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Stony Brook Grows it Own!
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
Stony Brook Southampton’s new Greenhouse exemplifies our focus on sustainability. Students, under the direction of Professor James Hoffmann, are taking a leading role in maintaining the Greenhouse and its neighboring garden. The Greenhouse was built by SBS’s Facilities team.
Created from a former storage building, the Greenhouse contains planting tables that are made from reclaimed wooden shipping pallets which are being used to grow flowering plants for campus beautification. Vegetables, herbs and spices, grown from seed, will be transplanted to an outdoor organic garden and used in Stony Brook Southampton’s healthy-fare cafeteria.
Over 1200 gallons of rain water are expected to be reclaimed and stored in recycled plastic barrels. The water will be used for irrigation and also as a passive heat source in cooler weather.
In cold weather, low ash content wood pellets, made from sawdust and recycled hardwoods, are burned in a high efficiency furnace. Stony Brook Southampton also plans to install solar panels for supplemental lighting and small electrical loads.
It’s all part of Stony Brook Southampton’s mission to teach sustainability and to lead by example with forward-thinking new projects on campus.
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