Stories tagged with: Sustainability

OHIO Engineering researcher and team receive $2 million to create coal composites

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $1.5 million to an Ohio University professor to develop engineered composite decking boards from coal.

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Ohio University establishes landscape and turf pest management plan

OHIO has approved an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Plan for the Athens Campus that will help manage landscape and turf pests in a way that minimizes risks to humans and the environment.

art installation on OHIO's campus by Maya Lin

Illuminating Memories

Ohio University transforms Maya Lin art installation, Input, with lighting and native trees.

John Sabraw painting on a canvas by a pond

Stewards of the Landscape

OHIO’s faculty and students are lending a nurturing hand to planet Earth by taking toxins from water to make artist-grade paint pigments and leveraging life-sized replicas of oil and gas pipeline with software models to prevent spills.

The living roof on The Patton College’s McCracken Hall came alive earlier this spring, once the late spring snow storms passed through and the days grew longer. Photo by Ben Wirtz Siegel, BSVC ’02

LEEDing the way

When renovations to Ellis Hall are completed this year, the landmark’s iconic features will remain intact: the brick façade, the east portico, the giant, shady sycamore trees. But when students and faculty re-enter the grounds, close inspection will reveal new technology that complements the building’s venerable vibe, including LED lighting, low-flow toilets and sinks, and drought-tolerant trees and shrubs.

Greening by example

Leadership takes many forms, but the most important is when it prepares for the future. In 2012, OHIO adopted a Climate Action Plan (CAP), setting the goal of attaining carbon neutrality on the Athens Campus by 2075. To get there, OHIO’s Office of Sustainability integrated best practices to reach the goal. Phase One of the plan ends this fall, and most of the benchmarks already have been met.

Innovation redux

Ohio Today introduced The Big Idea in summer 2009, profiling innovators—experimenters, creators, educators, and inventors—whose ideas took root or took off at Ohio University. Innovation, by definition, means change, so we decided to check in with Bobcats profiled in the issue for an update.

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