* The University is installing energy-efficient lighting; enhancing water-conservation efforts; and replacing equipment and computerized programs that control heat, air conditioning and ventilation. The goal is to save $2.5 million annually to cover the cost of the project within 10 years.

* Campus' Lausche Power Plant has implemented a $6.4 million clean coal project to reduce emissions and save as much as $1 million annually in the cost of providing steam heat and hot water to about 190 buildings. The project, aimed at removing 85 percent to 90 percent of the sulfur dioxide in coal used by the plant, has received a $4.5 million state grant.

* Soil aeration and composting have reduced the use of chemical fertilizers on campus. The Facilities Management Office also has acquired one electric truck and ordered another to cut emissions created by gas engines.

* Ohio University-Chillicothe is building an Environmental Training and Research Center, an eight-acre outdoor facility for the study of environmental sampling, remediation, pollution prevention and worker health and safety.

* In a competition involving residence halls this past fall, students conserved more than $84,000 worth of water and electricity. Read Hall advanced to a contest against Miami University's Brandon Hall, cutting electric usage by 32 percent to Brandon's 20 percent. And during Recyclemania 2001, the two schools recycled more than 230 tons of material during a 10-week period.

* The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is distributing an interactive CD, "Protecting Your Environment," developed in part by Assistant Professor of Health Sciences Michele Morrone, to help government institutions, schools and libraries be better environmental advocates.

* Research projects are aimed at reducing toxic emissions produced when coal is burned; improving the recycling of plastics; generating plants for prairies jeopardized by urban development; and studying oil spills' effects on turtle populations.