Sustainability Link Blast!

Renewable Energy

• Computer World: Facebook’s new data center to be powered by all renewable energy | http://www.computerworld.com/article/2945045/data-center/facebooks-next-data-center-to-rely-only-on-renewable-energy.html

Solar Power: National Community Solar Partnerships and Bringing Solar Power to the Masses!

• Mother Jones: Solar Power Is Mostly for the Affluent. Here’s Obama’s Plan to Spread the Wealth Around. | http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2015/07/obama-just-made-it-easier-low-income-communities-go-solar
  
• Whitehouse.gov: FACT SHEET: Administration Announces New Initiative to Increase Solar Access for All Americans | https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/07/07/fact-sheet-administration-announces-new-initiative-increase-solar-access
  

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Our Alternative Energy Technologies Summer Course: A Video Montage

Our 5-week intensive Alternative Energy Technologies labs became the subject of a video montage we created. Click on the image above to stream the video and see all the cool things we did this past month! Special thanks to our students for agreeing to appear in the video!

Renewable Energy Job Market is Growing!

Read the full Huffington Post article here!

Sustainability Link Blast!

Economics

• Reuters: Carbon tax or trade? Debate loses steam as world embraces both

Agriculture

• Genetic Literacy Project: Anti-GMO Stance by Greenpeace Activists Worsen Climate Change

Energy

• Today in Energy, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): Corn Ethanol Yields Continue to Improve.

Live Blogging from GLOBALCON 2015!

http://www.globalconevent.com/

Today some energy students, faculty, and staff are attending GlobalCon in Philadelphia, PA to check out the cutting edge of the energy industry. A lot of great companies were there showing off their cool technology – lighting systems, building controls, motors, sustainable materials, textbooks, and even a new type of “microwave” oven! (I wanted to include a picture but they said it was proprietary.)

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The World’s First Plantable Coffee Cup: Kickstarter

Energy Use Calculator

What do your appliances cost you?

This Energy Use Calculator makes it relatively easy to figure out the cost of operating various household appliances and devices.