Facilities

Facilities Services illustrates its commitment to sustainability through its focus on recycling and water and energy conservation. With its conservation programs, Facilities has managed to decrease the campus' water and energy consumption despite an increase of student population and additional campus buildings. 

Gettysburg College's energy use per square foot of building remains one of the lowest among comparable institutions.

Facilities has implemented many energy-saving techniques such as:

• A highly efficient centralized cooling system
• Energy efficient refrigerators
• Electric vehicles for on-campus employee transportation
• Switching to fluorescent light bulbs

In recent years, the Custodial Services of the college have become a part of the campus sustainability. The department uses paper towels and toilet paper produced from recycled materials as wells as Green cleaning solutions such as glass cleaners and disinfectants. The Custodial Services also uses a bio-based graffiti-remover that is made primarily from corn.

This department strongly support campus recycling and urge students to separate trash from the single-stream recycling.