All Posts Tagged With: "Colorado State University"

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CSU Professor Developing Sustainable Bioplastics

Chemistry professor Eugene Chen has developed several patent-pending chemical processes that would create sustainable bioplastics from renewable resources for use on everything from optical fibers and contact lenses to furniture and automobile parts.

18Jan2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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CSU = SOLAR POWER

Colorado State is in the top four nationally for solar power at major public research universities, according to a new report just released. It hosts nearly 5,500 kilowatts largely concentrated on a 30-acre plant on the western edge of Fort Collins.

14Oct2011 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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Monday Community Briefs

>> Advanced Energy Cuts Workforce; Moving Division to China
>> Colorado in Running for 600-Job Solar Plant
>> CSU Gets Highest Sustainability Rating
>> Survey: Boulderites Overestimate Homes’ Efficiency
>> Energy Outreach Colorado Ranks High for Transparency
>> IKEA Store Recognized for Geo Energy System

3Oct2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Governor’s Energy Office and CSU to Collaborate
on Energy Efficiency

The GEO has signed an agreement with the Center for Multiscale Modeling for Atmospheric Processes (CMMAP) based at Colorado State to implement mandatory energy-saving requirements.

16Aug2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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CSU Clean Energy SuperCluster’s 2011 Seed Grants

“Each grant award was carefully chosen by a great team of researchers already working in the area of clean energy,” said Bryan Willson, director of the Clean Energy Supercluster, which is a group of faculty members studying various aspects of clean energy.

9Jun2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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CSU Facilities Engineer Honored at Renewable Energy Event

Dollard received the award as part of the annual Colorado Renewable Energy Society conference concluded over teh weekend in Fort Collins. “She is a tireless advocate of clean and renewable energy alternatives and is well deserving of this honor,” said CSU’s Amy Parsons.

3Jun2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Colorado’s Research “Rock Stars” Honored

Finalists, including Brian Willson, were chosen from Colorado State University, the University of Colorado and the Colorado School of Mines in eight categories tied to the leading industry sectors outlined in CCIA’s 2010 “Cleantech Action Plan.”

31May2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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CSU Lab Setting for Bill Signing and News on Energy Conservation Study

The Governor was in Fort Collins to put his signature on a bill aimed at increasing private investment in research, development and new technologies. The setting was CSU’s Engines and Energy Conversion Laboratory and you couldn’t find a more appropriate venue for the ceremony.

24May2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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CSU, NREL Collaborate to Research Utility Business Models for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

“We’re looking at ways we can reform the electricity market, utilities’ rate structures and their finance operations to develop a business environment that provides structural incentives for energy conservation, renewable energy and smart electric grids.”

3Mar2011 | admin | 5 comments | Continued
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CSU Goes Big With 5.3 MW Solar Plant

The project is one of the largest at a U.S. university, according to the most recent statistics. Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV) built the array in two phases on 30 acres, with the second phase completed at the end of 2010.

31Jan2011 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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Gov. Bill Ritter to Head New CSU Policy Center
for New Energy Economy

When his term as governor ends this month, Ritter will become the director of the Center for the New Energy Economy and Senior Scholar within the University’s School of Global Environmental Sustainability – called SoGES.
His official start date at CSU will be Feb. 1.

5Jan2011 | admin | 4 comments | Continued
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CSU Struggles With Green Goals

The collapse last week of a deal to build a massive electricity-generating wind farm on CSU’s Maxwell Ranch highlights the university’s struggles to significantly cut its consumption of fossil fuels and reduce carbon dioxide emissions. While Colorado State University has made a series of small- and medium-sized steps, administrators say transforming the university’s operations will take far longer than initially expected.

20Dec2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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CSU Launches Solar R&D Center

Abound Solar, one of the university’s most successful spinoffs with more than 300 employees, will take a leadership role in the new facility, with Abound co-founder W. S. Sampath heading up the endeavor. Other company supporters include 5N Plus, Pilkington, Ion Edge Corp and MBI Corp.

16Jun2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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CCIA Gets $80K in Funding to Develop Cleantech Roadmap for Colorado

The intention is for the state plan to provide stakeholders with a detailed view into the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats to Colorado’s internationally recognized cleantech cluster, while offering a 3-5 year actionable road map to continue expansion of the cleantech cluster.

3Jun2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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CSU to Boost Solar Power and Become Largest University Installation in Nation

The university’s latest move is more than a feel good story for students and faculty, according to Brian Chase, CSU’s facilities director. “It’s not only a commitment to renewable energy - we are ‘The Green University’ - but in this particular case, it makes excellent economic sense.”

10May2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Colorado State University Offerering First Global
Environmental Sustainability Course in Fall

Global Environmental Sustainability Seminar, GES-192, is a 3-credit course that offers an introduction to sustaining ecosystems and people in a changing world.

7May2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued


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