FAMU Joins U.S. Department of Energy’s Better Buildings Challenge

FAMU Joins U.S. Department of Energy’s Better Buildings Challenge

Posted on: Tuesday, April 7th, 2015

Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) has committed to making its entire portfolio of buildings 20 percent more energy efficient within 10 years by joining the Better Buildings Challenge by the U.S. Department of Energy. FAMU will work with the DOE to share its successful efficiency models and help pave the way for other organizations […]

FAMU Joins U.S. Department of Energy’s Better Buildings Challenge

Posted on: Tuesday, April 7th, 2015

Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) has committed to making its entire portfolio of buildings 20 percent more energy efficient within 10 years by joining the Better Buildings Challenge by the U.S. Department of Energy. FAMU will work with the DOE to share its successful efficiency models and help pave the way for other organizations […]

Why Startups Are Moving into Research Park at FAU

Posted on: Tuesday, April 7th, 2015

It’s gotten a little more crowded at Research Park at Florida Atlantic University. More than twice as many people work on the park’s Boca Raton and Deerfield Beach campuses now compared to three years ago, said President and CEO Andrew Duffell. Research Park is independent from FAU, but helps link its educational and research efforts […]

Florida Schools Get "SunSmart"

Posted on: Tuesday, April 7th, 2015

Nearly 100 Florida schools will be soaking up solar rays to power their buildings this fall thanks to the Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC). FSEC, a University of Central Florida research institute, is providing each school with a 10-kilowatt, solar photovoltaic (PV) system valued at more than $80,000.

Florida Schools Get “SunSmart”

Posted on: Tuesday, April 7th, 2015

Nearly 100 Florida schools will be soaking up solar rays to power their buildings this fall thanks to the Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC). FSEC, a University of Central Florida research institute, is providing each school with a 10-kilowatt, solar photovoltaic (PV) system valued at more than $80,000.

U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2015

Posted on: Tuesday, April 7th, 2015

The University of Florida, partnering with Santa Fe College, Alachua Habitat for Humanity and the National University for Singapore, has been selected as one of 20 teams to participate in the 2015 Solar Decathlon.

Clean Energy Future: New Cheap and Efficient Electrode for Splitting Water

Posted on: Tuesday, April 7th, 2015

UNSW Australia scientists have developed a highly efficient oxygen-producing electrode for splitting water that has the potential to be scaled up for industrial production of the clean energy fuel, hydrogen.

First Turbine Installed at Amrumbank West Offshore Wind Farm

Posted on: Tuesday, April 7th, 2015

After a one-year period of construction, E.ON’s Amrumbank West offshore project in Germany is taking form. The installation of the first of 80 turbines has been done successfully at the construction site, 35 km to the north of the island of Helgoland.

For First Time in 40 Years, World Energy Sector GHG Emissions Stalled in 2014

Posted on: Tuesday, April 7th, 2015

Global emissions of carbon dioxide from the energy sector were unchanged from the preceding year-marking the first time in 40 years in which there was a halt or reduction in emissions of greenhouse gases that was not associated to an economic downturn, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said.