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Penn leads the Ivies

WASHINGTON, D.C.—For the fourth year in a row, the University of Pennsylvania has emerged as the top individual school in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) 2009-2010 College and University Green Power Challenge. The university beat out 53 other universities by purchasing more than 192 million kilowatt hours (KWh) of green power, or 46 percent of their power purchases. Green power electricity generates less pollution than conventional power and produces no net increase in greenhouse gas emissions, which helps with climate change.

For more information, see www.epa.gov

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Hines inaugurates green office program

PITTSBURGH, Penna.—The Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA) honors top environmental professionals for outstanding accomplishments and leadership in environmental service. Winners include:

• Dr. Delbert J. Eatough, professor of Chemistry at Brigham Young University in Provo, UT.
• Lester B. Lave, professor at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA.
• Kenneth Stubbs, QEP, Senior Air Quality Specialist in the Policy and Planning Department of Metro Vancouver.
• Mark J. Rood of Urbana, Ill., of the Environmental Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at University of Illinois.
• Anthony Buonicore, P.E., Chairman and CEO of Buonicore Partners, LLC.
• William A. Spratlin P.E.,QEP, director of the Water, Wetlands and Pesticides Division at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
• Brad Waldron, QEP, CHMM, Vice President of Novel Geo-Environmental, LLC (NGE), Pittsburgh, PA
• Steve Rybolt, Environmental Manager with the Port of Seattle, Sea-Tac International Airport in Seattle, WA.
• James Pfeiffer of BP Exploration (Alaska), Inc.
• City of Edmonton, Waste Management Branch, Edmonton, Alberta.

For more information about these awards, visit www.awma.org

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Competing in solar decathalon

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the 20 collegiate teams selected to compete in the next U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon which will be held on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. in the fall 2011.

For two weeks, teams of college and university students from across the United States and the world will compete to design, build, and operate the most affordable, attractive, effective, and energy-efficient solar-powered house. Hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy, the competition will highlight affordable homes that combine energy-efficient construction and appliances with renewable energy systems that are available today.  The competition also supports the Administration’s goal of creating a clean energy economy, while saving American families and businesses money and reducing our dependence on fossil fuels.

For more information, see www.doe.gov

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Utilities win research grant

HONOLULU—The Hawaiian Electric companies, in partnership with the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD), have won a research grant totaling up to $2.9 million from the California Solar Initiative Research, Development, Deployment, and Demonstration Program to study ways to increase and effectively manage more photovoltaic (PV) generation while maintaining reliability on utility grids. The utilities are working to finalize the budget and project details.

The grant will be matched by up to $1.3 million of in-kind support from SMUD and Hawaiian Electric and will include industry partnerships with BEW Engineering, Sun Power Corporation and NEO Virtus Engineering, Inc. The SMUD-HECO proposal received the highest evaluation score among 21 applications for the first phase of research funds appropriated by the California Legislature for dispersal by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC).

For more information, see www.heco.com

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Landscape architects gain awards

The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) announced the winners of the 2010 Professional Awards, representing the best in landscape architecture around the world.

Honor Awards to projects which included green roofs or green walls:

• Nueva School, Hillsborough, Calif.
• Connecticut Water Treatment Facility, New Haven, Conn.
• High Line, Section 1, New York, N.Y.
• Rooftop Haven for Urban Agriculture, Chicago

For information, see  www.asla.org

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