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Top 10 Sustainable U.S Colleges
Colleges and universities are in a particularly advantageous position to foster sustainability in the short and long term. Their decisions regarding energy, transportation, construction and operations can have real effects on the surrounding community, and collectively, the nation as a whole. Moreover, the inclusion of sustainability in the curriculum and activities of students will help shape [...]
Advanced Sustainability Certificates at The University of Vermont
Editor’s Note: I attended the University of Vermont. It was the best experience of my life. The University of Vermont is now offering sustainability training that is designed to lead your organization to sustainability and profitability. The University of Vermont online sustainability certificate programs provide a flexible and convenient way for today’s organizations and busy [...]
Energy Efficiency: Is It The Real Deal?
According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), peak electric loads in the U.S. are 20,800 MW lower than they would be without utility energy efficiency programs[1]. If it is correct it represents perhaps 100 power plants that did not need built that would have otherwise been required. Similarly, the EIA data shows that electric usage [...]
Homeowners’ Associations: Fighting for Solar
There aren’t many reasons not to get a solar PV array installed on your rooftop, and a number of reasons to consider the clean, free, renewable energy solar panels provide. But if you live in a gated community or a development with a homeowners’ association, it may not be as easy as a phone call [...]
University in Tokyo Unveils Solar Panel Covered Building
Whenever we talk about solar installations on buildings, the first picture that comes to mind is that of a blue roof covered in solar panels. And, I am sure not many of us have imagined an entire blue building, with every wall, and every inch of the roof covered with solar panels. The Tokyo Institute [...]
Purdue Researchers Improve Solar Ink
A team of researchers at Purdue University in Indiana is working to develop a new solar ink that could be affordably printed on film and mass produced for a more affordable solar photovoltaic option. The team was recently awarded a $750,000 Sunshot grant from the U.S. Department of Energy. Rakesh Agrawal, Purdue’s Winthrop E. Stone [...]
ASU: The Solar University
ASU is breaking ground as the most solar university in the United States, covering just about everything the brutal desert sun hits with electricity-harvesting silicon cells. And we mean everything — buildings, parking lots, classrooms — even students’ faces! All right, maybe not quite that far. Artist’s impression of what Face Solar would look [...]
The Intelligent Solar Roof at Erasmus University
Paul de Ruiter Architects have unveiled their designs for the Erasmus University’s studentpavilion that aims to remain energy neutral in its operation. Designedto be built in Rotterdam in The Netherlands, the pavilion will serve as a place to meet, relax and study. The project makes use of the sun’slight and energy to reduce the overall [...]
Nanowire-based Fuel Cell from Tsinghua University
Blood could produce electricity soon. Researchers in China and theUS have developed a miniature fuel cell that can produce electricityfrom biological fluids. The team at Tsinghua University in Beijing has successfully constructed a fuel cell by coupling tworedox enzymes via a nanowire of a polymer composite capable ofconducting single protons. This fuel cell was able [...]