ASU hosts third Arizona Solar Summit
SkySong, Lightworks, and the Office of Knowledge Enterprise Development hosted Arizona Solar Summit III: Game Changers which focused on local solar projects, policy challenges, and future opportunities.
Museum exhibit examines environmental change in South Central Phoenix
ASU graduate students Katelyn Parady and Victoria Sargent have created an interactive exhibit at the George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center that tells the story of environmental change in
Living in the desert: Decisions and consequences
Water is an essential resource for human settlement. Regardless of the climate or economy, if there is not an adequate supply of water to meet the water demands of a
GlobalResolve founders travel to Ghana, install sustainable latrine
Mark Henderson and Brad Rogers explain that the microbial fuel cell latrine uses treated liquid waste to generate electricity and treated solids for farm compost.
Software maps greenhouse gas emissions to building, street level for U.S. cities
The software, developed by Kevin Gurney, assists in lowering emissions, overcoming barriers to joining the international climate change treaty, and informing personal daily decisions.
National group selects sustainability scientist as year's leading young Hispanic researcher
Chemical engineer César Torres is being honored by the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers for his work in converting biomass and solar energy into electricity and fuels.
Creative teaching approaches put spotlight on sustainability scientist
Thomas Seager, who developed games to teach engineering ethics, is chosen to share his research at the Frontiers of Engineering Education Symposium this month.
ISTB 4 grand opening: Panel discussion highlights
Wednesday, September 19, 2012 marked the grand opening of the Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building IV (ISTB 4) on ASU Tempe campus. In celebration of this event, the Office of
DCDC Water/Climate Briefing video
Beginning this academic year, you can find video of our Water/Climate Briefings on the DCDC website under each Water/Climate Briefing heading. We're excited about this opportunity to reach a broader
The Atlantic Cities features ASU researcher's work on U.S. economic growth
José Lobo charted economic growth data from over 350 U.S. cities and found that Phoenix was among the Sun Belt metro areas that were hit the hardest by the Great Recession.
Sustainability Scientists to explore large-scale deployment of biomass energy crops
A $1.5 million, NSF-granted project brings together researchers from diverse backgrounds to identify sustainable bioenergy crop hot spots on degraded and abandoned farmland across the U.S.
ASU's Biodesign Institute scientists use heat to refine renewable biofuel production
Professor Roy Curtiss from the School of Life Sciences and colleague Xinyao Liu have been genetically optimizing cyanobacteria for biofuel production, naming the method "The Green Recovery."