The Media Center is Green!

The Media Center has been certified as a Green Business through the Santa Clara County Green Business Program. 

We buy Green Energy and we've installed a 10 kilowatt photovoltaic system on our roof.

We're saving the planet and saving money!

Our Solar Panels Avoid Greenhouse Gasses

The Media Center's solar panel array has been online and generating electricity since the summer of 2008. We're producing energy and avoiding CO₂/NO_X emissions.

The panels are generating a little over 8 kilowatts at the middle of the day. During the summer, almost 60 KwH are generated, and the excess energy that we don't use is fed back into the electricity grid. Our meter can potentially run backwards for part of the day!

We are avoiding about 36 kg of CO₂ every day with our solar panels.

The Greenlight Earth Day Film Festival

The Media Center co-sponsored the Greenlight Earth Day Film Festival two years running, featuring student-produced projects that explore environmental citizenship. Check out these inspiring award winning films on our Greenlight Earth Day Film Festival page. 

We Don't Forget the Small Things, Either

At the Media Center, we make green choices in our everyday decisions. We buy recycled paper goods. We serve water from a pitcher using glasses rather than using bottled water. We encourage all who use our facility to recycle their paper, newspapers, bottles and cans. Next time you drop in, bring us your old printer cartridges and batteries. We're a collection point for these recyclables.