Gambia University Architectural Design

Snohetta create a unified vision for Gambias higher level educational institutions with the new university of gambia. The new university will relocate and unite three of Gambias existing formal institutions and one university in a single campus for 15000 students.

Binghamton University students build a supermileage car

The car, designed and built by University students, was a purpose-built race car designed to achieve the best possible fuel mileage. It is a three-wheel vehicle (two in the front, one in the back) and has a fiberglass body, which makes the car look like a bobsled. The car is very sleek and aerodynamic. The heart of the car is the engine. It was converted from a flathead to an overhead valve design. Also, the engine was converted from carburetion to fuel injection. These two main modifications increased the efficiency of the vehicle significantly. The vehicle recently competed with international teams from all around the world. They were able to obtain 1321 miles per gallon, a new record for Binghamton, easily doubling past results. This year’s team of students will modify the current car and we expect the team to achieve 1500-1600 mpg at this year’s competition.

Innovation at Amity University.

Innovation at Amity University. Hybrid Car.

University of Rochester, Hobart and William Smith colleges get ‘greener’

***Media Alert*** Green Mountain Coffee Invites Coffee Drinkers Nationwide to a Live, Fair Trade E-Tasting
–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR): WHAT: Green Mountain Coffee®, part of the Specialty Coffee Business Unit of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR), invites coffee drinkers nationwide to “The Fair Trade-Out e-Tasting,” a live, guided tasting of their top selling Fair Trade Certified™ coffees. WHO: The tasting will feature the following special …

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Media Alert: Agronomists, Crop and Soil Scientists Convene in Long Beach
Agronomists, Crop and Soil Scientists Convene in Long Beach Oct. 31-Nov. 3 to Discuss Agriculture and Environmental Sustainability.

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Books on eco-friendly, beautiful home design
Two timely books dispel the notion that green design is less than beautiful. In “Houses: Modern Natural, Natural Modern” (Rizzoli, $60), author Ron Broadhurst presents beautiful structures well meshed within landscapes…

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Calls for rail station to be built at Beechwood
A CAMPAIGN for a small rail station to be built at the new Beechwood campus on the eastern outskirts of Inverness has been launched by the Scottish Green Party.

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University of Rochester, Hobart and William Smith colleges get ‘greener’
Report card shows the greening of several local colleges as they increase their environmental commitment.

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GM and Maplesoft to Collaborate on Electric Vehicle Technologies at the University of Waterloo

College Top 25 Capsules: No. 25 West Virginia beats South Florida 20-6
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Generating few yards on drive after drive, West Virginia went to some trickery from normally conservative coach Bill Stewart and seized control of its Big East opener.

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Transpo unveils new headquarters
By Ed Greenberger Transpo unveiled its new South Bend headquarters Thursday. The new facility is the first to open in Ignition Park, a new technology park located on the grounds of the old Studebaker

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Plant rejected in Ulster goes online in Rensselaer
RENSSELAER — An energy plant rejected by Ulster County residents and municipal officials has started operation in Rensselaer, where a company official says it will pump $15 million annually into the local economy in wages, purchases and taxes.

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Wal-Mart to boost buying from small and local farms
Wal-Mart Stores Inc is planning to double the sales of fresh produce from local farms in its stores by the end of 2015, part of a strategy to revamp its global produce supply chain.

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GM and Maplesoft to Collaborate on Electric Vehicle Technologies at the University of Waterloo
WATERLOO, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – 10/15/10) – A new five-year, $10.5-million partnership between General Motors of Canada, Waterloo-based Maplesoft Inc., and a multidisciplinary research team at the University of Waterloo is tackling the challenges of next generation electric vehicles. Through model-based design and prototype testing, the team will investigate crucial technologies for achieving …

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Case Study: The Effectiveness Of Busch Recycling Containers In Michigan State University

Background
Michigan State University

Founded in 1855
The top research institution and leader in international engagement
Currently has 533 buildings and over 40,000 students enrolled in the more than 200 programs
First recycling program was launched in 1991
Thousands of recycling containers have been scattered across the campus

Busch Systems International

North American leader of waste, compost and recycling containers for the past 25 years
Set the industry standard for the yearly production of new molded bins
Each container is 100% recyclable and North America made with a minimum of 35% recycled content

Waste Watcher

Space efficient, high density, attractive and functional
Ideal for high traffic areas
Holds upward of 23 gallons of recyclables or waste
Has custom lids, labels and openings for easy sorting
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) also uses these containers

Analysis
The new containers marked the beginning of Phase II of the MSU recycling program.  In Phase I a mix of old and new containers were used in various building across the school. The mix of containers was confusing for students and looked poorly on the campus. Phase II was rolled out in late December of 2009 with Busch ‘Waste Watchers’. Staff spent four, fourteen hour days over winter break to setup the program effectively. 

Phase II consisted of three thousand dark green ‘Waste Watchers’ which were placed in over 200 buildings at MSU including:

Classrooms
Research labs
Athletic centers
Administration buildings
Residential houses
Bus terminals

Previously, Deans had objected to recycling containers being in so many public spaces because they were unattractive. The sleek appearance of the ‘Waste Watcher’ meant that more recyclables could be collected in more places at MSU.

