Chicago poet Lisa Donahue is training for a new career as a solar equipment installer. The 27-year-old is the new president of the Santa Fe Community College solar club and is working on her associate degree in environmental technology.
Sustainability
4/12/2013
A 46,000-square-foot abandoned furniture warehouse has been given new life as the continuing education and industrial center at Randolph Community College in Asheboro, N.C. The center includes seven classrooms; doubles the size of the Small Business Center; provides space for continuing ed classes and offices; houses a corporate training center; and doubles the space for the Computer-Integrated Machining program.
4/11/2013
The university plans to use the old law building to expand other program areas and to give students more space to study, collaborate and hang out, President Robert L. Bogomolny told the Baltimore Business Journal.
3/28/2013
The University of Akron is ranked No. 14. U of A’s world class facility is 295,000 feet and features a 56-foot rock climbing wall, leisure pool, spa and lazy river. “So you’ve got an indoor water park basically bolted onto a killer gym included when you attend Akron. Just the thing needed to wait out the cold Ohio winters,” the caption to the photo reads.
3/14/2013
The new center will enhance the university’s research and educational initiatives for its students and the agricultural community, including investors, farmers, researchers and businesses.
3/14/2013
Not only will the additional solar power project save the university about $2 million over 20 years, but it is also showcasing the academic institution as a leader in sustainability while supporting the local and national economies.
2/28/2013
When a team of Ohio State students worked around the clock for nine days straight recently, they weren't pulling the typical college "all-nighters."
2/12/2013
The University of Texas System has realized savings of more than $2 billion since 2007 thanks to targeted efforts to be as efficient as possible and employ innovative approaches that allow UT institutions to pool their resources, often providing more tools and options for students while reducing costs.
2/11/2013
At UBTech, Don Cogdell, a founding partner of Cogdell & Mendrala Architects, and David Carson, Vice President for Business and Finance with Armstrong Atlantic State University, will discuss how AASU was able renovate an existing building into a high tech learning commons building and earn a Gold LEED certification. Project funding, relation to the strategic plan, and getting campus "buy-in" are among topics that will be covered.
1/28/2013
The University of Connecticut ranked at the top of a list of the most sustainable campuses in the world.
1/16/2013
Residents who say the array is an eyesore
12/5/2012
An arch made with 2,000 empty plastic water bottles in the student center at the University of Vermont was dedicated Wednesday as a monument to the school's decision to end the sale of bottled water on the Burlington campus.
12/4/2012
West Virginia University is replacing foam to-go containers with more environmentally friendly, reusable cartons.
12/2/2012
Anyone with a U-M permit, no matter the permit grade, can park at the stations of up to four hours for free, while others can pay to use the spaces.
12/2/2012
As part of an energy efficiency program, Grand Valley State University has received a $116,280 rebate check for purchasing two energy efficient air conditioning systems.
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