In addition to the wind turbine and our energy-efficient solar house, one of our girls' residential houses, St. Brigid's, completed in August 2007, employs a number of conservation features, including recycled wood and low-VOC construction materials; hot-water solar panels; flooring materials from renewable and recycled sources; energy-recovery ventilators; low-flow shower heads and toilets; and high-efficiency/low-emission Viessmann boilers.

St. Martin's House, our new boys' residence, is also employing numerous energy-efficient and "green" features. St. Martin's is currently under construction and is slated for completion in early 2012.  In addition, two new single-family faculty residences are being built on campus by Blu Homes, a leader in eco-friendly, prefabricated homes.  

The School's security and maintenance departments operate two electric vehicles on campus, and the School's dining services department has successfully implemented a "tray-less" dining program, a composting program, and a partnership with Newport Biodiesel (the School provides the waste cooking oil used by its dining services to Newport Biodiesel for clean-burning alternative fuel).  The School also has a community kitchen garden and grows produce used to supplement that which is served in the Dining Hall.  Excess produce is regularly donated to local food banks.

Each office on campus maintains paper and plastic recycling bins, and our Portsmouth Abbey Bulletin, the School's bi-annual magazine, is printed on FSC-certified paper, a product group from well-managed forests and other controlled sources, all to benefit the environment.

Visit our Green Gallery to see photos of our environmental projects on campus.