News and Announcements

Rendering highlighting the preserved Dawn Redwood at the Peabody Museum entrance, courtesy of Centerbrook Architects and Planners
April 27, 2022
The University’s standards now include counsel for building design aligned with achieving zero carbon emissions by 2050. In addition, new tree preservation guidelines were...
Rendering of Earth from space, courtesy of Google, SIO, NOAA, US Navy, NGA, GEBCO, Landsat / Copernicus, IBCAO, US Geological Survey
April 26, 2022
On Earth Day, the Office of Sustainability recognized 14 individuals for making outstanding contributions to sustainability at Yale, and Facilities’ Anthony Kosior gave a...
Entryway to residential college at Yale, photo courtesy of the Yale Office of Sustainability
April 21, 2022
Celebrate our planet all month through events, articles, and calls to action found on Yale’s Earth Week website.
Women’s locker room, Kiphuth Exhibition Pool.
March 17, 2022
The University’s historic buildings can be charming reminders of how space was conceived of and used by previous generations of students, faculty, staff, and visitors. These...
Philip Vitale constructing and AFVU at the millwork shop.
March 17, 2022
In the silence between rehearsals in a classroom at a David Geffen School of Drama building on Crown Street, a light hum floats in the background. Among the music stands...
Connecticut Hall at Yale University, photo by Aaron Usher.
February 18, 2022
As part of an ongoing series of seminars on sustainable planning, design, and construction, the Office of Facilities welcomed Brian Cooper to speak to each of those processes...
Pipe installation at the Central Power Plant.
February 18, 2022
Having been updated with a west addition in 1999, and a north addition in 2010 to supply more effective power generation to Yale’s central and science areas, the Central...