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In This Issue:
SyracuseCoE Symposium Call for Abstracts Now Available
Save the Date for Indoor Air Quality R&T Forum on Tuesday, June 11
NY-BEST and Pace Energy and Climate Center Present Forum on Energy Storage and Microgrids
SyracuseCoE CSCS Hosts 3rd Annual Spring Greening Teacher Conference
SyracuseCoE Center for Sustainable Community Solutions Receives CNY STEM Hub Award
CenterState CEO Awards Latest Round of Grants for Growth
Carrier Launches Home Comfort Website Focused on Consumer Education and Product Information
Save the Date for GreeningUSA "Green Bag Lunch" on Energy Usage & Generation
USGBC New York State Upstate Chapter Hosts Speaker Series on Green Schools
SyracuseCoE Funding Opportunities
Upcoming Events 

 

June 6, 2013 | 6:00pm 

Green Drinks

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June 11th, 2013 | 3:30pm 

R&T Forum on Indoor Air Quality

Syracuse Center of Excellence
Rm 203     

 

June 11, 2013 | 9:00am-6:30pm

Energy Storage and Microgrids: Building a Better Grid 

Pace University, New York City
Presented by NY-BEST and the Pace Energy and Climate Center  

 

June 11, 2013 | 5:30pm-7:00pm

Green Schools: 21st Century Standard for Educational Facilities

SUNY Albany

Presented by USGBC New York Upstate Chapter  

 

June 14, 2013 | 12:00pm-1:30pm  

GreeningUSA Green Bag Lunch on Energy Usage and Generation  

Syracuse Center of Excellence  

Rm 203

 

October 21-22, 2013

13th Annual SyracuseCoE Symposium
Oncenter Complex, Syracuse, NY 

 

Save the Date: R&T Forums

 

July 9, 2013
The Onondaga Brine Aquifer

 

October 8, 2013
Construction & Demolition Market Development

 

November 12, 2013
Exporting Central New York's Green Economy  

 
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SyracuseCoE Symposium Call for Abstracts Now Available 
 
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
Urban Reinvention and Resilience 
October 21st-22th, 2013 
Oncenter Complex, Syracuse, NY
Deadline: July 21, 2013

Registration is coming soon!

We are excited to announce one of our featured speakers, Nancy Grimm! 
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- Director of the Central Arizona-Phoenix  Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Program 

- Lead author for the U.S. National Climate    

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- Senior Sustainability Scientist at Global Institute of Sustainability

 
The 13th annual SyracuseCoE Symposium: Urban Reinvention and Resilience will feature the latest results from collaborators from across the nation and beyond that are developing innovations in areas in environmental and energy systems. This year's Symposium will feature sessions and workshops designed to engage a wide audience, including industry practitioners, state and local officials, and university faculty and students.

 
 Symposium Development Committee 

  • Cliff Davidson, Syracuse University (Chair)
  • Stephen Bird, Clarkson University
  • David Chandler, Syracuse University
  • Sharon Dotger, Syracuse University
  • Patrick Jackson, Corning
  • Laura Lautz, Syracuse University
  • Valerie Luzadis, SUNY ESF
  • Myron Mitchell, SUNY ESF
  • Usha Satish, SUNY Upstate Medical University
  • Chuck Spuches, SUNY ESF
  • Pete Wilcoxen, Syracuse, University
  • Jensen Zhang, Syracuse University

Contact 

For additional program information, contact Aimee Clinkhammer at [email protected]

 

Sponsorship Information 

For information on sponsorship opportunities, contact Tammy Rosanio at [email protected]  

 

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Save the Date for Indoor Air Quality R&T Forum on Tuesday, June 11   

 

On Tuesday, June 11th at 3:30pm, SyracuseCoE will host a forum on Indoor Air Quality.      

  • "Enthalpy Recovery for Humidity Control in the Cold North AND the Humid South" - Eric Adams, Manager, Indoor Air Quality for Residential Engineering, United Technologies Climate, Controls, and Security
  • "Ventilation and pressurization - underutilized keys to IAQ" - Larry Wetzel, Chairman, Air Innovations 
  • "Variables of indoor environmental quality: How is our decision making and productivity impacted?" - Usha Satish, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Upstate Medical University 
Moderated by: Eric Adams, UTC

RSVP by June 10th to Stacy Bunce at [email protected] or call 315-443-4445. RSVPs are required. Visit the SyracuseCoE R&T forum webpage for more information.


NY-BEST and Pace Energy and Climate Center Present Forum on Energy Storage and Microgrids  

Date: June 11, 2013 | 9:00am-6:30pm
Place: Pace University, New York City Campus, One Pace Plaza, New York, NY 10038

Microgrids, energy storage, distributed generation and a cleaner more resilient electric grid have been front and center in recent energy policy discussions. In New York, the newly enacted State budget built upon findings of Governor Cuomo's disaster-related commissions and includes a requirement that within a year, the State must develop recommendations regarding the establishment of microgrids in New York State. 


