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Environmental Sustainability Rating of the 100 Largest U.S. Universities by Greenopia

By Chris de Morsella on October 19, 2009 3 Comments California, campus vehicle fleet, Carnegie Mellon University, climate performance, Colorado, Colorado State University, Davis, Duke University, environmental transparency, food selection, Georgia, Georgia Institute of Technology, green building design, green university, Harvard University, Irvine, Penn State University, Pennsylvania, renewable energy usage, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Stanford University, University of California Irvine, University of California San Diego, University of California Santa Barbara, University of California-Davis, University of Oregon, University of Pennsylvania, University of Vermont, University of Washington, university sustainability, Vermont, Washington, waste program, water conservation measures

Greenopia has released an environmental sustainability rating that ranks the nation’s 100 largest universities according to a comprehensive set of criteria that includes: green building design, waste program, food selection, campus vehicle fleet, water conservation measures, climate performance, renewable energy usage, and the overall environmental transparency of the school. The top rated ranking of four out of four was achieved by the University of Washington located in Seattle, Washington and by the University of California at Santa Barbara.

Princeton Review Rolls Out List of The Greenest Colleges

By Tracey de Morsella on July 28, 2009 1 Comment 2010 Green Rating Honor Roll, and ecological agriculture, Arizona State University, Atlanta, Bar Harbor, Bates College, Beech Hill Farm, beekeeping, Berkeley, Binghamton, Binghamton University, biodiesel, biomass gasification, Boston, buildings, CA, Cambridge, campus, campus sustainability, car-sharing, carbon dioxide emissions, carbon emissions, carbon neutral, carbon offsets, Carlisle, carpool, Center for Environmental and Sustainability Education, Center for Sustainable Entrepreneurship, certification. organic landscaping, CO, co-generation power plant, College of the Atlantic, colleges, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, compost, compost. solar PV, compostable, compostable dishware, compostable paper cup, composting bins, composting toilets, compressed natural gas, CT, curriculum, Curriculum for the Bioregion, Dickinson College, Durham, ecoAmerica, EcoGastronomy, ecology, electric cars, energy conservation, energy consumption, energy use, environment, environmental issues, environmental studies, environmentally friendly, ethnobotany, Evergreen State College, facilities, fluorescent lamps, food, forest ecology, GA, Georgia Institute of Technology, green college, Green Majors, green products, Green Rating Honor Roll, Green Ratings, green university, greenhouse gas emission reductions, greenhouse gas emissions, Harvard College, human ecology, hydropower, International Village, Kroon Hall, landfill, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, LEED Gold certification, LEED Platinum, LEED Silver, Lewiston ME, Local, MA, ME, Middlebury, Middlebury College, Nature Preserve, New Haven, NH, Northeastern University, NY, Olympia, organic agriculture, organic certification, organic garden, organic produce, PA, Project Clean Plate, recycle, recycling, renewable electricity, renewable wood pellets, Robert Franek, school of Forestry & Environmental Studies, School of Sustainability, Seattle, self-ventilated, socially responsible, socially responsible business program, soft drinks, solar panels, State University of New York at Binghamton, sustainability, Sustainable agriculture, sustainable commencement, sustainable dining program, sustainably produced wood, The Princeton Review, trails, Trans-Atlantic Food Systems, university, University of California Berkeley, University of New Hampshire, University of Washington, Used fryer oil, van pool, VT, WA, Washington Center for Improving the Quality of Undergraduate Education, wetland, wind, Yale Sustainable Food Project, Yale University, zero-waste, Zipcar

The Princeton Review, today released its second annual Green Ratings of colleges. In this measure of how environmentally friendly the institutions are on a scale of 60 to 99, the company tallied its Green Ratings for 697 institutions based on data it collected from the colleges in 2008-09 concerning their environmentally related policies, practices, and academic offerings. The Princeton Review also named 15 colleges to its “2010 Green Rating Honor Roll” – a list that salutes the institutions that received the highest possible score – 99 – in this year’s rating tallies.

Algenol Biofuels and DOW Announce Pilot Project to Produce Ethanol from CO2, Salt Water, Sunlight and non-Arable Land

By Chris de Morsella on June 29, 2009 Comments Off on Algenol Biofuels and DOW Announce Pilot Project to Produce Ethanol from CO2, Salt Water, Sunlight and non-Arable Land advanced materials, algae, algae biofuel, algal biofuel, Algenol Biofuels, biofuels, bioreactors, biorefinery, California, carbon dioxide, carbon footprint, Clean tech, CO2, Corn Ethanol, Department of Energy, DOE, Dow Chemical, ERoEI, ethanol, Freeport, Georgia, Georgia Institute of Technology, green economy, Membrane Technology and Research, Menlo Park, Paul Woods, photobioreactor, photosynthesis, specialty films, stimulus bill, Texas

Algenol Biofuels, a Florida biofuels startup and DOW Chemical Company announced a pilot-scale algae-based integrated biorefinery that will convert CO2 into ethanol. The patented technology developed by Algenol Biofuels uses CO2, salt water, sunlight and non-arable land to produce ethanol, which can be used as a fuel or as a feedstock, replacing natural gas in the production of plastic. The algae is grown in long plastic covered troughs, called bioreactors that are filled with salt water that has been saturated with carbon dioxide gas, which provides the carbon the algae needs for photosynthesis.