At the University of Kentucky, a commitment to innovation and efficiency is driving cost avoidance and conservation of natural resources in facilities across the campus and the Commonwealth. Three buildings on the UK HealthCare campus in Lexington, profiled below, offer recent highlights of this commitment to combine on-the-ground problem solving, emerging technology and collaboration to reduce energy consumption without compromising the high standards of care, comfort and reliability healthcare environments demand.
Last week brought Lexington its first dose of winter weather. Through it all, the UK Grounds team in Facilities Management demonstrated skill, stamina and a commitment to keeping campus safe and operational. Winter weather response begins before snow or ice ever hits the ground.
Every fall, as more than 12,000 trees across the University of Kentucky's 800-acre main campus begin to shed their leaves, the UK Grounds team in Facilities Management gets to work. Leaf removal begins mid-October and continues into January. The team aims to collect the bulk of the leaves before winter break, but the season almost always extends into the new year.
The University of Kentucky is turning one person’s waste into another’s pizza box, soda can, Adirondak chair or a plethora of other items that can be found around campus. Nov. 15 is America Recycles Day, a day celebrating the impact and importance of recycling. UK Recycling will be participating in this national celebration with the release of a recycling video highlighting the complete process of recycled materials collected on campus, showing you how your daily behaviors can help better the environment and support a robust, local industry.
This week, the University of Kentucky will host Vincent Stanley, Patagonia’s director of philosophy and resident fellow at the Yale Center for Business and Environment, 12:30-1:45 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6, in the Singletary Center for the Arts Recital Hall.
When a critical piece of equipment suddenly failed inside the University of Kentucky’s Central Utility Plant (CUP), the Utilities and Energy Management (UEM) team quickly activated contingency plans to ensure uninterrupted service of heat and hot water to campus.
When tens of thousands of fans pour into Kroger Field on a Saturday to cheer for the Wildcats, few realize the coordinated effort that helps keep every light on, every restroom clean and running, every lawn trimmed and every walkway safe. Behind the roar of the crowd during the football season is a team of nearly 100 Facilities Management employees from groundskeepers, electricians and custodians to plumbers and technicians, whose behind-the-scenes work helps make game day possible.
The annual Sustainability Showcase, recently presented by the Office of Sustainability, the Tracy Farmer Institute for Sustainability and the Environment and the Office of Undergraduate Research, was a celebration of the incredible sustainability work happening across the University of Kentucky campus.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 14, 2024) — Through a partnership with UK Grounds in Facilities Management and the Lewis Honors College, honors students recently transformed the space between the University of Kentucky Lewis Honors College and The 90 into a pollinator garden, replacing non-native grasses and shrubs with vibrant native species.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 9, 2025) — Filled with natural light, open gathering areas and state-of-the-art research labs, the newly renovated Chemistry-Physics Building at the University of Kentucky has become a vibrant center for learning and discovery — a transformation now celebrated by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Kentucky.