Improving Campus Sustainability: The Authentic Results from Higher Education on Environmental Sustainability, Student Engagement, And Financial Effectiveness (Report‪)‬

Sustainability at the University of Central Oklahoma In 2001 the University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) faced a bleak future relative to campus infrastructure. HVAC systems had completely crashed in two major campus buildings and the average age of air conditioning and chiller units was over 40 years. Moreover, the State of Oklahoma allocated less than $1 million per year to the university to provide for all the capital needs of a university of 15,000 students and 2 million square feet of conditioned space.