Energy Efficiency

  • Major operating plant equipment is being replaced utilizing high efficiency rated equipment. This applies to the heating/cooling plants, ventilation equipment and other major infrastructure.

  • The continued installation and improvement of a building automation system allows for more efficient operation of plant equipment.

  • All primary lighting systems have been retrofitted to high efficiency ballasts and energy saving fluorescent lamps. Wherever possible, incandescent and flood lamps have been replaced by CFLs.

  • Solar lighting systems have been installed at key exterior locations on campus, with more to follow in the future.

  • DePaul has recently installed solar lighting at two locations on Lincoln Park Campus. Solar arrays and collectors are powering a significant number of exterior security light fixtures. DePaul is committed to additional solar installations in the future.

  • DePaul is a member of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star Challenge and has completed in excess of $6 million in energy related projects in the new millennium, focusing mainly on lighting and hvac system retrofits.

  • Building temperatures have been set higher in the summer and lower in cold months. During the holiday break most buildings are kept at 55° (for freeze protection). This results in significant energy savings.

  • DePaul is purchasing five percent of its electrical energy requirement from renewable resources.

  • DePaul recently finished several mechanical equipment upgrades- with new equipment in place that uses less energy and reduces carbon footprint. Achieved this with rebate funding for Commonwealth Edison.









News & Events

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  • Film Screening: Band of Sisters

    3/7/13
    Panel discussion to follow, Facilitator: JoAnne Zielinski; Panel: Mary Fishman, Srs. Pat Murphy and Joann Persch, Sisters of Mercy and Sr. Katie Norris, DC. 6PM, Student Center 120.

  • Winter DRMA Lecture

    3/4/13
    Title: Toward a New Reading of the Political Thought of the dévot faction: the opposition to Cardinal Richelieu's ministeriat. Lecturer: Dr. Caroline Maillet-Rao. Time: 11:30AM, Richardson Library, 115

  • Lousie De Marrillac Lecture

    2/20/13
    Title: Vincentian Mission—Hope and Healing for Victims: Daughters of Charity Civil War Nurses Deliver Comfort, Lecturer: Sister Betty Ann McNeil, D.C., 12:00 PM, Location: Richardson Library, Room 115

  • Annual Vincent de Paul Lecture

    10/24/12
    3:30pm to 4:30pm, Richardson Library, 380. Topic: The top ten issues facing homelessness charities today: an international perspective. Speaker: Mark McGreevy

  • DRMA Fall Lecture

    10/9/12
    11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Richardson Library, 115, Title: Evangelizing Slaves: French missionaries in the Seventeenth-Century Mediterranean.
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