Guides & Manuals
Use these guidelines and manuals to help guide your environmental sustainability efforts.
Welcome Class of 2022! Penn is committed to reducing its environmental footprint, and students play a large role in contributing to sustainability initiatives on campus. Read about all the ways that you can become involved in helping make the university a greener place.
College House Resident Advisors (RAs) and Graduate Associates (GAs) have a unique opportunity to help frame the way their residents understand environmental sustainability at Penn.
Our Off-Campus Recycling Guide is meant to serve as a resource to the entire off-campus community, so that sustainability stays at the heart of Penn living.
Learn how to start a Green Team in your office to minimize the environmental impacts of your workplace.
An office cleanout allows you to get rid of all unwanted office files and materials on a large scale.
This map can help you find a free water bottle refilling station anywhere on campus.
The Edible Campus Map shows the approximate locations of trees on campus with edible fruits, leaves, and nuts.
Although there is single-stream recycling throughout Penn's campus, where you take your recyclables varies in each College House.
The Green Cleaning Guidelines inform and educate facility managers and maintenance staff on how to meet green housekeeping certification requirements – the standard maintenance protocols and practices for all Penn interior spaces.
Use this form to complete your step-by-step action plan to reduce your office's energy usage when called for an event such as a "Red Day."
Teaching practices contribute significantly to Penn’s efforts to become a more sustainable University.
