Sustainability element strategies include:
• Develop a practical and achievable energy policy.
• Adopt national sustainability construction and operations standards.
• Site buildings with access to infrastructure.
• Orient buildings to take advantage of natural daylighting and heating.
• Use regionally available building materials.
• Develop standards for water and energy conservation.
• Implement practical resource conservation measures.
Sustainability efforts have become a major focus on campus. Community supported agriculture was initiated at MSU in 2006.