University of Wisconsin–Madison
An energy-efficient industrial mixer and a reusable to-go box won top honors at the Wisconsin Energy and Sustainability Challenge, hosted for its third year by the Wisconsin Energy Institute and the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Held during the Earth Day conference at the Monona Terrace on April 20, 2015 …
A University of Wisconsin–Madison startup is helping Midwest cities remove pollutants from wastewater through a new process that will benefit local farmers, too.
Energy-tracking app encourages sustainable behaviors April 20, 2015 | by Maija Inveiss and Jill Sakai For a generation motivated by technology and fast-moving information, a professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has created an energy-tracking app to make reducing day-to-day energy usage more accessible. Energy-tracking app encourages sustainable behaviors April 20, 2015 | by Maija …
April 14, 2015 | By Sarah Olson Students in University Housing residence halls used less energy and recycled more waste during a month-long conservation initiative. April 14, 2015 | By Sarah Olson Students in University Housing residence halls used less energy and recycled more waste during a month-long conservation initiative.
April 14, 2015 | By Maija Inveiss The Associated Students of Madison Student Council approved changes to the Green Fund to clarify the rules and bring them into alignment with the university’s legal policies. With the updates, the ASM Sustainability Committee is ready to accept new applications for Green Fund projects. April 14, 2015 | …
Every time the United Nations climate negotiations get under way, media stories appear about the carbon emissions generated as thousands of government officials, environmentalists and scientists fly in from around the world. Similar questions have been raised about major environmental-science conferences, such as the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), which last year …
April 7, 2015 | By Maija Inveiss For most students living in the residence halls, it is easier to go to a dining hall or microwave a frozen meal rather than make homemade meals from fresh, local ingredients. Sarah Clifford, a sophomore at UW–Madison, is trying to change that practice through new cooking demonstrations at …
When is a wetland a sink and when is a wetland a source? That is the question an international team of researchers set out to answer in a new study published online March 23 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Ankur Desai, professor ofatmospheric and oceanic sciences at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, is …
March 23, 2015 Researchers at the Wisconsin Energy Institute (WEI) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison are developing an industry partnership that promises to create jobs here in Wisconsin.
March 23, 2015 | by: Terry Devitt By figuring out how to precisely order the molecules that make up what scientists call organic glass — the materials at the heart of some electronic displays, light-emitting diodes and solar cells — a team of chemists from the University of Wisconsin–Madison has set the stage for more …