View the current Construction Impacts Map
Each year Facilities conducts a one-day complete steam system shutdown to safely perform necessary and routine maintenance. This year the steam shutdown is Thursday, June 8.
Alerts and outages
| When | Where | What | Type |
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May. 5, 2017 to Jun. 19, 2017 |
Campus Community | Surplus and Moving suspended for reunions prep | Moving services & Surplus |
| Jun. 8, 2017 | 1 - 14 West College Road Apartments, Forbes College, Main Campus, McCarter Theatre, New Graduate College, Old Graduate College | Annual Steam Shutdown, all day | Hot water interruption, cooler indoor temps |
In The News
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May. 18, 2017
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May. 8, 2017
Months before alumni return and students graduate, Facilities starts planning year-end activities. The gears move quietly at first, with each group dusting off last years' plans and taking inventory. As April progresses things really get moving and we start to see the visible signs of reunions appear on campus.
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May. 5, 2017
It is that time of year, and whether this is your first move-out, or your last, we often get questions on how this all works. Facilities helps with some move-out activities, and thanks to Facilities Customer Service we compiled answers to our top five move-out questions.
More news
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May. 16, 2017
On a recent Saturday morning, five members of The Princeton Wilderness Society, a student group, assisted Facilities’ Grounds crew with planting three trees on campus. The campus service opportunity was coordinated by the Office of Sustainability in celebration of Earth Month.
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Apr. 24, 2017
The Princeton Garden Theatre, managed by Facilities’ Real Estate Development group, has been named “Best Theatre in NJ” by NJ.Com.
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Apr. 11, 2017
Trees start blooming, temperatures get warmer and we watch for the right time to transition from heating to cooling. This year we started April 10, 2017 and it takes us about a week to complete the transition on campus.
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Mar. 30, 2017
Sustainable Business Magazine spoke to Ted Borer, our Energy Plant Manager, about natural disasters, economic dispatch and the community benefits of microgrids. We do like being a Good Neighbor.
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Mar. 16, 2017
When Winter Storm Stella hit Princeton on March 14, the University's essential services employees worked across campus to clear roads and parking lots, shovel sidewalks, feed students and staff, keep buildings powered and much more. Read More...
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Mar. 13, 2017
With the help of Facilities and an outside beekeeper, a bee hive discovered near McCosh Hall was recently removed. The bees were removed alive and relocated by the Director of the Office of Sustainability, Shana Weber, who transported the bees to her home hives. Pictured are Drew Slimmer and John Castles of Facilities, enjoying the bee's sweet tasting, previous home.
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Jan. 20, 2017
KyuJung Whang comes to us from Cornell University where he was vice president of infrastructure, properties and planning. “The Princeton University campus is known to be one of the most beautiful and iconic college campuses in the world,” KyuJung said.
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Nov. 4, 2016
The Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment is featured in the latest issue of the Architectural Record, one of the foremost architectural magazines in the world.
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Nov. 3, 2016
The imaging center and the fabrication lab moved this year from Bowen Hall to the newly constructed Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, which was designed expressly to optimize conditions for atomic-scale work. The new building is anchored in the underlying bedrock so that it is uncommonly free of vibration.
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Nov. 2, 2016
The University’s Office of Sustainability celebrated its tenth anniversary with a party at the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment on Friday, Oct. 21.
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Nov. 2, 2016
As Princeton University recently recast its motto from “in the nation’s service” to “in the nation’s service and the service of humanity,” Sustainability Office Founding Director Shana Weber noted that the University’s “focus on the ethos of service aligns perfectly with the objective of sustainability. It’s all part of the same desire for healthy systems for people and planets.”
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Nov. 2, 2016
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the founding of Princeton University's Office of Sustainability, the hub that supports, monitors and connects initiatives across campus focused on cultivating positive global and local impacts in the environment.
