Sustainability at Lehigh By the Numbers
Goals
113Number of near-term, intermediate-term, and long-term goals in Lehigh’s Sustainability Strategic Plan 2030
100Percentage of Lehigh’s current electricity consumption that will be offset by renewable energy in 2023
2030Year by which Lehigh will transition its campus fleet to run exclusively on renewable energy
Stats
32Number of local farms (within 250 miles) that Lehigh purchased food from in 2020
27Sets of smart, solar-powered trash and recycling bins currently installed on campus
5,250Pounds of leftover food donated to a soup kitchen and local shelters in 2020
4Electric vehicle charging stations (with two ports each) currently installed to support plug-in vehicles
10+Number of student clubs currently related to sustainability
80.5Percentage of Lehigh’s construction and demolition materials diverted through recycling, donation, or other forms of recovery in 2018-2019
9All-electric or hybrid-electric vehicles/buses currently in use on campus
67.6Percentage of research-producing departments engaged in sustainability research in 2019-2020
1.8+Million plastic bottles diverted from landfills since 2014
50+Number of water bottle refill stations installed since 2014
20.3Percentage of ‘real’ food (local/community-based, fair trade, ecologically sound and humane) served on campus in 2019-2020
9Years Lehigh has participated in the national Campus Race to Zero Waste (formerly known as RecycleMania) competition