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Planet Forward
Friday, April 27, 2012
Full panel recording from the GW Moving the Planet Forward Conference. See highlights from this panel here.
Tags: George Washington University, frank sesno, Cincinnati, GWMoving, Vincent Gray, Mark Mallory, Tommy Battle, Stephen Knapp, Melissa Keeley, Huntsville
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Vote for the best idea at The George Washington University! The Campus Challenge submission period has ended, and we have received ideas from across GW’s campus. Now the time has come to elevate one above the rest. Choose wisely.
Tags: storm water, green infrastructure, climate change, food deserts, Alaska, weatherization, low-income, Campus Challenge, sustainable GW, The George Washington University
Thursday, March 14, 2013
A multi-university team from Washington, DC is competing in this year's Solar Decathlon and aiming for a very special end product - a house suitable as a healing home for a returning American veteran.
Tags: George Washington University, solar power, Solar Decathlon, net zero, Harvest Home, Veteran, steel, american university, catholic university
The George Washington University
Wednesday, November 07, 2012
Tags: George Washington University, energy, Waste, Germany, energy consumption, berlin, natural resources, Humboldt University, Yolanda Rother, Mirko Wutzler
Planet Forward
Thursday, April 07, 2011
Kevin Surace, CEO of Serious Materials, led the effort to retrofit all 6,514 windows of the Empire State Building.
Tags: GWU, Windows, empire state building, 2011, Empire State of Energy, Devin Greene, Kristina Sgueglia, George Washington Univsity
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
As a part of our research in our Urban Sustainability class, we created a video on how Cleveland, OH, Baltimore, MD, Pittsburg, PA, and El Paso, TX are enacting initiatives to support weatherizing low-income housing residents in order to reach out
Tags: energy, Cleveland, El Paso, Pittsburgh, The George Washington University, GW Campus Challenge, Glori Sojo, Alex Kemp, Leo Senai, Urban Sustainability
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
The International Panel on Climate Change stated that, "Average Arctic temperatures have increased at almost twice the global average rate in the past 100 years."
Tags: GWU, University, soil, colleges, storms, GW Campus Challenge, George Washington, International Panel on Climate Change, UV, culverts
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Increase Community Involvement in Innovative Ways.
By Alex Hurrell, Richard Grant, and Luis Sanchez
Tags: youth, grand rapids, The George Washington University, GW Campus Challenge, Sustainable Claremont, Asheville, Claremont, Land of Sky, outreach
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Description of storm water management around the United States.
Tags: Philadelphia, Infrastructure, Flooding, green roofs, portland, The George Washington University, GW Campus Challenge, Nashville, Big Pipe Project
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Everyone has heard the words global warming and their designation as the number one crisis facing humanity. Cities around the world have responded with a wide range of ideas targeting their own emissions.