Missouri University of Science and Technology
PAE-3: Physical Campus Plan

Excerpts from the Missouri S&T 2009 Master Plan: Master Plan Principles The basic principles and vision for Missouri S&T’s Campus Master Plan are as follows: Our campus environment should be user-friendly, efficient, secure, compatible to human scale, and aesthetically pleasing and relating with surroundings structures, energy-friendly, and sustainable. The Plan provides a vision for the next ten to twenty years and beyond, coordinating and managing needed physical facilities, infrastructure, and cost implications. It also recognizes that economic realities and campus priorities will determine feasibility and timing of individual projects. Sustainability We believe that Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T) must exercise leadership in the community and for our students by modeling sustainability practices in daily operations. Missouri S&T has made a firm commitment to minimize its pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions while providing knowledge and developing educated graduates who are aware of the importance of good environmental stewardship. This Sustainability Policy provides a clear, unifying vision of Missouri S&T’s commitment to: • Reduce emissions of greenhouse gases • Provide knowledge, education and active demonstration of sustainable living to faculty, staff, students and members of surrounding communities • Comply with regulatory requirements and other requirements to which the University subscribes • Reduce impact on environment with regard to water and air emissions and solid waste • Continually improve our environmental stewardship with respect to materials water and energy use Bulleted item in italics above is being addressed by development of the Solar Village, a collection of four solar houses that were originally built by student design teams for past national solar decathlon competitions, with infrastructure and foundations installed, and then rented to students and faculty. Not only do the tenants personally experience, on a daily basis, extremely energy efficient living, but the village is available for observation by prospective students and their parents, current students, and general public. Major pedestrian walkways are incorporated into campus plans.