The limited allotment of 1,000 tickets made available to Penn State students and employees for admittance to President Barack Obama's speech at Rec Hall have been claimed. However, several alternatives exist for those who still wish to view the speech on the University Park campus. In addition, the speech will be broadcast live on the Big Ten Network beginning at noon Eastern time on Thursday, Feb. 3. (more)
President Barack Obama will be on Penn State's University Park campus on Thursday, Feb. 3, where he will speak at Rec Hall. University students and employees are invited and a limited number of tickets will be available. (more)
President Barack Obama will visit Penn State's University Park campus on Wednesday (Feb. 2), touring labs and speaking with researchers focused on energy-efficient building solutions before speaking in Rec Hall. (more)
President Barack Obama will visit Penn State's University Park campus on Wednesday, Feb. 2, the White House announced in a conference call to media today. The president will focus on the importance of work being done at the Energy Innovation Hub at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. "Penn State is one of the places in the country focusing on energy efficiency," White House Deputy Director of Communications Jen Psaki said in announcing the visit. The White House will release details surrounding Obama's visit later this afternoon, but Psaki said Obama was "really looking forward to visiting Penn State's facilities," and he also would make some remarks. (more)
Penn State plant scientists will conduct research to explore the development of cropping systems for the production of renewable biofuels, as part of a newly announced center. The nonprofit Center for Sustainable Energy Farming was founded by Global Clean Energy Holdings Inc. of Los Angeles, Calif., a company that specializes in eco-friendly biofuel feedstock research and sustainable agriculture cultivation, production and distribution. (more)
At today's fuel prices, burning wood remains a wise and viable option to reduce home-heating bills, according to a forest resources expert in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences. "Burning firewood for heat is environmentally friendly and economically smart," said Michael Jacobson, extension specialist and associate professor of forest resources, who focuses on socio-economic and policy issues related to forest land. "Unlike coal, oil and gas, which are nonrenewable fossil fuels that contribute greenhouse gas emissions, wood -- if sustainably harvested -- is a local and renewable energy resource." (more)
An acronym for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, LEED is a
"measuring stick" for the green or sustainable quality of a new or
renovated building, explains Scott Wing, head of the architecture
department at Penn State. (more)
Penn State researchers will receive $129 million over the next five years from several federal sources, including the Department of Energy, and an additional $30 million from Pennsylvania to develop ways to make buildings more energy efficient. The funds will create an Energy Innovation Hub at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, which will involve a substantial number of researchers from academe, the private sector and two national laboratories in a concerted effort to save energy, cut carbon pollution and position the United States at the forefront of the industry. (more)
People from around the country and the region have come together in Fayette County to take part in a solar power training opportunity. ONTILITY, a company that supports provider and consumer solar power, energy efficiency and weatherization projects, has brought its solar power training program to Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus. (more)
The Gulf of Mexico oil spill has forever altered how Americans view oil as an energy source. While America will need oil for years to come, interest in cleaner, renewable energy technologies is growing, and so is the demand for new policies that enable them. In addition, a 2010 report by the President's Council of Economic Advisers found the clean energy provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act are expected to create more than 700,000 "green jobs" by 2012. These jobs will require a workforce that understands the technologies and can negotiate policies for energy and sustainable practices in the energy field. A new Penn State program aims to prepare people for a role in policy making and communications. (more)
