Green Office Initiatives
We're Green Office Certified
Green Office Certification is a program created by the BGSU Office of Campus Sustainability with the purpose of encouraging offices on campus to make conscious decisions about their environmental footprint. This program allows departments around campus to audit their daily functions to see what actions could be taken to use less energy or produce less waste.
Ongoing Green Operations
Our commitment to sustainability doesn’t end with our certification. Recreation and Wellness continues to implement green operations and purchasing practices throughout our facilities and programs.
- Using recycled paper and printing double-sided.
- Working toward going completely paperless for waivers, forms and employee documentation through Connect2Concepts.
- Working to transition all building lighting to LED.
- Marketing our sustainability efforts as well as sustainability initiatives across campus.
- Encouraging employees to use reusable utensils, water bottles, plates and other items.
- Providing water bottle refill stations throughout our facilities. More than 160,000 water bottle refills are recorded per semester at the Rec.
- Providing recycling receptacles throughout office spaces.
Green Fund Projects
Recreation and Wellness has received funding by BGSU Office of Campus Sustainability through the Student Green Initiatives Fund.
- Student Recreation Center pool area LED lighting upgrade (50% of the project, up to $50,000)
- Student Recreation Center LED lighting upgrade ($18,745)
- Perry Field House LED lighting upgrade ($30,000)
- Purchase of two Elkay water fountains and bottle filter for Cooper and Andrea pools ($9,142)
- Assistance purchasing self-powered treadmills
- Replacement of electric-powered elliptical equipment with battery-powered elliptical equipment
- Student Recreation Center racquetball court LED lighting upgrade ($12,500)
- Purchase of Wellness on Wheels cargo bike ($8,000)
- Perry Field House purchase of two Elkay water fountains and bottle filters ($5,519)
- Purchase of Green Roof bike rack ($4,250)
Updated: 09/28/2026 03:38PM