Brock University
EN-4: Outreach Materials and Publications

Brock University has sustainability-focused social media platforms on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: Brock U Sustainability, @BUsustainable, @busustainable, respectively.

https://www.facebook.com/BUsustainable

https://twitter.com/BUsustainable

https://www.instagram.com/busustainable/



The Environmental Sustainability Research Centre also has its own dedicated social media platforms to promote sustainability on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: Brock University Environmental Sustainability Research Center – ESRC, @brockUESRC, and @brockuesrc, respectively. The ESRC also publishes quarterly updates via the ESRC newsletter.

https://www.facebook.com/BrockUESRC/

https://twitter.com/brockuesrc

https://brocku.ca/esrc/newsletters/


More information can be found through the links bellow:

https://brocku.ca/sustainability/

https://brocku.ca/esrc/media/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpvh3wcTTkmxh_pSgj9_3Mg

Energy Dashboard – This public facing dashboard is a component of Brock University’s Energy Management System (EMS), a custom-built platform designed to track building performance and bring awareness to Brock’s efforts to decarbonize. It displays real-time information on energy use and carbon savings at Brock and highlights the functionality of the Universities cogeneration plant. In conjunction with the utility's dashboard, utilities bill management, and EcoBoss Mobile App, this public facing dashboard displays various statistics, such as campus carbon savings, and presents them in a simplified way for the viewer. This is done by comparing the campus’ energy to different scenarios. Alongside the statistics, viewers can see the various buildings on campus and how much energy they are consuming in real time.

https://brocku.ca/brock-news/2022/02/new-dashboard-highlights-energy-use-across-campus/

https://brocku.ca/brock-news/2021/02/brocks-year-old-co-generation-plant-creating-a-sustainable-campus/

Facilities Management at Brock provides 1-2 tours a month to students of the District Energy System. The tour highlights the features of Brock’s co-generation facility that provides an energy-efficient source of electricity, cooling and heating to a majority of the campus buildings. The tour provides students with information about Brock’s District Energy Efficiency Project (DEEP) a decarbonization approach to ultimately reduce the overall emissions generated by Brock University. Students learn how this project replaced the 25-year-old-co-generation engines with state-of-the-art energy efficient units, aimed at reducing Brocks overall carbon emissions. This project highlights Brock’s efforts to create a more sustainable campus and become a leader in decarbonization amongst other institutions.

https://brocku.ca/sustainability/district-energy-system-tour/

Located on page 34 of the Residence Handbook is the information that communicated to students how to properly dispose of garbage and recycling. Paired with this information is a section on Recycling and Conservation, which outlines some easy actions that students can do to reduce waste, conserve energy, and promote sustainability while living at Brock.

https://issuu.com/brockuniversity/docs/residencehandbook_2022_1d_full?fr=sZWQ1ODQxOTYyNzY

Earth Day Sustainability Challenge -
To celebrate earth Day, Brock students took part in a Sustainability Challenge by showcasing daily sustainable actions. Brock University partnered with Blackstone Energy Services with the hope to encourage students to contribute to a sustainable campus and green living through incorporating sustainable solutions in their daily lives. Students used the Blackstone Energy EcoBoss app to log daily sustainable actions, such as using a reusable water bottle and carpooling, over the course of five days. The rules were simple: students were required to join challenge through registration, once the app was downloaded and log all sustainable actions made throughout those five days on the EcoBoss app to accumulate points. Those with the highest scores at the end of the challenge won the following prizes:

1st place prize: Niagara Parks Experience Vouchers, sponsored by The Niagara Parks Commission.

2nd place prize: CYBORIS Solar Bluetooth Speaker.

3rd place prize: Solar Pack Charger, sponsored by Blackstone Energy.

4th, 5th & 6th place prizes: Sustainable lunch bag with a 16oz Hydro Flask and a wheat straw food storage container, sponsored by the Campus Store, the ESRC, and Blackstone Energy.

7th to 10th place prizes: Seed planting kit with potting soil and seeds from the Brock University Seed Library.

https://brocku.ca/sustainability/2023/05/08/students-logged-sustainable-actions-to-showcase-environmental-commitment-leading-to-earth-day/

There are several blogs posted each year on the brocku.ca/sustainability website which outline ways for students, faculty and staff to live more sustainable lives and gain new knowledge about sustainability.

https://brocku.ca/sustainability/news/