PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University looks a little greener now that its most recent grade on the College Sustainability Report Card, issued annually by The Sustainable Endowments Institute (SEI), has been upgraded to a B+ following an additional review of data supplied by the university. A nonprofit organization that researches sustainability on […]
PULLMAN – The state has awarded WSU a $3,075,180 grant to assist with energy cost-saving improvement projects at the Pullman, Spokane and Tri-Cities campuses, as well as the Puyallup Research Station. Some of the upgrades include lighting, controls, boilers, heating ventilation and air conditioning, and smart grid metering/demand reduction/conservation voltage reduction. […]
PULLMAN – The Green Bike Program will close temporarily for routine maintenance Tuesday-Wednesday, Aug. 3-4. All bicycles in the Green Bike fleet will undergo routine maintenance and cleaning for a two-day period in order to prepare for the Fall 2010 academic semester. During this time, people who check out bikes on […]
Yadama Englund PULLMAN – Efficient utilization of timber and biomass residues for alternative fuels and other products will be the focus of the free webinar “Adding Value to Woody Biomass,” 10 a.m., Wednesday, Aug. 4, at breeze.wsu.edu/research_that_works_for_you. The presentation is part of the WSU Extension’s webinar series, “Research that Works for You.” […]
OLYMPIA – To ensure that education and training in Washington’s community and technical colleges can keep pace with the skill needs of the fastest growing sector within the renewable energy industry in the U.S., the Power Generation Skill Standards — Wind Turbine Technician report is now available. “Centralia College is honored to have supported the […]
OLYMPIA – Manufacturing facilities located in Washington may be eligible for industrial-incentive funding through the WSU Extension Energy Program. The funds are intended for facilities in need of additional support for approved energy improvement projects. This is one of the efforts in Washington resulting from Enron settlement dollars from the energy crisis scandal in […]
RICHLAND – The urgent need to develop a cost-efficient energy mix will be presented this Friday, Oct. 30 at WSU Tri-Cities. “To address any of the environmental and resource issues in debate today, a rational mix of energy sources must be achieved quickly,” said Jim Conca, director of the Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring & Research Center […]
PULLMAN – The Mechanical and Materials Symposium Series will feature Liv Haselbach, associate professor in the department of civil and environmental engineering at WSU, on Thursday, Sept. 3 from 11:10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Haselbach will speak in the Engineering Teaching and Research Lab Building, Room 101, on the topic of heating, ventilating and air conditioning […]
OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of General Administration’s award-winning Plant Operations Support program – known as the Consortium – will become part of the WSU Extension Energy Program effective Sept. 1. “This transfer is in keeping with Gov. Chris Gregoire’s direction to think innovatively and to reconfigure our organizations when economies of scale […]
RICHLAND — How to procure uranium to fuel nuclear power plants will be addressed at a nuclear engineering-related professional development seminar Friday, Dec. 5, at WSU Tri-Cities. The presenter is Lisa L. Ferek, fuel management lead for Energy Northwest, which operates the Columbia Generating Station in Richland. The hour-long seminar starts at 12:10 […]