We are proud to serve the diverse and vibrant Stony Brook community. Facilities & Services is able to provide the essential services for building, operating and maintaining Stony Brook University on its four campuses: Main Campus, Stony Brook Southampton, Research and Development Park and Stony Brook Manhattan.

The mission of Facilities & Services is to:

• Maintain and improve the campus buildings, grounds and infrastructure.
• Save energy, reduce pollution and improve our impact on the natural environment.
• Provide a safe and supportive campus community.
• Build for the 21^st century.

How Big Are We?

Stony Brook University is a city of 37,000 people. In order to keep this city running, we have:

• Over 16 miles of roadways which we build and maintain
• High temperature and chilled water systems on campus contain 700,000 gallons of water
• We have 950 laboratories, 2,500 restrooms, 25 miles of underground high voltage cable, 166 transformers and 1,000 utility manholes

What we do

• Over 17.5 million pounds of trash were removed
• 137.8 million pounds of materials were recycled
• Campus buses traveled 560K miles
• Our custodial staff cleaned over 4.1 million square feet
• 20 tons of hazardous waste were collected and properly disposed

What We Do Green

• Biodegradable food packaging
• Greenhouses, In-vessel food waste composter
• Buses powered by biodiesel/ultra low sulfur diesel, used vegetable oil
• Energy performance contract
• Occupancy sensors in buildings
• Solar installations

Interesting Facts