Tag archive for ‘Sustainability’
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February 27, 2013
The United States European Union Summit on Science, Technology, Innovation, and Sustainable Economic Growth—organized in part by UT—has produced five reports examining the critical impacts of investments in science, technology,...Read More »
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February 19, 2013
For the third year, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is challenging the University of Florida Gators to see who can recycle the most. UT won the first year, but not...Read More »
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February 8, 2013
UT has been selected as a Top 20 green power using university by the Environmental Protection Agency's Green Power Partnership. The Green Power Partnership is a voluntary program that encourages...Read More »
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February 6, 2013
High school students have spent this school year designing and assembling electric bicycles, or e-bikes. Now, they get to see whose bike is the best climber, most agile, and fastest....Read More »
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February 4, 2013
UT has received the Green Light Award from the East Tennessee chapter of the US Green Building Council. The Green Light Award is the highest award given to an organization...Read More »
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January 18, 2013
The spring semester is under way, and with it, a new semester of recycling at UT. The program provides services to all classroom and office buildings on campus, and collects...Read More »
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January 11, 2013
As classes resume this spring, you will see some big changes in the lighting in four campus buildings. As part of a comprehensive energy conservation project, work is under way...Read More »
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December 13, 2012
How likely is a new teenage driver to trade in his or her keys for an electric bike? That's a question some UT professors are trying to answer. Together, professors...Read More »
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December 10, 2012
UT is on the leading edge—a green edge. It is one of the first large universities in the Southeast to offer a major in sustainability. The interdisciplinary major offers a...Read More »
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December 7, 2012
Massey Hall has won the eighth annual Make Orange Green POWER Challenge, earning the title of "greenest" residence hall on campus. Hosted every October by the Office of Sustainability, the...Read More »
