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James B. Hunt Jr. Library One of the world’s most advanced libraries, this building expects LEED Silver certification for energy and water efficiency, including rooftop solar panels that provide hot water, rain garden, green roof and bookBot, a robotic book retrieval system that reduced the building’s square footage by 40 percent.
Keystone Science Center
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Lake Raleigh Site of numerous recreation opportunities and greenway trails, the lake is a frequent teaching spot for classes. Next to the lake’s dam is the student-run SOUL garden, where you can get your hands dirty learning about sustainable, healthy agriculture.
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Engineering Building III From rain chains that improve rain runoff to the green roof that you can see from the fourth floor, this building leads the Pack in stormwater management.
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Lake Raleigh
Keystone Science Center Home of FREEDM Systems Center, which conducts groundbreaking research on renewable energy, such as the solar panels atop this building’s roof.
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North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission Open weekdays, this LEED Gold building features indoor and outdoor educational exhibits as well as rain gardens and composting demonstrations.
GETTING AROUND CAMPUS
CAMPUS FEATURES
Bus: Ditch driving and travel on the Wolfline, a convenient network of buses powered by cleaner, low-sulfur diesel.
Local Food or Community Garden
High Performance Building
Wolf Ridge Apartments Students live in sustainable style at these campus apartments, which expect LEED Silver certification and feature a green roof, underground rainwater cistern, convenient Wolfline bus access and outdoor views from nearly every room.
NC Solar Center
NC State’s increasingly sustainable campus is where a Wolfpack of forward-thinkers lives, works, studies and plays. See the innovative, ecofriendly campus features for yourself by taking the self-guided sustainability tour of Centennial, North or Central Campus. Or, just use the map as your guide to a campus that is leaner, smarter and stronger than ever.
Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
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MAP
Welcome to a Living Lab for Transformation
To North and Central Campus
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SUSTAINABILITY AT NC STATE
TOUR CENTENNIAL CAMPUS
SOUL Garden
Greenway: Skip the street and hit NC State’s growing network of greenway trails. Bicycle: Named a Bicycle Friendly University, NC State is a great place to cruise around campus. If you don’t have your own bike, rent one by the day, weekend, week or semester from WolfWheels (located at Carmichael Recreation Center).
Solar Energy
Electric Vehicle: Charge your car on campus at a fast Level 2 charging station for up to four hours.
Water Quality or Conservation Project
Rent a Car: Why own a car when you can rent one only when you need it? Rent one of several campus Zipcars by the hour.
ZipCar Rental Greenway Trail