Shoals is Sustainable!

Shoals Marine Laboratory is constantly searching for more sustainable engineering solutions. Recently, the addition of leach fields and composting toilets for human waste, solar thermal panels for heating water, and both a wind turbine and solar photovoltaic arrays for electricity generation has made the laboratory a model for sustainable island practice.

- From the 2011 Sustainable Engineering Internship Final Report

We are proud of the giant strides that Shoals has made in turning Appledore Island into a green campus. Here are some of the ways you can find out how Shoals is Sustainable!

Read about our SEI 2011 program in recent news!
Sustainability @ Shoals in Cornell news
Sustainability @ Shoals in UNH news
Clivus New England, Inc. touts Shoals as one of their featured projects!

LEARN about our new Water Conservation Building* (pictured at bottom on page)
READ about our Green Energy Program (PDF)
DISCOVER our Sustainable Engineering Internships
WATCH a video of our students at Cornell's Campus Sustainability Day
SEE the SML/UNH AIRMAP wind turbine in action on Appledore Island (YouTube)
CHECK OUT our blog for updates about what's happening at Shoals

*Water Conservation Building construction (blog post)
*Water Conservation Building funding (NSF site)