The Hill School has embarked on a sustainability initiativeand there are a number of campus activities related to energy, water, recycling, and more. For example, the School recently completed an energy consumption analysis and is exploring "green" options for the upcoming faculty housing project. We added electronics, batteries, cell phones, and printer cartridges to our recycling program, and posted "Please turn out lights" and "Please don't waste water" stickers and recycling instructions around campus. One dorm is testing out water faucet filters to see if they can cut back on buying bottled water and each dorm room now has a recycling bin, which will make recycling even more convenient. More work is planned, so please be sure to visit our site often!
The Hill School's Alumni Memorial Chapel is the first building on our campus to be powered by solar energy. The installation of the solar panels on the roof of the Chapel turret occurred October 5-6, 2011. Read more about this project and view photos here.
For more information about The Hill's Sustainability program, please contact Marie Fechik-Kirk, the High Meadows Foundation Chair of Sustainability, at mfechik-kirk@thehill.org.