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Green Project Exchange to help NYS communities share ‘green’ best practices
For communities who want to “go green,” it can be nearly impossible to know where to start: what is the best solution for environmental problems? How do you know it will work? Where can you find funding for the project?…
NWSI hosts Dec. 16 open house to celebrate renovation of first large-scale commercial/residential project
The Near Westside Initiative (NWSI) will host a holiday celebration and open house on Thursday, Dec. 16, from 5:30-7 p.m. to celebrate the completed renovation of the former Lincoln Supply Warehouse, now called the Lincoln Building. The event will take…
SU Showcase 2011 gearing up to celebrate sustainability again
Organizers of SU Showcase, the campus-wide day-long celebration devoted to student research, discovery and creativity, are calling on Syracuse University and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry students and faculty to help make the spring event an exciting forum…
VPA’s Sayler and Morris deepen understanding of climate change, promote global sustainability through Canary Project
In 2006, Susannah Sayler and Edward Morris, both current faculty members in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts, set out to create an initiative that would use photography as a medium to illustrate landscapes throughout the world where…
Wind turbine firm joins SU in Clean Energy Collaborative
Faculty, students to take part in developing urban wind power Syracuse University and Impact Technologies Group of Syracuse have formed an alliance to convert Central New York winds into kilowatts. The SU School of Architecture and Department of Mechanical and…
Life Sciences Complex to receive High Performance Building designation
Syracuse University’s Life Sciences Complex will receive special recognition for its energy-saving measures that make it one-third more efficient than a comparable standard building. The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) will present a High Performance Building…
Students to explore solutions for sustainability and action in partnership with global communications company
“Connect a Billion/Do One Thing for Sustainability,” an intense brainstorming and design session, will be hosted this weekend, Nov. 19-20, at Syracuse University’s COLAB collaboration laboratory. Thirty-six students from six SU schools and colleges will come together in a two-day…
Bowne Hall is new ‘green’ home of Syracuse Biomaterials Institute
SU will be seeking green building recognition for the project.
Sustainable Endowments Institute again recognizes SU with strong marks in sustainability
Syracuse University’s continued leadership in creating a more sustainable campus has again earned the University strong marks in the latest report from the Sustainable Endowments Institute.
‘Tapped’ documentary on bottled water has encore campus viewing Nov. 3
The Syracuse University community will have another opportunity to peek behind the scenes of the controversial bottled water industry.