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Sustainability & Environmental Enrichment

Utility Conservation

The University is taking steps to manage the consumption of all utilities on campus, including energy and water.

Energy Management

Every building on campus is controlled by a computerized energy management system. This system allows for constant monitoring and adjusts temperatures when some buildings are not occupied in the evenings and on weekends.

Ferguson Center

Energy saving mode from 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. daily and the structure is adjusted according to facility usage for unoccupied areas and for scheduled holidays.

Freeman Center

Energy saving mode from 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. daily and adjusted for energy saving modes for scheduled holidays.

SunTrust

Energy saving mode from 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. daily. Friday night at 11:00 the system goes into the energy saving mode until Monday morning at 6:00 and again for scheduled holidays.

Ratcliffe Hall

Energy saving mode from 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. daily. Athletic Department: scheduled to set the system to go into the energy saving mode from 8:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. daily. This structure will be scheduled to be in the energy saving mode for all scheduled holidays.

Science Building

Energy saving mode from 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. daily. Weekends from Friday night at 11:00 to Monday morning at 6:00 a.m. and on scheduled holidays.

Gosnold Hall

Energy saving mode from 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. daily. Weekends from Friday night at 11:00 p.m. to Monday morning at 6:00a.m. and on all scheduled holidays.

Trible Library

Energy saving mode form 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. Monday through Thursday not to include the Mariners Museum area they control their own space. Energy mode Friday at 7:30 p.m. to 8:00 a.m.

Saturday energy mode from 5:00 p.m. to Monday at 6:00 a.m. and on scheduled holidays. The library will be on 24 hours from December 5th to December 13th and then it goes back to the prescheduled energy management mode.

David Student Union

Book Store Side

3rd Floor Offices energy saving mode starts at 5:30 p.m. Monday through Firday, and ends at 5 a.m.. Saturday and Sunday, Off

Bookstore energy saving mode starts at 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday and ends at 6 a.m.
Friday energy savings start at 5 p.m. and end at 6 a.m. on Saturday.
Saturday and Sunday energy saving mode starts at 2 p.m. and ends at 9 a.m..

Convenience Store energy saving mode starts at 11 p.m. Monday through Thursday and ends at 6 a.m.. Friday energy savings start at 10 p.m. and end at 6 a.m. Saturday. Saturday and Sunday energy saving mode starts at 2 p.m. and ends at 9 a.m..

Main Side

Regattas Kitchen M-S on at 5am set back at 10:00

Third Floor office 380 energy saving mode starts at midnight and ends at 5 a.m., Monday Friday. Saturda and Sunday energy saving mode starts at midnight and ends at 8 a.m..

Third floor Student Activities energy saving mode starts at 11 p.m. Monday through Friday and ends at 6 a.m.. Saturday and Sunday energy saving mode starts at 11 p.m. and ends at 9 a.m..

Second floor meeting rooms energy saving mode starts at 11 p.m. and ends at 5 a.m., Saturday and Sunday energy saving mode starts at 11 p.m. and ends at 8 a.m..

Discovery Café and Bistro energy saving starts at 10:30 p.m. and ends at 5 a.m..

Water Management

CNU implemented a comprehensive storm-water management program in conjunction with the Mariners Museum, the Virginia Department of Transportation, Riverside Regional Medical Center and the City of Newport News. This plan was approved by the Army Corp of Engineers, the Department of Conservation and Recreation, Department of Environmental Quality and is full compliance with accordance with the Chesapeake Act.

This plan is significant in that it uses Lake Maury as a BMP (Best Management Practices) to treat issues associated with storm water runoff from the University and surrounding neighborhoods. This program addresses both water quantity and quality. Functioning as a BMP, Lake Maury conditions storm water runoff before it enters the James River during overflow conditions.

Bringing a new building on line is a matter of balancing the quantities of water and the pounds of phosphorous within the parameter of the storm-water master plan.

Several BMP ponds remain on campus and will continue in use. They include ponds surrounding Potomac River and Santoro Halls, Lot D, CNU Apartments and the Freeman Center.