Professional Affiliations
Association of College Unions International www.acui.org
ACUI Region 5 www.region5.acui.org
National Association of Campus Activities www.naca.org
Plemmons Student Union: A Facility Managed by the Department of Student Programs
The PSU Amphitheater has been demolished to make way for steam lines to the new building addition of the Plemmons Student Union. The PSU Building entrance near the former site of the Amphitheater will no longer be accessible.
Access to Plemmons Student Union from Locust Street is limited during summer session. Construction adjacent to Plemmons Student Union at Appalachian State University will affect access to the building’s east side from Locust Street throughout the summer. Access to the Union’s second floor from the Locust Street side interior stairwell is closed; however, egress is possible during an emergency.
Campus community members and visitors accessing the building from the Sanford Hall, Lucy Brock Child Development Center and L.S. Dougherty Hall areas should use the steps between L.S. Dougherty Hall and the child development center and follow the walkway to the Cascades Café side entrance to the building, or use the building’s center entrance facing Sanford Mall.
Construction occurring near the east side of the student union includes demolishing the
union’s amphitheater and Coffey Hall in preparation for a new living-learning facility.
The Plemmons Student Union's Newest Sustainability Effort
Access to Plemmons Student Union from Locust Street is limited during summer session. Construction adjacent to Plemmons Student Union at Appalachian State University will affect access to the building’s east side from Locust Street throughout the summer. Access to the Union’s second floor from the Locust Street side interior stairwell is closed; however, egress is possible during an emergency.
Campus community members and visitors accessing the building from the Sanford Hall, Lucy Brock Child Development Center and L.S. Dougherty Hall areas should use the steps between L.S. Dougherty Hall and the child development center and follow the walkway to the Cascades Café side entrance to the building, or use the building’s center entrance facing Sanford Mall.
Construction occurring near the east side of the student union includes demolishing the
union’s amphitheater and Coffey Hall in preparation for a new living-learning facility.
The Plemmons Student Union's Newest Sustainability Effort
Since 2005, The Plemmons Student Union has made great strides towards becoming the most sustainable and energy efficient building on campus. Our latest success story is the installation of 47 solar panels on the roof that are heating water for the Student Union's dining establishment's dish washers, hand washing and showers in the Mt. Mitchell Life fitness Center. When the sun is shining on a cold winter day, the system produces far more hot water than our total domestic hot water needs. Temperatures in the holding tank have exceeded 170 degrees on sunny days. By producing hot water from a free source (the sun), we are reducing the University's carbon footprint by not having to heat water by burning natural gas, which is the way that heat and hot water are produced in all other campus buildings. The energy savings are estimated to be about $14,000 per year in reduced steam costs, a direct savings to students on their Student Union fee. The Solar Thermal system on the PSU cost about $140,000 to manufacture and install. The campus Renewable Energy Initiative (REI) paid for the project.This $10 per student, per year fee has also funded the campus bio-diesel facility, the photo voltaic array in front of Raley Hall, and the new campus wind turbine, among other projects. The PSU built an information Kiosk near the Looking Glass Art Gallery for the campus REI to display real time energy savings and other information about all of their campus initiatives. Click on the "PSU Sustainability Initiatives" link to see what else we have done to further our goal to be the most sustainable building at ASU!"
Since 2005, The Plemmons Student Union has made great strides towards becoming the most sustainable and energy efficient building on campus. Our latest success story is the installation of 47 solar panels on the roof that are heating water for the Student Union's dining establishment's dish washers, hand washing and showers in the Mt. Mitchell Life fitness Center. When the sun is shining on a cold winter day, the system produces far more hot water than our total domestic hot water needs. Temperatures in the holding tank have exceeded 170 degrees on sunny days. By producing hot water from a free source (the sun), we are reducing the University's carbon footprint by not having to heat water by burning natural gas, which is the way that heat and hot water are produced in all other campus buildings. The energy savings are estimated to be about $14,000 per year in reduced steam costs, a direct savings to students on their Student Union fee. The Solar Thermal system on the PSU cost about $140,000 to manufacture and install. The campus Renewable Energy Initiative (REI) paid for the project.This $10 per student, per year fee has also funded the campus bio-diesel facility, the photo voltaic array in front of Raley Hall, and the new campus wind turbine, among other projects. The PSU built an information Kiosk near the Looking Glass Art Gallery for the campus REI to display real time energy savings and other information about all of their campus initiatives. Click on the "PSU Sustainability Initiatives" link to see what else we have done to further our goal to be the most sustainable building at ASU!"
