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Green Office Program

The university's Green Office Program helps support and showcase faculty and staff initiatives, both big and small, to create sustainable office spaces. The program highlights green-office achievements, tracks progress and offers tips for improvement for improvement to enhance campus sustainability. 

Green Office Program Ambassadors learn, develop and share sustainability-related ideas, contribute to a positive campus and receive a certification for their department's sustainability achievements.

How it works

  • Designate a Green Office Program Ambassador to complete the online form. Email sustainability@ontariotechu.ca with your Banner ID to access to the dashboard.
  • Evaluate your department’s current practices and implement new sustainable initiatives.
  • Track progress in the Green Office Program categories by updating the online dashboard.
  • Certification is based on points achieved.
  • Continue implementing new initiatives to improve your department's score.

Green Office program categories

  • administrative and culture
  • energy
  • purchasing
  • transportation
  • waste
  • well-being

Role of Green Office Program Ambassador

  • Complete and update the department’s online dashboard at least once a year.
  • Serve as the main contact between the department and the Office of Campus Infrastructure and Sustainability.
  • Share sustainability-related events, announcements and resources with the department.

Participating departments

Provide your Banner ID to sustainability@ontariotechu.ca to access the Ontario Tech Green Office Dashboard.