09.23.08
Sustainable Stanford launches Student Green Fund
Sustainable Stanford has launched the Stanford Student Green Fund, which provides one-time grants for innovative student-driven projects designed to create a more sustainable campus. A total of $30,000 per academic year is available to fund projects.
09.17.08
President Hennessy’s residence goes solar
The official home of Stanford President John Hennessy has gone solar. The electric meter for Hoover House now runs backward at times, with the solar panels creating more electricity than the house requires.
09.10.08
Hennessy outlines ‘green’ building plans
As Stanford moves forward with large-scale construction projects across campus, energy efficiency will be planned into the buildings at every step, university President John Hennessy said Tuesday.
05.07.08
Manager for campus-wide sustainability programs to join staff May 19
Stanford has hired Fahmida Ahmed as manager of sustainable programs in the university's Office of Sustainability and Energy Management. When she starts on May 19, Ahmed's role will be to support the office's executive director, Joseph Stagner, in implementing and improving sustainability programs throughout Stanford.
03.03.08
How Stanford’s sustainability czar will mobilize the campus
Joseph Stagner became on Nov. 7 the first executive director of the university’s new Department of Sustainability and Energy Management. He previously was director of the utilities division at the University of California–Davis, where he was instrumental in moving it toward energy independence. Here he answers questions from the Stanford News Service about sustainability at Stanford.
03.03.08
Y2E2: New building sets sustainability standards for Stanford
The official dedication of the Jerry Yang and Akiko Yamazaki Environment + Energy Building on March 4 underscores the university's broader commitment to finding ways to reduce its carbon footprint—its amount of greenhouse gas emissions—in the coming years. Here, you will find a collection of articles describing the new building, dubbed Y2E2, and the work that will happen inside it.
