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Considering their large electricity bills, could schools save money and improve children’s education by investing in net zero energy buildings?
by Kelly Vaughn
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Biomimicry 3.8 co-founder Dayna Baumeister discusses the firm's joint effort with Arizona State University: the Biomimicry Center announced today.
by Mike Hower
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Universities know green power is a good deal. They are also taking the lead because they have to: Their stakeholders demand it.
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What would the Future MBA look like? Explore the potential in week 11 of this new 100-day series.
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The US Green Building Council with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is launching the National Action Plan for Educating for Sustainability.
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Universities are taking advantage of long-term power purchase agreements to boost renewable energy and shrink carbon footprints.
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Stanford University will chronicle the sustainability movement through the eyes of William McDonough via writings, conversations and tweets.
by Kira Gould
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Since 2008, Harvard's Office for Sustainability has unified the campus around its ambitious set of sustainability goals.
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Using integrated design criteria and performance standards, the school has cut energy use by 50-plus percent.
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Organizers LRN and frog set out to tackle business challenges in a new and innovative way over the course of a weekend. Did they achieve it?
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The second postcard in a series from the Reinvent Business hackathon in San Francisco.
by Dan Riegel
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What can a group of 150 makers, doers, jammers, geeks, freaks, and designers create in just 30 hours?
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A review of the BBC's science coverage -- and 'false balance' therein -- as well as an up-close look at cow manure are among the items on our radar this morning.
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Despite the boom in green buildings, finding highly technical spaces like research laboratories designed with sustainability in mind is still a rare occurrence. UCSF, however, bucks that trend with its commitment to LEED labs.
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The San Francisco Institute of Architecture is offering a master's of science degree in green building and a master's of business administration degree in sustainability via distance learning.
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Sierra magazine has released its annual list of the "Coolest Schools" in the U.S. -- a roster of colleges and universities that the publication scored the highest in combatting climate change and teaching students about sustainability.
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Two sets of rankings released in the last week aim to gauge the greening of the nation's colleges and universities. But it's in the gap between the rankings that the most interesting results are found.
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The Sustainability, Tracking, Assessment and Rating System (STARS), developed by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, will bring attention to everything from buildings to food programs to education.
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Bringing together leaders from industry, government and academia, SMU is working to develop an advanced degree program in sustainable design that combines ideas from engineering, architecture and technology into a forward-looking Master's degree program.
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As part of a larger, overall conservation strategy, UCSD will be the first West Coast university to take part in the country's only voluntary, legally binding trading system for greenhouse gases.
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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 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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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.