The Syracuse Center of Excellence is a proud sponsor of this event. Don't forget to stop by our booth!

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SyracuseCoE CSCS Hosts 3rd Annual Spring Greening Teacher Conference 

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On April 30th, SyracuseCoE CSCS hosted the 3rd Annual Spring Greening teacher conference, which provides teachers in the CNY region and beyond with the resources, training, and connections necessary to incorporate environmental, sustainability, and related STEM lessons into their current curriculum.


This year's event attended by 35 teachers from 23 schools in 17 different districts. The event drew 62 attendees in total, including professionals from local community organizations. As a result of training held at the conference, 42 rain barrel or compost tumbler demonstration projects will be established at schools.

A special thanks goes out to project partners GreeningUSA, Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency, Onondaga Community College, and Partners for Education and Business. Funding for this program was provided by the NYS Pollution Prevention Institute through a grant from the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation.

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SyracuseCoE CSCS Wins Awards for 3rd Annual Spring Greening Conference 
   
The SyracuseCoE Center for Sustainable Community Solutions (SyracuseCoE CSCS) recently received three awards for leading the 3rd Annual Spring Greening teacher conference in April. SyracuseCoE CSCS was honored to receive the following awards community groups in Central New York: 
  • The Professional Development Award from the CNY STEM Hub and Partners for Education and Business. Partners for Education and Business serves as the CNY STEM Hub Steward, ensuring an emphasis on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math.
  • GreeningUSA's "Greening Our Community Advocacy Award" in the education category. GreeningUSA advocates for sustainable communities to the benefit of local economies and environments.
  • The "Sign of Sustainability" Award from Sustainable Tompkins, a community-based organization whose mission is to promote the long-term well-being of our region by integrating social equity, economic vitality, ecological stewardship, and shared responsibility. 

GUSA Award Spring Greening provides teachers in the greater CNY region with resources to incorporate environmental, sustainability, and related STEM lessons into their current curriculum, and connects educators with each other and environmentally-focused community organizations.  

 

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CenterState CEO Awards Latest Round of Grants for Growth

In May, CenterState CEO announced the winners in the 10th round of its Grants for Growth program, a seed program supporting
innovative research projects between universities and industry to support "innovative" applied-research projects between universities and industry to improve business competitiveness and create jobs.

CenterState CEO awarded six "emerging" regional companies a total of more than $398,000, the economic-development organization said in an email to its members.

When leveraged against private sector and university-matching funds, this new investment will reach more than $936,000.  

 

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Carrier Launches Home Comfort Website Focused on Consumer Education and Product Information   

Carrier has introduced a new Home Comfort website to educate consumers about home comfort, indoor air quality and Carrier's extensive portfolio of heating and cooling systems. The re-designed, consumer-friendly destination utilizes advanced website design, videos, and interactive tools and is located on Carrier.com under the Home Comfort link. Carrier, the world's leader in high technology heating, air-conditioning and refrigeration solutions, is a part of UTC Climate, Controls & Security, a unit of United Technologies Corp.

 

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Save the Date for GreeningUSA "Green Bag Lunch" on Energy Usage & Generation 


Date: June 14, 2013 - 12:00pm-1:30pm
Place: Syracuse Center of Excellence
727 E. Washington Street, Rm 203
 

GreeningUSA and the Syracuse Center of Excellence Center for Sustainable Community Solutions are inviting community members and experts in each of the 12 Traits� to participate and be recognized for their contributions!

  

You will not only be helping our community move toward sustainability, but you will be helping to create a model for communities across the country to use!

 

This event is free! Bring your own lunch, drinks will be provided.  

For more information, contact Peter Arsenault at

 

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USGBC New York State Upstate Chapter Hosts Speaker Series on Green Schools   


Date: June 11, 2013 - 5:30pm-7:00pm
Place:
SUNY Albany Campus, Fine Arts Building, Room 114 

  

This presentation focuses on the means for implementing green building design into school projects. A case-study series of examples for individual strategies and comprehensive systems will exhibit how this achieved, and what possibilities are available in green school design moving forward.      

Learning Objectives:

  • List three rating systems used for rating sustainability and high performance design of educational facility projects.
  • Define BIM and parametric modeling and describe their uses.
  • List several potential strategies for implementing green design into educational facility projects.
  • Cite 2-3 emerging trends in "green" design applied to educational facilities.

SyracuseCoE Funding Opportunities

 

SyracuseCoE supports Research, Demonstration, and Commercialization through its "Innovation Ecosystem" grant cycle. For more information about these programs, click here. 
 
SyracuseCoE Funding Guide
SyracuseCoE staff members research and assemble information about sources of potential funding for collaborations with and among our Partners. We encourage Partners to review this Funding Guide and make inquiries to the sponsors and agencies about the fit of their programs with your research, development, and education interests. 

Full list of funding opportunities can be found here. 


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