University of Wisconsin–Madison
Multiple entrepreneurial student teams at the University of Wisconsin–Madison took home cash prizes for new innovations in energy technology and environmental sustainability at the end of February. Read the full article on the Wisconsin Energy Institute news page here.
The following is an interview with Nina Elder, who is an artist, adventurer, and arts administrator. Her work focuses on the changing culture and ecology of the American West and on fostering relationships between artists, scientists, and diverse institutions and communities. Elder was at UW–Madison for a week in November as part of the Terra …
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) for an additional five years of funding to develop sustainable alternatives to transportation fuels and products currently derived from petroleum. Already the recipient of roughly $267 million in DOE funding, GLBRC represents […] Read the full article at: http://news.wisc.edu/doe-selects-great-lakes-bioenergy-research-center-for-next-phase-funding/
When summer temperatures rise and people turn to their air conditioners to stay cool, something else also increases: air pollution. A new study shows that the electricity production associated with air conditioning increases emissions of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and carbon dioxide by hundreds to thousands of metric tons, or 3 to 4 percent per …
Coming soon to campus: a more efficient rooftop greenhouse. This project is one of the first to be supported by a new UW–Madison Green Fund administered by the Office of Sustainability. The Green Fund supports student-initiated projects that reduce the environmental footprint and operating costs of campus facilities. Energy-Efficient Greenhouse Cooling System Residents of Leopold …
The one-year Resource and Energy Demand Analysis program aims to meet employer demand for graduates with skills in behavioral economics and statistics and a solid understanding of the energy industry.
A new grant from the USDA will support UW research on the relationships among dairy farm operations, water use and quality, and energy use.
Researchers in the new REMADE institute will focus on improving sustainable manufacturing and on an education and workforce development program to fill identified gaps.
Researchers at UW–Madison and the USFS Forest Products Lab are perfecting a way to turn tiny cellulose fibers in wood pulp into a triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) that can harvest electricity from the environment.
UW–Madison chemists have enabled a new way to make a common plastic ingredient that uses less energy, reduces waste carbon dioxide, and creates more useful byproducts.