Institute News / Global Institute of Sustainability / Arizona State University

ASU Creates Solar Power Laboratory to Boost Arizona’s Renewable Energy Industry, Improve State’s Environment

July 11th, 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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Think Twice Before Recycling Your Computer

July 8th, 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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US Striving for Sustainability: Broad Clean-Energy Strategy Envisions Latching onto a Billion-Dollar Industry

July 6th, 2008

Delaware Online
Professors and students are engaging in potentially groundbreaking work in environmental technology and research, including a clean-energy bus powered by hydrogen fuel cells, solar panels…

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