Greening of Drexel Libraries

Dr. Sabrina Spatari, assistant professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering at CoE, and Alexander Stadel, civil, architectural and environmental engineering student, with the assistance of the Eastern Regional Research Center, led a Life Cycle study of winter barley ethanol, which resulted in a turnaround of the EPA’s proposed rule that would have banned winter barley ethanol’s certification as an “Advanced Bio­fuel.” Their work has helped winter barley ethanol receive a “green” rating.

Source: Who's Doing What, Drexelink, April 5, 2010

See also:

CIVE 790/380 – Life Cycle Assessment I- Intro and Conventional Process Model Approach

The Institute for the Future (IFTF) is an independent, nonprofit research group with over 40 years of forecasting experience. The core of their work is identifying emerging trends and discontinuities that will transform global society and the global marketplace.

IFTF recently announced the release of The Greening of Health: The Convergence of Health and Sustainability

Excerpts from this Report: "Many scientists and public health practitioners recognize that environmental conditions have a dramatic effect on health, but the general public has only recently come to understand that this causal relationship affects their day-to-day lives. IFTF research reveals that we are now learning to link our personal health not only to our immediate environments but also to the larger ecologies in which we live. We are beginning to relate the sustainability of the planet to the sustainability of our health as never before. At IFTF, we call this movement Green Health."

As part of its ongoing term focus on energy and sustainability, the Great Works Symposium will host guest lecturers on our historical and future reliance on coal, nuclear and oil on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at 6 p.m. in Disque Hall room 108 (32nd Street between Market and Chestnut Streets).

Bill Maguire, site vice president of Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station; David Sexton, vice president of business development for Sunoco, Inc.; and Ned Leonard, vice president of technology policy for the American Coalition for Clean Coal, are the guest speakers.

The lecture is free and open to students, faculty and staff. For more information, visit Energy Alternatives: http://www.drexel.edu/greatworks/.

John B. Carnett, PopSci's staff photographer, is using the latest green technology to build his dream home. This is the first entry in his new blog tracking the build--follow along at popsci.com/green-dream

See: Green Dream: A Solar Power Plant in Your Backyard