Education
UM Uses Smart Meters, Twitter To Provide Energy-Use Updates
The University of Mississippi plans to reduce campus power consumption with the recent installation of smart meters at 16 of the school's buildings to monitor, analyze, and report ...
University of Colorado at Boulder Tops Sierra’s Ranking of Green Colleges
The University of Colorado at Boulder, University of Washington at Seattle, Middlebury College, University of Vermont and College of the Atlantic are the top five "green" ...
Educators Seek 1% of Cap and Trade Proceeds for Green Training
If the education community has its way, it would get $1 billion in proceeds from U.S. carbon-emissions allowances to put toward education in clean energy, environmental ...
Hospital Upgrades to Save Millions in Energy Costs
Two recent hospital energy efficiency upgrades are predicted to pay for themselves in improved energy costs.
Hospitals in Canada are using Honeywell for a combined $11.3 ...
Salary Survey Shows Green Workers Have More Job Security
Sixty-eight percent of employees in the climate change sector feel the same or more job security than they did a year ago, due to a heightened response ...
Climate Corps MBA Program More Than Triples to 23 Firms
An MBA program that embeds students into corporate sustainability roles for 10 weeks has expanded this year to include 23 companies, with 26 students enrolled.
The Environmental ...
St. Louis Building Aims to be Nation’s Greenest
The new Living Learning Center at the Washington University's Tyson Research Center in St. Louis aims to lay claim to the nation's greenest building, as it ...
International Partnership for Energy Efficiency Launched
Joining other signatories from G8 nations, U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu has signed on to the International Partnership for Energy Efficiency.
The goal of the ...
Schools, Universities Turning to Wind, Renewables
Northern Power Systems Inc., a wind energy company and manufacturer of community wind turbines, has unveiled a Wind for Schools package that will help more schools produce ...
Bayer Kicks Off Center for Global Produce Sustainability
The Center for Global Produce Sustainability aims to help steer fresh fruit and vegetable growers -- and those farther up and down the supply chain -- ...
Adapting Skills For The Green Tech Revolution
The recent multi-billion-dollar U.S. stimulus package is paving the way for a smarter national infrastructure, which will inevitably creates job, stimulate economic growth and drive innovation ...
Broadcast Industry Goes Green for Earth Day
Several broadcasting networks, including Fox Broadcasting, NBC and Nickelodeon, have announced green-themed TV program scheduling in honor of Earth Day, April 22.
Fox Broadcasting plans to launch specially ...
Middlebury to be Carbon Neutral by 2016
Vermont's Middlebury College is using biomass to reduce its carbon footprint and reach carbon neutrality within seven years.
NASA Partners With Two Colleges To Build Green Research Campus
NASA is partnering with UC Santa Cruz and Foothill-De Anza Community College to build a green research campus in Silicon Valley, Mercury News reports.
The partnership is ...
University of Toledo Considers Alternative Energy School
Nashville Schools Cut Energy Costs $3M Per Year
The Metropolitan Board of Public Education for the City of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee, has announced significant environmental achievements as the initial five-year phase of a project between metro Nashville public schools and ...
Computer-Sharing Project to Save Brazilian Schools 80% in Power
Using its desktop-sharing software, which allows up to 10 desktops to run from one computer, Userful and ThinNetworks have been selected to supply ...
Green MBA Programs Burst at Seams, Green-Collar Workers in High Demand
Over the past decade, colleges everywhere began introducing green-themed MBA programs in response to growing interest from students. Now those choices are paying off, BusinessWeek reports.
New students are still interested in ...
Most Colleges Slow To Adopt Green Data Center Technologies
The high cost of powering data centers in universities has led some to start embracing greener technologies. But experts say, compared with other industries, colleges and universities have been slow to adopt ...
Eaton Launches Sustainability Microsite
Eaton Corp., which recently changed its tagline to "powering businesses worldwide" to reflect a change in focus to hi-tech power management products, has launched a special section of its website devoted to ...
Texas Instruments Sustainability Report: Normalized Emissions Jump 23%
