The Environmental Protection Agency recognized UB for its extensive use of wind power to meet electricity needs, according to a March 15 article in The Buffalo News.
The EPA has named UB as one of the largest green power purchasers in the higher-education sector. It is ranked No. 10 on the EPA's list of college and university green power partners. In 2003, UB was named the largest purchaser of wind power in New York State.
The ranking honors UB's annual wind-power purchase of 12,000-megawatt hours of electricity - 6 percent of its annual usage - and its efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
"One of the critical functions of any research university is to develop pioneering alternatives and solutions that address issues of national and global consequence," President John B. Simpson told The Buffalo News.
The University of Pennsylvania placed first on the list, while Syracuse University came in fourth.