The containers were used to form a recycling station:

The ‘Waste Watchers’ are designed to link together to form a sleek recycling station
Each container collects a different material without occupying a great deal of space
The station collects paper, mixed, boxboard, plastics and household metal

The recycling stations are emptied by the custodial staff who:

Transfers the material into larger containers
The recycling crew picks up and transports the containers to an on campus recycling center
The school then sorts it, bales it and sells it
This fosters sustainability and produces a profit to fund the program by

The ‘Waste Watchers’ features are designed to help the schools collection process including:

Removable lids and easy-grip handles which save time and resources
Custom lid openings
MSU selected a circular opening for plastics and a thin slot shaped opening for paper collection

MSU found the custom openings on the containers to work well with their program. The openings feature a simple, clean sorting system which is easy to identify and use. This diverts more materials into the correct container and reduces the resources spent sorting them.

Conclusion
Overall, Busch recycling containers have increased MSU’s recycling participation. They have also improved the quality of sort from the collected materials. What remains to be seen is how the program will take shape in the coming months and how this will impact future initiatives. Nevertheless, the new containers allow for more recyclables to be collected in more areas. This increases the profit made by the recycling center and reduces the schools carbon footprint.

Western Washington University Team: Hybrid 2 Seater

Damien Somerset talks with the Western Washington University team about their hybrid car. For more information: progressiveautoxprize.org FOLLOW THE TEAM http VIDEO HOST Damien Somerset is a video blogger, environmentalist, and efficient vehicle enthusiast. Damien is very active in both online media and environmental advocacy, and hopes to use both to help reshape the face of modern environmentalism. DamienSomerset.com http Contact: damiensomerset -at- gmail —————————————- GET INVOLVED! Watch & Chat Live progressiveautoxprize.org Blog autoblog.xprize.org Facebook facebook.com Twitter twitter.com Flickr flickr.com —————————————- ABOUT THE PROGRESSIVE AUTOMOTIVE X PRIZE Our goal is to inspire a new generation of viable, safe, affordable and super fuel efficient vehicles that people want to buy. $10 million in prizes will be awarded in September 2010 to the teams that win a rigorous stage competition for clean, production-capable vehicles that exceed 100 MPG energy equivalent (MPGe). We are proud to announce that the on-track Competition Phase will be hosted at Michigan International Speedway.

Cambridge University Eco Racing Solar Car – Positive TV & The Ecologist

Felix Gonzales from Positive TV meets the Cambridge Eco Racing Team and their Solar Powered Car “Endevour” – 35% of the Uk’s energy is used on transport and technologies in research such as the Cambridge developed motor and battery and management system may contribute to the consumer car technology of tomorrow. The team will race accoss the Austalian outback on a 3000km race travelling at speeds of 60kph in gruelling temperature and humidity testing man and machine.

First Pakistani Hybrid Car (Road To NED University From Nazimabad)

First Pakistani Hybrid Car (Road To NED University From Nazimabad) First Pakistani Hybrid Car Road To NED University From Nazimabad. It is our final year project !! We are still working on it !! Basically we are introducing the concept of Hybrid in Pakistan so that everyone here understand it clearly!! Parallel Hybrid and plug-in hybrid theme is given through our project!! As far s its performance concerned we has done altered in engine magneto,we altered in the throttle controlling!! Motor has given speed of 15km/hr and ICE has provided of speed 80km/hr but we reduced it to the 50km/hr because of cutting down the fuel consumption!! We are not stopped there we know there is much improvement in our project!! we also consider the solar panels but due to very limited resources we are not able to expand our project at that level…. First Pakistani Hybrid means the equipment used in producing the hybrid drive train are easily available in karachi Markets!! We don’t import a single item for our project ! this is the uniqueness of our Hybrid project made in pakistan!!! As being a Automotive engineer we know the equipemts used in Hybrid Drive Train in Automobiles world!!! First time Introduce Engine and Motor in Vehicle Drive Train In Pakistan. Manufactured by NEDians. Haris Aslam (BE-Automotive) Muhammad Furqan Khan (BE-Automotive) Hamad Baig (BE-Automotive) Farhan Alam (BE-Automotive) Pictures Of NEDiar Event! (First Prize Winner in Project Theme Competition) www.facebook.com

DeFleur makes lasting impression on Binghamton University campus

Energy initiatives on MTA agenda
The agency responsible for transporting millions of New Yorkers through the darkest tunnels has seen the light.

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Carole Currie: Youths’ Green Eggs and Jam go a long way
A friend asked me the other day if I thought when we were teenagers, we were as connected as young people are now to their communities through tutoring, food drives, fundraisers and volunteer projects designed to help other people.

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Tivoli Fest to be held
ELK HORN/KIMBALLTON — This year’s annual Tivoli Fest, held May 29-30, will not only be a celebration of Elk Horn’s Danish heritage, but a celebration of the town’s birthday.

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Jerseys from recycled bottles
Nine teams competing in the World Cup will be wearing environmentally friendly jerseys made from recycled plastic bottles.

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DeFleur makes lasting impression on Binghamton University campus
In the 20 years since Lois B. DeFleur first stepped onto the Binghamton University campus as its president, student enrollment has climbed, endowments have increased seven-fold, and the physical campus has grown by more than a dozen buildings, including a Downtown Center.

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