Stabilizing Energy Storage
Originally posted at UNews on Feb. 21 2017. Because the sun doesn’t always shine, solar utilities need a way to store extra charge for a rainy day. The same goes for […]
Originally posted at UNews on Feb. 21 2017. Because the sun doesn’t always shine, solar utilities need a way to store extra charge for a rainy day. The same goes for […]
Celebrate sustainability leadership on campus by nominating yourself or a colleague for an Alta Sustainability Leadership Award. These Awards recognize excellence in leadership in the areas of campus as a […]
By Sarah Lappé, Communications Coordinator. Originally posted on Nov. 14, 2016. Utah’s winter inversion season is here, but this year Utah will have more clean, electric cars on the road […]
Originally posted on October 3, 2016. The University of Utah will officially “flip the switch” to unveil a new solar parking canopy in the southwest corner of campus designed to […]
By Sarah Lappé, Communications Coordinator Utah is one of the U.S. states with great potential for solar power, and residents are taking advantage. In 2015, rooftop solar grew by 199 percent, with more than 8,000 […]
By Ayrel Clark-Proffitt, Sustainability Office. Last fall, my husband and I moved into an apartment in a structure that was built in 1912. The age of the home was a […]
By the Sustainability Office Thought solar was out of your reach? A new program is making it easier for long-term renters, those not ready to make the initial investment in […]
By the Sustainability Office As many of us well know, summers in Utah are beautiful, sunny, and regularly brutal. Here in Salt Lake City, temperatures in July average 90 degrees […]
Originally published in @theU on June 8, 2016 By Annalisa Purser, Communications Specialist When U alum Jodi McRaney-Rusho first explored creating art with post-consumer glass, she was met with discouraging […]
By Shaun Daniel, Environmental Humanities Alumnus I hear Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers post-Parking Day and pre-permaculture picture. And so can you this Thursday! April 7 will […]