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Aug. 12, 2010: Energy Materials Symposium, Cornell University. For more information, click here.
Aug. 13, 2010: F.O.C.U.S. Greater Syracuse, City Hall Commons, Syracuse, NY. For more information, click here.
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Sept. 27-28, 2010: SyracuseCoE Symposium on Environmental & Energy Systems, Syracuse, NY. For more information, click here.
Oct. 13-14, 2010: Formerly Urban, SU School of Architecture, Syracuse,
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October 17-19, 2010: Short Rotation Woody Crops Meeting, SUNY ESF. For more information, click here.
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March 24-25, 2011: SUNY ESF's NYS Green Building Conference, Doubletree Hotel, Syracuse. For more information, click here.
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Greetings!
In this issue of
eNews, discover the latest news and events from the Syracuse Center of Excellence and its Members. Remember, if you wish to forward news, dates, or ideas to the
editor, e-mail Martin Walls. |
SyracuseCoE Staff Join Volunteers at Home HeadQuarters' Block Blitz 2010Below, SyracuseCoE staff members Tara Nelson (left) and Suzy Englot--members of "Team SyracuseCoE"--dig out a flower bed on Ontario Street, just one of many construction and beautification projects carried out on Syracuse's Southside and Near Westside neighborhoods during Block Blitz, an annual effort organized by the nonprofit housing agency Home HeadQuarters. In addition to planting flower beds, Near Westside volunteers repaired fences, took out weed trees, painted a mural on the Syracuse Police community "store front," and more. To read more from the Syracuse Post-Standard, click here.
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Princeton Review: Clarkson University One of Nation's Best, Most GreenSyracuseCoE Platinum Partner Clarkson University has again been named one of the country's best institutions for undergraduate education and one of the nation's most
environmentally friendly colleges, according to The Princeton Review. The company features Clarkson in the new 2011 edition of its guidebook, "The Best 373 Colleges." Only about 15% of America's 2,500 four-year colleges and two Canadian colleges are profiled in the book. Clarkson received a high green rating of 88 in Princeton Review's third annual green ratings of colleges, a measure of how environmentally friendly the institutions are, on a scale of 60 to 99. To read the whole story, click here. Additionally, SyracuseCoE Platinum Partner Syracuse University was also included in the rankings. For the full list, click here.
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National Grid Publishes White Paper on Renewable GasSyracuseCoE Platinum Partner National Grid has published a white paper--"Renewable Gas: Vision for a Sustainable Gas Network"--that shows how 16% of natural gas demand in the four states National Grid serves could be met by renewable gas, focusing on the role of renewable gas in the clean energy future of the United States. As the country moves towards a low-carbon economy, the paper discusses the potential sources of renewable gas in the northeastern US and provides an overview of renewable gas technology. Derived from existing waste sources, for instance, renewable gas can reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. To read the whole story, click here.
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Call for Papers: NYS Green Building Conference, March 24-25, 2011The New York State Green Building Conference--to be hosted by SyracuseCoE Platinum Partner SUNY ESF at the Syracuse Doubletree Hotel, March 25-25, 2011--is now accepting presentation abstracts, which must be submitted no later than Oct. 15. Abstracts should be 250 words or less and formatted using the template available here. Abstracts will then be reviewed so that a tentative program can be published by Nov. 11. Past conference topics have included deconstruction, codes, high energy performance homes, IEQ, acoustics, remodeling, green schools, and rain gardens. Submit your abstract to Maureen Wakefield.
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C&S Wins AAAE's Corporate Cup
of ExcellenceSyracuseCoE Gold Partner The C&S Companies has received the 2010 American Association of Airport Executives' Corporate Cup of Excellence. C&S was nominated by Robert Nicholas, airport manager at Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport. C&S is currently working on the Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport sustainable master plan, the country's first FAA-funded project integrating sustainability into the master planning process. For the whole story, click here.
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For SUNY Oswego, Energy Stewardship Starts in Grades K-6
SyracuseCoE Silver Partner
SUNY Oswego's living laboratory will play host this August to a teacher-training effort to deliver lessons of energy stewardship to young schoolchildren. The Energy and Sustainability Institute for Elementary Teachers is taking place Aug. 9 to 13 at the college's Rice Creek Field Station, the biologically diverse 400-acre site south of campus.
The new program filled to its 20-teacher capacity in about 48 hours according to Dr. Alok Kumar, chair of the college's physics department and co-organizer of the institute. For the whole story, click here.
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Open Atelier Expands Downtown OperationArchitecture firm and SyracuseCoE StartUp Partner Open Atelier recently expanded into its newly renovated space in downtown Syracuse, completing the firm's transition from Cazenovia, NY. Owner Anthony Catsimatides purchased the former M & T Bank building at 451 South Warren St. and has renovated it to accommodate the growing firm--since moving into the new facility Catsimatides has added two staff, bringing the firm's total to four. He anticipates adding two to three additional employees over the next three years. Catsimatides intends to lease the first floor to a retail business to help support the continued revitalization of Syracuse's urban core. A loan from The Greater Syracuse Business Development Corporation and a grant from Syracuse's Downtown Committee--both CenterState CEO affiliates--assisted the renovation. For the full story, click here.
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F.O.C.U.S. to Focus on Onondaga Lake Restoration, Aug. 13The subject of the next F.O.C.U.S. Greater Syracuse Core Group meeting--on Aug. 13 from 7:30 to 8:45 a.m.--will be "Citizen Input on Opportunities for Natural Landscaping, Habitat Enhancement, Access, and Uses of Areas Around Onondaga Lake During Lake Restoration." The session will include a short presentation by experts from Honeywell, led by SyracuseCoE Board Member John McAuliffe, and other habitat and landscape experts. Following that, F.O.C.U.S. will conduct a facilitated session to gather citizens' ideas. The meeting will be held at the Syracuse City Hall Commons First Floor Atrium at 201 E. Washington St. To learn more, click here.
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Syracuse Featured in Upcoming PBS Series on Healthy CommunitiesThe Media & Policy Center, the acclaimed and
award-winning producers of "And Thou Shalt Honor" and "Edens Lost &
Found," has selected Syracuse for a segment on their upcoming documentary series
entitled "Building Healthy Communities,"
which will be broadcast on the Public Broadcasting System in 2011.
The series focuses on
innovative programs to alleviate or at least mitigate
the impacts of poor urban planning and environmental policy decisions. Filming took place in Syracuse--including at the SyracuseCoE headquarters--in late July. For the whole story, click here.
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