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Auraria Sustainable Campus Program holds ninth annual hunger and homeless awareness week Chronic homelessness has increased 130% in the past 10 years in Colorado. The cost of living has increased substantially throughout this period as well. The Auraria Sustainable Campus Program recently held the ninth annual hunger and homelessness awareness week. The event helped connect students and community members to food, shelter, resources and information. The ASCP is a tri-institutional effort with MSU Denver,...

Waste diversion efforts ramping up with new in-house composter coming soon Auraria’s sustainability team is bringing compost operations to campus. Campus food waste has been collected and composted in recent years, but has only been processed by private composters near Denver. Now, the Auraria Sustainable Campus Program, a student fee funded organization representing all three higher education institutions on Auraria Campus, ordered its own composting machine to operate right here on campus. The new...

You can't manage what you don't measure.

In an effort to get a handle on water leaks and water management, a campus-wide initiative was organized by the Auraria Higher Education Center (AHEC), the Auraria Sustainable Campus Program (ASCP) and the One World One Water Center (OWOW) to map irrigation and locate the source of the leaks.

New Sustainability Trail highlights campus-wide conservation efforts. The trail that took place in March highlighted some of the most impactful projects MSU Denver and Auraria have built toward sustainability.

Auraria campus is becoming more sustainable one step at a time with the help of the Auraria Sustainable Campus Program. The newest project for ASCP is  the redesign of the Shade Garden installation outside of the Plaza building.

Over the past 10 years, the Auraria Sustainable Campus Program has utilized three green roofs across campus to reduce Auraria’s ecological footprint.

Following strong support from the Auraria student body, the CU Denver Facilities Management team prioritized installing composting bins, purchased by the ASCP, in high-traffic areas in all CU Denver buildings, such as the Business School lobby and next to the coffee station in the Lawrence Street Center. Student fees cover the cost of the bins, and CU Denver’s Facilities Management administration has set aside funds to train its custodial staff on best waste diversion practices.

Completed during the pandemic, the Auraria Bike Pavilions are located in downtown Denver, on the campus of the Auraria Higher Education Center, home to CU Denver, Metropolitan State University, and the Community College of Denver. Check the pavilions in Architectural Record's coverage of our project in collaboration with Colorado Building Workshop.