Appstate Energy Center
ASU Energy Center 2009 Workshops
- Community-Scale Biodiesel Production - June 19-20 - Boone, NC [More Info]
- Micro-hydro Power - July 17-18 - Boone, NC [More Info]
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Music on the Mountaintop Returns
Music on the Mountaintop - August 29, 2009 in Boone, NC - featuring Sam Bush, Keller Williams, The Steep Canyon Rangers, Acoustic Syndicate, and Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band - plus over a dozen WNC acts. The festival returns with a green theme, using a solar-powered stage, precise recycling...[...More]
Model energy-efficient house, ASU E3 House
Technology Dept. grad students working on an energy efficient house that could be used in disaster relief settings. The 500-sq.ft ASU E3 House will be self-sufficient, with solar electricity, greywater and rainwater recapture... (Photo by University Photographer Marie Freeman)
ASU REI receives NC leadership award
BOONE - Appalachian State University's Renewable Energy Initiative (REI) has received a Leadership in Sustainability Award from the State Energy Office of North Carolina.
The award was presented at the 6th Annual North Carolina Sustainable Energy Conference. It recognizes...[Read More...]
Green Your Business
The Watauga Green Business Plan is now accepting applications from local businesses seeking certification as a green business. The Watauga Green Business Plan is a program of the Watauga County Economic Development Commission managed by the Appalachian State Energy Center.
John Pine and the Research Institute for Environment, Energy and Economics featured on Appalachian Perspective
Our nation and world face complicated energy needs. For many years, Appalachian State University has been a leader in renewable energy and environmental research. A new institute on campus is now expanding the University's outreach as well as its ability to partner with business, industry and other institutions to find workable solutions. John Pine, director of Appalachian's Research Institute for Environment, Energy and Economics discusses this new endeavor.
Economic Developer's Guide to the Renewable Energy Industries, Vol. 3 Released
The green economy is today's growth economy. Since our current economic recession offcially began in late 2007, unemployment in North Carolina is well over 10% statewide with some counties experiencing rates in excess of 15%. There is however, an exception to this trend - the green energy sector. With over 2,200 new jobs announced [read more...]
Energy Center is Northwest NC HealthyBuilt Homes Community Partner
Boone area's first HealthyBuilt Home
The NC HealthyBuilt Homes program provides a certificate for homes meeting "green home guidelines" built by residential builders who practice sustainable, high performance building strategies making the home a comfortable, healthy and affordable place that reduces energy and water usage, promotes renewable energy use and helps protect the land where the home is built.
The NW region includes 17 counties stretching from VA to TN to SC, and is home to 10 partner builders. For more information about the HealthyBuilt Homes Program, visit their website at www.healthybuilthomes.org.
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Appstate Alternative Energy News
- Appalachian and Ching Yun University share interest in renewable energy education
- Appalachian installs wind turbine on campus
- Appalachian team places second in state sustainable building design competition
- Workshop on small-scale microhydro systems held July 17 and 18 at Appalachian
- Moody named Appalachian?s sustainability director
- A Cleaner, Greener Appalachian
- Community-scale biodiesel workshop held at Appalachian June 19-20
- Model dwelling constructed at Appalachian to test energy-efficient construction methods
- Student-run music festival returns to Boone Aug. 29.
- Appalachian?s Renewable Energy Initiative receives state leadership award
