{"id":74576,"date":"2016-10-27T15:23:32","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T19:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=74576"},"modified":"2016-10-26T21:27:45","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T01:27:45","slug":"occ-earns-national-recognition-for-its-comittment-to-sustainability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=74576","title":{"rendered":"OCC Earns National Recognition for its Comittment to Sustainability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?attachment_id=71335\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-71335\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-71335\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/onondaga-300x153.jpg?resize=300%2C153\" alt=\"onondaga\" width=\"300\" height=\"153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/onondaga.jpg?resize=300%2C153&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/onondaga.jpg?resize=150%2C76&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/onondaga.jpg?w=350&amp;ssl=1 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>OCC\u2019s commitment to sustainability has earned the College nationwide recognition and inclusion on several 2016 \u201cbest of\u201d lists including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/az589735.vo.msecnd.net\/pdf\/greencolleges2016.pdf\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/az589735.vo.msecnd.net\/pdf\/greencolleges2016.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1477614621933000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFW2QDS-n6RolAh91av8xb6_irHGA\">The 2016 Princeton Review\u2019s Guide to 361 Green Colleges.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sierraclub.org\/sierra\/2016-5-september-october\/cool-schools-2016\/full-ranking\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/sierraclub.org\/sierra\/2016-5-september-october\/cool-schools-2016\/full-ranking&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1477614621934000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEKwuLxXwewIreuuDBjACxLaRNCCA\">Sierra Club\u2019s 2016 Cool School Rankings.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stars.aashe.org\/pages\/about\/2016-sustainable-campus-index.html\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/stars.aashe.org\/pages\/about\/2016-sustainable-campus-index.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1477614621934000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH6FOmcQSIsOItWAHFzhUrx1kbKCw\">2016 Sustainable Campus Index<\/a> which is compiled by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a tremendous honor to be recognized nationally for our commitment to sustainability. OCC has made excellent progress toward our goals related to integrating sustainability throughout campus <!--more-->operations and providing sustainability-focused learning opportunities for students. We\u2019re proud to be making a difference in the lives of students both today and for generations to come,\u201d said Sean Vormwald, LEED AP BD+C, OCC\u2019s Director of Sustainability and Environmental Health and Safety.<\/p>\n<p>In this decade alone OCC\u2019s major sustainability-related accomplishments include earning <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sunyocc.edu\/2014\/10\/08\/leed-gold-honors\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/news.sunyocc.edu\/2014\/10\/08\/leed-gold-honors\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1477614621934000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEtfP4A8ZsiwSJLl8R_hhdH_6ZgIw\">LEED Gold status for both the SRC Arena and the Academic II building<\/a>, the opening of the Furnace Brook Retreat Center which is a classroom for smart technology, the rebuilding and reconfiguration of the <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sunyocc.edu\/2015\/08\/24\/changing-times-on-the-west-quad\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/news.sunyocc.edu\/2015\/08\/24\/changing-times-on-the-west-quad\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1477614621934000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFUK_2hL5l3LDQfJQWSXqDnuGFwdw\">West Quad<\/a> to capture storm water runoff and the recent improvements to <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sunyocc.edu\/2016\/10\/05\/gateway-to-sustainability\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/news.sunyocc.edu\/2016\/10\/05\/gateway-to-sustainability\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1477614621934000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFaerLbIcMtPREuNhV3w3g--Hs1sQ\">Mawhinney Hall<\/a> which are also aimed at keeping runoff out of Furnace Brook and reusing storm water.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OCC\u2019s commitment to sustainability has earned the College nationwide recognition and inclusion on several 2016 \u201cbest of\u201d lists including: The 2016 Princeton Review\u2019s Guide to 361 Green Colleges. Sierra Club\u2019s 2016 Cool School Rankings. 2016 Sustainable Campus Index which is compiled by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. \u201cIt\u2019s a tremendous [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23813,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-joQ","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/onondaga.jpg?fit=350%2C178&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=74576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/71335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=74576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=74576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=74576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}