Sustainability scientist accomplishments from CSPO Newletter

Sustainability scientist Netra Chhetri has been awarded tenure and promoted to Associate Professor in the Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes. Jameson Wetmore is the recipient of the 2014 SHESC

Arizona technology and innovation: Artificial pollination

Pollen-Tech is an Arizona State University-based company offering a spray that spreads pollen on plants. The idea came from an MBA student’s business plan. Pollen-Tech won a grant through ASU’s

Study links air conditioning 'waste heat' to increased temperatures

A research team featuring three sustainability scientists found that the release of excess heat from air conditioners running overnight resulted in higher outdoor temperatures, thereby worsening the urban heat island effect and increasing cooling demands.

Lt Gen Norman Seip: Thought Leader Series

Lt. Gen. (ret) Norman R. Seip is former Commander, 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern), Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. He is also a spokesman for the energy security campaign

Sustainability scientists contribute to Arizona heat preparedness

Senior sustainability scientists Sharon Harlon and Mikhail Chester are part of a multi-agency team aimed at reducing the number of heat-related deaths in Arizona through preparedness-focused research.

Renewable energy as a key national security interest

A Thought Leader Series Piece By Lt Gen (ret) Norman R. Seip, USAF Note: May 17, 2014, is Armed Forces Day, a holiday established in 1949 by President Harry S.

Rittmann taking on several roles at LET conference in Abu Dhabi

Dr. Bruce Rittmann will be attending 11th IWA Leading Edge Conference on Water and Wastewater Technologies in Abu Dhabi on May 26-30, 2014. Not only is Dr. Rittmann a program

ASU honors conservationist with naming of Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability

Julie Ann Wrigley invested in ASU because she believed the university was the right place to make the vision of a transdisciplinary sustainability institute a reality.

WSSI sponsors content on Guardian sustainability blog

Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives sponsors its first post on a Guardian blog titled "The science behind sustainability solutions," which will highlight projects at ASU and other institutions with commentary from experts

ASU scientists play key role in White House climate assessment

Senior sustainability scientists Nancy Grimm and Michael Kuby are lead authors of three chapters contained in the third National Climate Assessment, the most comprehensive report on the science and effects of climate change in the U.S.

Sustainability grad influences water management reform

Bolstering rural Costa Rican farmers' ability to cope with limited market access and frequent drought, a School of Sustainability doctoral student's research has contributed to a multi-organizational effort to reshape agricultural water management policy.

Extreme makeover: Sustainable residence hall edition

After a months-long effort to transform the School of Sustainability Residential Community's courtyard, students have an ideal place to gather and find practical application for classroom concepts .