Yale is among the few universities stepping up to lower their carbon footprint in the Grounds and Landscaping department. They have implemented a proram in which landscaping equipment like lawn mowers, leaf blowers, and weedwackers were replaced with electric alternatives. The school has seen several benefits from the use of electric landscaping equipment:

• Improved air quality
• Reduced noise pollution
• Reduces emissions
• Helps achieve carbon neutrality goals

One of the major setbacks in implementing electric equipment is the concern whether they will work with the same power or to the same degree. But electric tecnology is getting better everyday, and it will be what helps us make a difference in climate change.

Here are a few articles about Yale’s new sustainability initiative implementing electric landscaping equipment:

• https://www.quietcommunities.org/yale-electric-grounds-equipment/
• https://sustainability.yale.edu/news/yale-replace-grounds-equipment-electric-alternatives