Category Archives: Green Design

Going Green with the Green Chicago Restaurant Coalition

Posted on April 11, 2015 by Suburban Sustainability

by Robert Green for SUST 240 The Green Chicago Restaurant Coalition (GCRC) is an organization that aims to reduce the environmental footprint of the foodservice industry in Chicago. GCRC provides educational assistance and support to restaurants and other foodservice operations throughout … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Chicago, Economics, Food, Green Design, Students, Sustainability, Waste | Leave a comment

Energy-Efficiency Is Lighting The Way in Schaumburg (and Beyond)

Posted on November 30, 2014 by Suburban Sustainability

by Susan Sandoval for SUST 210 All across our country, cities are switching to LED lighting and it isn’t any different in the suburbs of Illinois. According to Russell Lissau’s article posted on the Daily Herald’s website on Nov. 13th, Mundelein … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Communities, Conservation, Energy, Green Design, Pollution, Schaumburg, Students, Sustainability | Tagged | Leave a comment

Big Energy Savings in Cook County

Posted on November 28, 2014 by Suburban Sustainability

by Clare Savisky for SUST 210 The City of Chicago has slowly transitioned into a greener city. The third most populous city in the US, Chicago is a large metropolitan area filled with millions of people, thousands of buildings, and many … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Chicago, Climate Change, Communities, Conservation, Energy, Green Design, News, Schaumburg, Students, Sustainability | Tagged | Leave a comment

O’Hare Airport’s Sustainability Initiatives

Posted on November 26, 2014 by Suburban Sustainability

by Connor Reilly for SUST 210 O’Hare International Airport is the one of the busiest airports in the world; the fourth, to be exact. According to CNN Travel, O’Hare is the second busiest airport in the United States (falling short of … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy, Green Design, Students, Sustainability, Transportation | Tagged | Leave a comment

Sharing is Caring: An Ode to Sustaining Our Freshwater Resources

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Suburban Sustainability

by Lacy Reyna for SUST 240 Freshwater is a key component to life on Earth. Why is it, then, that many individuals continue to use (and waste) this precious resource without any care or thought behind such mindless consumption? Perhaps it … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservation, Education, Green Design, Pollution, Students, Sustainability, Waste, Water | Tagged | Leave a comment

Untapped Urban Land Resource: the Chicago Transit Authority

Posted on October 9, 2014 by Suburban Sustainability

by Katie Budney for SUST 240 Most of us are familiar with the CTA as a method of transportation. Fewer of us are aware that the agency also operates in a landlord capacity. The CTA rents parking spaces, offices, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Chicago, Communities, Gardening, Green Design, Students, Sustainability, Transportation | Tagged | Leave a comment

RU Installs Drip Irrigation System for Community Garden at Schaumburg Campus

Posted on July 17, 2014 by Suburban Sustainability

by Mary Beth Radeck The Environmental Sustainability team at Roosevelt University’s Schaumburg campus teamed up in late June to install the first-ever drip irrigation into the community garden, now in it third growing season in 2014. Previously, water barrels were … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Food, Gardening, Green Design, News, Roosevelt, Schaumburg, Schaumburg Campus, Students, Water | 6 Comments

Roosevelt Presents “Transformative Sustainability” at the 2014 GreenTown Conference

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Suburban Sustainability

This afternoon at the GreenTown 2014 Conference at UIC, Campus as Community Change Agent: Higher Education’s Role in Advancing Sustainability in the Chicagoland Region, a team from Roosevelt University will give a presentation entitled “Transformative Sustainability: the University as Living … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, Education, Events, Green Design, Planning, Roosevelt, Schaumburg, Schaumburg Campus, Students, Sustainability | 1 Comment

Flooding, Pollution, and Rain Gardens

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Suburban Sustainability

By Travis Dominguez for SUST 240 Upon first hearing of it, we might feel the concept of a garden specifically for rain collection seems a bit odd. However, in recent years, Schaumburg has been making efforts to plant the concept … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening, Green Design, Landscaping, Pollution, Schaumburg, Sustainability, Waste | Tagged | Leave a comment

Chicago Takes the LEED in Green Design

Posted on November 22, 2013 by Suburban Sustainability

by Megan Ladewig for SUST 210 When people think of Chicago, they think of huge skyscrapers and enormous office buildings. Large amounts of materials like steel and glass go into making these legendary buildings. Seemingly infinite amounts of energy must … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Chicago, Conservation, Energy, Green Design, Landscaping, Students, Sustainability | Tagged | Leave a comment