Green purchasing honors

Late last month, several Penn employees were honored for their commitment to an environmentally friendly purchasing initiative. The University’s first Green Purchasing Awards were presented to the team of Sarah Fisher, sustainability strategic planning associate in the Division of Facilities and Real Estate Services (FRES ); Eric Weckel, executive director, space planning and operations for the Perelman School of Medicine; and Andrew Zarynow, energy planning engineer at FRES (pictured), for their “Bright Idea” that initiated the Ultra-Low Temperature Freezer Efficiency Program. This program works with labs to replace electrically inefficient freezers with high-efficiency models, using grants from the Green Fund to offset the cost of the replacements, particularly in those areas where the equipment in place has not reached the useful life expectancy.

David Roush, director of ITS operations at Penn Law, also received a Green Purchasing Award for recording the highest percentage of green office products purchased in the previous fiscal year.

Penn Green Purchasing