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The U.S. Green Building Council is compiling the top green building educational programs and is looking for classroom courses to support with grants.
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The winners of Johnson Controls' TEAMS competition were asked to write an open letter to all the candidates in the 2008 presidential race, urging potential leaders to make the environment and energy efficiency top priorities for the election and beyond.
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Germany's Technische Universität Darmstadt won the overall top score in the U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon competition on the National Mall in Washington, followed by the University of Maryland in second place and Santa Clara University in third.
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The state's treasurer announced the creation of a $10 million investment account to finance green building and energy-efficiency projects around the state.
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The company's Bank Asset Management division announced Wednesday it hired a new climate change czar and published a white paper focused on the investment opportunities presented by a changing climate. New investment products are expected.
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The Energy Efficiency Partnership of Greater Washington will spend millions identifying and retrofitting existing to make them more energy efficient. Partners include Hannon Armstrong and Pepco Energy Services, among others.
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HSBC Corporate, Investment Banking and Markets announced this week the launch of several indices to help investors track the stock market performance of companies that could profit from climate change challenges.
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The Chicago Climate Futures Exchange unveiled a hedging tool Friday for Certified Emission Reductions, which are expected to play a large part in joining various domestic carbon markets.
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UNH announced this week a partnership with Waste Management to pipe landfill gas to power the Durham campus, and Ball State committed to becoming carbon neutral under the Presidents' Climate Commitment.
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The college, which was also just named the greenest college in the Southeast, will join with the city in a first-of-its-kind to work together on reducing the region's carbon emissions and further their mutual climate protection goals.
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The National Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee (NJATC) for the electrical industry announced the publication of what it claims is the first comprehensive guide for solar energy system installations.
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Bank of America made green headlines Wednesday with the separate announcements of a carbon trading joint venture and school solar program.
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Janitorial product manufacturers, distributors and service providers for educational institutions are invited to enter the first Green Cleaning Award for Schools and Universities.
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The northern California utility has joined the list of companies giving money to the Santa Clara University engineering team's effort in 2007 Solar Decathlon.
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The California State University system launched a website detailing how it has promoted and implemented sustainable energy practices.
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At the closing of the 2007 EECO Environment & Energy Conference, the Globe Foundation presented its 6th annual Awards for Environmental Excellence to four Canadian companies that have led the country in environmental innovation.
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The alliance -- the fourth such arrangement Chevron has created in the past year -- will focus on ways to convert non-food crops into renewable energy for transportation.
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U.C. Berkeley and the University of Maryland have joined a growing list of schools that boast student-funded sustainability projects.
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In the EPA's annual Green Power Challenge, New York University placed first among all individual schools for total kilowatt-hours purchased, and the Ivy Leagues are the greenest group of schools.
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Frenso State University is adding photovoltaic panels atop parking shelters for 700 vehicles, allowing it to meet 20 percent of campus electricity base demand with renewable energy.
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A project that turned the campus's cafeteria waste products into biodiesel beat out nine other finalists in a nationwide contest sponsored by General Electric and mtvU.
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Engineers at Purdue University have created a new, environmentally friendly process for producing liquid fuels from plant matter that could potentially fuel the entire U.S. transportation sector.
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An annual survey of college and university sustainability programs has found more than 600 activities on campuses in the U.S. and Canada last year.
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British Petroleum announced the creation of the Energy Biosciences Institute, which will lead the way in discovering next-generation clean energy.
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Creating a recycling program at the office, setting the library computers to default to two-sided printing, and changing the lighting in campus buildings to be Energy Star compliant are all ideas that can positively impact the environment.