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July, 2008
July 28, 2008
Princeton Review rating based on environmental practices, policies and course offerings
Arizona State University has been named one of the nation’s “greenest” universities by The Princeton Review in its first-ever rating of environmentally friendly institutions.
The “2009 Green Rating Honor Roll” is a numerical score on a scale of 60 to 99 that The Princeton Review tallied for 534 colleges and universities based on data it collected from the schools in the 2007-08 academic year concerning their environmentally related policies, practices and academic offerings.
The Green Rating scores appear in the website profiles of the 534 schools that posted on The Princeton Review’s site (www.PrincetonReview.com) today.
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July 25, 2008
by Rod Groff for the Arizona Republic
Walkable neighborhoods offer many benefits to society, notably better health, more vibrant local economies, and increased social interaction.
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July 11, 2008
In his July 10, 2008, testimony before Congress, Professor Jay Golden calls for greater federal support for improved data collection and interagency collaboration.
More people, hotter temperatures, and a vulnerable electrical system. How will the US meet the growing demand for air conditioning in a way that protects our population while minimizing emissions of carbon dioxide that contribute to climate change? In his July 10, 2008, testimony before the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, Professor Jay Golden called for greater federal support for improved data collection and interagency collaboration.
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July 11, 2008
Vairavan Subramanian
Special for the Republic
You could say that I’m an engineer by birth. I was literally raised to be an engineer so that I could help my dad automate our coffee plantation in India.
I studied instrumentation engineering in college and then got a master’s degree in industrial engineering. My life revolved around quantifying human-made processes to improve efficiency through optimization and automation.
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July 11, 2008
Experts from one of the nation’s leading solar energy research programs, Christiana Honsberg and Stuart Bowden, are hired by the university to join industry innovator George Maracas in the quest to make solar systems more efficient and economical
Press Release
Tempe, AZ – Arizona State University is strengthening its commitment to boost Arizona’s economic development prospects in the renewable energy industry by establishing the Solar Power Laboratory to advance solar energy research, education and technology.
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July 8, 2008
Discovery Channel: Tech
Dr. Eric Williams, Assistant Professor of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and in the School of Sustainability, Arizona State University, writes about issues concerning recycling your computer.
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