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Summer Energy Savings On Campus

NC State's Summer Energy Savings Initiative leverages lull in classroom usage for energy conservation, reducing costs and minimizing straing for regional electricity grids.
Team members Jason Oliva Milla, Eric Daniel, Lawrence Navarro, Allison Keever and Julia David celebrate after presenting their capstone project, Site Evaluation and Design for Renewable Energy and Electric Vehicle Charging.

Powering Up Solutions

NC State College of Engineering students develop a clean energy concept for a campus site as part of senior design.

New Research Program Investigates Carbon Footprint of Fibers to Combat Climate Change

“This is groundbreaking research that will help in the fight against climate change by providing quantitative information to consumers and help them in their purchase decision making,” said Ronalds Gonzalez, an associate professor of conversion economics and sustainability in the Department of Forest Biomaterials.

A Clean Burn

Most of the energy we use for our daily needs – turning on the heat or driving a car, for example – comes from the combustion, or burning, of fossil…