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Can Stanford Students Revolutionize Green Home Construction?
Stanford students are planning to revolutionize green home construction with a new standardized platform. A first home based on this concept is being built right now (you can even follow the progress via its very own YouTube channel). This solar-powered, zero-emission house is Stanford’s entrant in the Solar Decathlon, a biennial competition run by the [...]
FUTUREWATCH: Solar Cells Made From Carbon
Stanford University researchers have built a solar cell made completely from carbon, which will make solar much cheaper to manufacture and easy to install. It would be painted onto a roof as a coating, giving it the ”potential to deliver high performance at a low cost,” says chemical engineering Professor Zhenan Bao. It could also be painted on [...]
Stanford’s Solar Work with Nanoshells
A team of engineers from Stanford University in the US has successfully managed to improve the performance of solar PV materials by using a nanomaterial called nanocrystalline silicon, tiny spheres of which have been used by the scientists to improve the light absorption of solar panels. The process works on the same basis as the [...]
Charging Electric Vehicles as they Drive
U.S. researchers have designed a wireless charging system for electric vehiclesthey say could ultimately lead to all-electric highways capable of charging cars and trucks as they drive down the road. The system, developed by a team at Stanford University, uses magnetic fields to transmit large electric currents between metal coils embedded a few feet apart [...]
Top 10 Ways Stanford Keeps it Green
Located in Stanford, California is the very well known Stanford University. Because the university resides in what is known as one of the largest “cleantech states” in the United States, being California, Stanford University does what it can in an effort to bolster California’s stance as the number one sustainable state, by making their campus [...]
The $1 Billion University Green Challenge
Harvard, Stanford, and other leading universities are the first to commit $65 million to to finance serious upgrades in energy efficiency. The $1 Billion Green Challenge, launched this week, challenges universities and other nonprofits to invest that amount in a revolving fund that finances energy efficiency upgrades on campuses. The Challenge is inspired by the exceptional performance of existing green [...]
Stanford: Best Green MBA
The biennial Beyond Grey Pinstripes survey of the best green MBAs in the world has been published, and Stanford University is back on top. The survey ranks business schools based on how well MBA programs incorporate social, environmental and ethical issues into the training of future business executives. “If the next generation of business leaders is to excel [...]
Stanford’s Xenith: The Fastest Solar Car in the World?
Last week there was a lot of buzz about Stanford Solar Car Project’s newly unveiled Xenith car. Someone claimed it was the world’s fastest solar car. The team’s played that down so far, because they haven’t tested its top speed yet. But it might be. The team’s packing it up for the World Solar Challenge [...]
The Xenith Solar Car by Stanford Students for the World Solar Challenge
The Brilliant minds at Stanford have been working on it for two years and the fruition is more than a sweet dream. It is the world’s fastest all-solar car ever. Called Xenith, this speedster is all set to cover the Australian outback solely on solar power. The structure consists of a huge panel exposed to [...]