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Geothermal: Heat that can help

 |  Jul 10, 2024

Despite all the doom and gloom often associated with lack of government response to the climate crisis, there is much to feel positive about. Wind and solar power generation is … Read more

Going Underground on Campus: Creates Jobs, Saves Money and Reduces Carbon Footprint

, ,  |  Mar 20, 2011

When a campus such as Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana determines to reduce coal use by 30,000 tons, save $2 million, and cut carbon pollution by 50% each year, it is news.  … Read more

Colleges & Universities Share Advice on Financing On-Campus Renewable Energy Installations at AASHE

 |  Oct 11, 2010

At the AASHE Conference campus leaders from diverse backgrounds gathered to share their knowledge, experience and advice on a variety of topics — among them the perennial question of “I want to help my campus adopt sustainable energy practices, but how do I pay for it?” Read more

Energy Bill Includes Amendment for Green Training at Community Colleges

 |  Apr 1, 2009

A new amendment to the 2009 energy bill is designed to fund job training at community colleges in renewable and alternative energy fields. This amendment, sponsored by Senator Wyden (D-Ore.) … Read more

Community Colleges: Training Clean Energy Workers

 |  Mar 19, 2009

Our own Xarissa Holdaway has a story at WorldChanging that describes how some California community colleges are experimenting with green-collar training programs. In many regions, early reports suggest there are … Read more

Ball State to spend $66M on ground-source heat

 |  Feb 17, 2009

Ball State university, long a leader in climate action (and frequent sustainability conference host), has just approved drilling almost four thousand closed-loop wells to heat and cool the campus. Ground-source … Read more

Making it work: Geothermal on campus

 |  Feb 2, 2009

In case you haven’t heard, geothermal and ground-source heat mining are pretty hot right now — though someone needs to come up with a catchier title for the latter, we … Read more

The Heat Movers

,  |  Nov 13, 2008

This story is the second of a series that will explore various types of ground heat mining and their campus applications. Also see Universities Lead the Charge to Mine the … Read more