Compost your pumpkins!

T’is the season for pumpkin carving!

Did you know that pumpkins can be composted? Caretaking Services would be happy to provide a bin to compost your used or unused pumpkins. Call Caretaking Manager Judy Jaeger at 403-329-2060 for details.

The University of Lethbridge composts more than 800 gallons of food waste and material per month. That means 48 tonnes of material is diverted from the local landfill every year!

Happy Halloween!

Parking Lot Redevelopment Project wins Green Award

Parking Project Manager, Dick Lutwick (left) and Director of Security and Parking Services, John O’Keeffe were pleased to accept a Green List award on behalf of Facilities.

We are excited to announce that the Parking Lot Redevelopment Project was recognized for its environmentally friendly and sustainable design by the City of Lethbridge.

Project Manager Dick Lutwick accepted the City Green List award at a celebration event this past Friday.

The first half of the two-year project was completed earlier this fall.The redesign improves storm water management by collecting rain water into landscaped bioswales which aids in removing sediments prior to the water being released into the storm sewer system and into the river.

Additional landscaping including several varieties of grasses, plants, shrubs and trees will provide a visually pleasing atmosphere, but more importantly it will deliver wind abatement for buildings and pedestrians.

Click here for more information on this project.

Information on the City of Lethbridge Green List Awards can be found here.

Welcome to the University of Lethbridge Facilities blog.

We hope this feature will not only keep you up to date on our activities, but also help you understand why we do what we do.

While a lot of our work may seem disruptive and untimely, our job is to improve the physical attributes of campus inside and out, and sometimes we need to make a mess in order to build a better University (we promise to clean up when we’re done).

This year was unusually busy for campus construction. Normally, project work is completed in the four-month window of summer when the majority of students are away, but with more than $30 million worth of construction activity this year, it was next to impossible to squeeze all our projects into that short timeframe and expect completion by September.

While Facilities recognizes the inconvenience this may have had on the campus community, we continue to work hard to provide new and improved spaces ensuring a positive experience at the U of L.

Check out our website at www.uleth.ca/facilities to learn more about the Facilities department and the projects we currently have on the go.