Boston University

Sustainability

self-cleaning solar panels, self cleaning solar panels

Earth

Self-Cleaning System Boosts Efficiency of Solar Panels

March 24, 2014

Boston University BU, Alternative Spring Break ASB, community service, Flagstaff Arizona, Kane Ranch

Students

Alternative Spring Breaks: Flagstaff, Arizona

March 20, 2014

Nepal, Environmental Camps for Conservation Awareness, ECCA, community suported agriculture, community supported farming, sustainability, natural resources, third-world countries, Helen Petty, opinion, op-ed

Global

POV: What We Can Learn from a Poor Nation

December 18, 2013

Boston University BU, Mass Audobon, Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary, Valerie Pasquarella, Sam Toabe,

Ecology

GRS Students Create Exhibition at Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary

December 12, 2013

Boston University BU, Cambodia, ecology research, Les Kaufman, College of Arts and Sciences CAS

Faculty

Ecosystems and Us

December 9, 2013

philippines typhoon 2013, climate change, richard murray, boston university college of arts and sciences, CAS

Earth

POV: Is Philippines Typhoon the New Normal?

December 3, 2013

Boston University, Sustainable Neighborhood Lab, SNL, energy conservation, Madison Park Village, Roxbury, MA, Massachusetts, sustainability programs in Boston

Science & Technology

BU Profs Take Energy Conservation from Lecture Hall to Real Life

November 5, 2013

Boston University BU, College of Engineering ENG professor of electrical and computer, Division of Systems Engineering, Christos Cassandras, building smarter cities, traffic light, parking meter, security camera, solar panel, photovoltaic units

Computational Science

If Boston Were Smart

October 28, 2013

Boston University BU, sustainability festival, Marsh Plaza, bike repairs safety tips, Commonwealth Avenue, sustainability@BU, dining services recreation, BU Bikes, Urban AdvenTours, CommonWheels Bicycle Co-Op, Livable Streets Alliance, Boston Cyclists Union, Bikes Belong,

Sustainability

Bike Safety Focus of BU’s Sustainability Festival

September 12, 2013

Boston University BU, summer construction projects, Charles River Campus, New Balance Field, sustainabulity @BU, Institution Recycling Network, Kenmore Square, School of Management SMG, School of Law LAW, Kilachand Honors College, Autism Center of Excellence ACE, Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design LEED, Engineering Product Innovation Center EPIC

Schools and Colleges

Summer Construction on the Charles River Campus

June 26, 2013

Greenovate Boston Awards, Boston University, Sustainability at BU

Awards

BU Earns Greenovate Boston Award

June 18, 2013

Boston University BU, College of Engineering ENG, Team Aeolus Building Efficiency, Michael Gevelber, David Cushman, Jonathan Ellermann, Ryan Cruz, Benjamin Smith, $20,000 Energy Efficiency Track Prize, MIT Clean Energy Prize in May Office of Technology Development OTD, Institute for Technology, Entrepreneurship, and Commercialization ITEC, Sustainable Neighborhood Lab, software temperature optimization technology

Research

BU Team Takes a First at MIT Clean Energy Competition

June 14, 2013

Divest BU, green delta fossil fuel divestment pin, Boston University student groups organizations, college and university campus fossil fuel divestment movement, divest university endowments from fossil fuel investments

Student Clubs

DivestBU Pushes for Green Endowment

April 5, 2013

Ian Sue Wing, Johannes Schmieder, Richard Murray, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences CAS, Department of Earth and Environment, human induced climate change, economic growth, mitigating climate change, carbon dioxide stabilization policy, environmental policy, environmental economics, carbon dioxide CO2 emissions, greenhouse gas emissions, global warming

Faculty

The Climate Crisis: Your Job or Your Planet?

March 29, 2013

Dr. Cutler Cleveland, renewable energy, sustainable energy development, energy transitions, fossil fuels, Boston University climate change research, human induced climate change, global warming, carbon dioxide emissions, CO2 emissions, greenhouse gas emissions

Faculty

The Climate Crisis: Breaking the Fossil Fuel Habit

March 28, 2013

Ranga Myneni, phenological effects of climate change, seasonal temperature, vegetation, climate change, global warming, human induced climate change, International Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, Boston University, BU

Climate Change

The Climate Crisis: Tracking Change, Predicting Trouble

March 26, 2013

Bruce Anderson, climate change research, global ocean warming, causes of climate change global warming, human caused climate change global warming, climate change hypotheses hypothesis

Earth

The Climate Crisis: Why the Earth Is Warming

March 25, 2013

Boston University BU, Massachusetts CO2 Emissions, sustainability, carbon dioxide, climate change, global warming research

Science & Technology

A BU Center to Promote Cleaner Cities?

March 15, 2013

Boston University BU, recyclemania, recyling landfill compostables on campus, George Sherman Union GSU, dining halls, sustainability

Arts & Culture

RecycleMania Competition Under Way

February 5, 2013

Alternative Visions/Sustainable Futures exhibition, Boston University 808 Gallery

Earth

Alternative Visions/Sustainable Futures

January 30, 2013

Alternative Visions/Sustainable Futures