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Oregon State Sustainability Coordinator one of the state’s top young innovators

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

Congratulations to three Oregon State community members who made the 1000 Friends of Oregon list of “35 Innovators Under 35.”
Oregon State’s Sustainability Coordinator Brandon Trelstad was chosen by the group, which dedicates itself to conservation and sustainability, because he helped make Oregon State the 4th largest university purchaser of renewable energy in the country. He [...]

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Monday, January 25th, 2010

Over the past several months we’ve spoken to some of Oregon State’s best researchers and students who are experts in the areas of food, energy and water. We wanted to show Oregon State’s impact in these areas…which, really, wasn’t all that hard. You can’t walk into a building on this campus without running into someone [...]

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Kearney goes gold…in energy efficiency

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

Oregon State’s Kearney Hall just received gold certification from the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program of the U.S. Green Building Council…which means it’s being recognized for environmentally-sensitive design and construction. It’s the second major building at Oregon State (after Kelley Engineering) to get the award.
Here are a few of the building’s “green” [...]

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On the Bright Side: improving solar energy

Friday, September 18th, 2009

“In terms of solutions, we looked at some of the issues in solar energy that needed to be addressed. And we realized our skills could be applied to solve them,” Fiez says.

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Oregon State grads are powering Portland: Cory Smith

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

Tice Electric is an excellent progressive company full of wonderful people, and I feel very fortunate to be joining the team.

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OSU powering PDX electric car industry

Saturday, April 4th, 2009

OSU is already building a partner relationship with Nissan as part of the company’s effort to make Portland the North America hub for its electric car distribution. Now, a Norwegian manufacturer may want to start building electric cars in Portland, and, as usual, OSU is in the thick of it. Engineering Dean Ron Adams weighs [...]

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