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Three scientists received the Nobel Prize for Physics on Tuesday, which made blue LEDs possible.
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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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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 third postcard in a series from the Reinvent Business hackathon in San Francisco.
by Liz Maw
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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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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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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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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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At the 2007 World Design Contest, Dell Computer issued a call to design students and others to join its International Green Computing Technology Design Competition and take a shot at the $15,000 prize.
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Despite the enormous energy and resource consumption in the IT sector, and the resulting greenhouse gases, technology offers myriad opportunites to ease the climate crisis, according to experts gathered at the fourth annual TechNet Innovation Summit, held at the University of California.
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The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University has garnered the highest designation for environmentally friendly design and construction from the USGBC.
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The second annual Lemelson-MIT Prize for Sustainability is seeking nominations of inventions that offer solutions to local or global sustainability issues, and which offer a high potential for improving the lives of future generations.
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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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The U.S. Conference of Mayors last week unanimously supported a resolution that urges Congress to fund K-12 green school projects and research.
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A company that produces strong, biodegradable composites is the winner of the annual entrepreneurship contest hosted by Cornell University's Johnson School of Business.
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The guide will help direct how to build, modernize and renovate schools in a sustainable way for the more than one-million pupils enrolled in the district.
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The Department of Energy has announced the teams competing in this year's Solar Decathlon, a contest to build an attractive, energy-efficient home on the National Mall.
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A new guide released by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education will help campuses overcome a major barrier to implementing sustainability projects.
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The contest, to design a house made of Forest Stewardship Council-certified wood products, allows builders to support responsible forestry around the world.
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Two innovative, low-cost houses -- one made entirely out of concrete, the other made of concrete with a wood frame and metal roof -- have withstood a simulated earthquake of 10.0 on the Richter scale at a test here.
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McGraw-Hill Construction announced a report finding that the $53-billion education sector is the fastest-growing market for green building.
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The sustainability practices examined on 100 leading colleges and universites found room for improvement in energy use, buildings, food and investments.