charging stations will be installed across campus as part of a $1.45-million upgrade jointly funded by Western and Natural Resources Canada. Already home to six EV chargers, Western will soon add more – includi …
Last summer, Western set the bar high for dealing with high temperatures and even higher energy bills. Now, Facilities Management is looking to build on that success with a continued energy conservation push this summer.
Less than three months after releasing its universitywide sustainability strategy, Creating a Sustainable Western, Western joined The University of British Columbia as the only two Canadian universities profiled in The Princeton Review’s Guide to 322 Green Colleges: 2013 Edition.
Facilities Management officials are excited that university-wide energy conservation efforts this summer resulted in utility bill savings to the tune of $900,000.
Students in London Hall dialed back their energy consumption over the past two weeks to win Western’s Rez Powers Down conservation challenge.
Repairs to a broken condensate return line on Oxford Drive may continue through the weekend, according to Western’s Facilities Management.
Western has been selected as a finalist for the Ontario Business Achievement Award (OBAA) in the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario (ICAO) Corporate Governance Award category by the Ontario Chamber of Commerce.
Western officials currently are investigating a widespread power outage on campus. Further updates to follow at uwo.ca.
Starting today, you can monitor in real time the energy use of your campus building – or the use of any building across campus – using Western’s Real Time Energy Dashboard.
As Western continues to investigate a power interruption affecting buildings and facilities on the south end of campus, Western Student Recreation Centre (WSRC) is currently closed.
There’s the running joke that ‘Toronto will be a nice city once it’s done’ in reference to the construction cranes dotting the Big Smoke’s skyline. And the way things are going at Western, that same analogy could work here.
The University Community Centre will be getting a facelift, part of a three-phase renewal project, the University Students’ Council announced this week.
With a utility bill more than $25 million last year, Western’s Facilities Management staff are seeking new ways to reduce the university’s electricity consumption this summer.