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		<title>Employment Trends in the Green Energy Economy Conference to be held March 29</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2012/03/27/employment-trends-in-the-green-energy-economy-conference-to-be-held-march-29/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:58:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE – A conference focusing on clean-energy employment trends and opportunities in the state will be held Thursday, March 29, from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Broyhill Room of Appalachian State University’s Broyhill Events Center.
Called Employment Trends in the Green Energy Economy Conference, the event is free and open to the public.
Featured speakers include [...]]]></description>
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		<title>N.C. Energy Efficiency Alliance receives EPA’s ENERGY STAR® Award for Excellence</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2012/03/23/epa%e2%80%99s-energy-star%c2%ae-award/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—The N.C. Energy Efficiency Alliance, a partnership between Appalachian State University and three other agencies, has received an Energy Star Award for Excellence in ENERGY STAR® Promotion. The award was presented by the U.S. Environmental Agency.
The award recognizes the energy alliance for its outstanding contributions to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by sponsoring significant consumer education [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Appalachian Energy Center to co-host hydrogen railway conference in United Kingdom</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2012/02/23/hydrogen-railway-conference/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE – The increasing price of diesel fuel, the need to reduce carbon emissions, and the high cost for railway electrification require alternatives to diesel and electric trains. The long-term solution to these challenges is the development of hydrogen-based propulsion system for railways.
In partnership with Appalachian State University’s Energy Center, the University of Birmingham’s Centre [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Community forum on renewable energy in the High Country to be held March 1</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2012/02/22/renewable-energy-7/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:23:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE —Appalachian State University will host the forum “Energy Innovation in the High Country” on Thursday, March 1, from 6-9 p.m. at the Broyhill Events Center on campus, formerly the Broyhill Inn and Conference Center.
The program, which will focus on clean energy adoption, has been developed by students in the university’s government and justice studies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solar Decathlon Team helps Appalachian win Green School of the Year Award</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2012/02/06/green-school-of-the-year-award/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—Appalachian State University’s Solar Decathlon Team received the Green School of the Year Award from the N.C. Triangle Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council.
The Solar Homestead on display on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., during the 2011 Solar Decathlon event. 
The award was presented at the GreenNC Awards Gala, a celebration of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Appalachian’s Solar Homestead is voted people’s favorite</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2011/10/03/appalachian%e2%80%99s-solar-homestead-is-voted-people%e2%80%99s-favorite/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 20:40:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE— The Solar Homestead, Appalachian State University’s entry in the Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon 2011 competition, propelled the mountain homestead into the 21st century with its bifacial solar panels, great porch and outbuilding modules that can be reconfigured depending on living needs.
David Lee, front, accepts the Solar Decathlon 2011 People’s Choice Award on behalf [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Renewable energy workshops offered at Appalachian</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2011/09/27/renewable-energy-workshops-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 13:03:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—A series of workshops on renewable energy systems is bringing some of the nation’s top experts to Appalachian State University.
Renewable Energy Workshop Series events are:
Community Scale Wind with Northern Power Systems, Friday, Sept. 30
Microhydro System Design and Construction, Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 8-9
Small Scale Wind Energy at Appalachian’s Beech Mountain research facility, Saturday, Oct. 29
An [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solar trash compactors part of campus scene at Appalachian</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2011/08/26/solar-trash-compactors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:20:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—Solar-powered trash compactors are now part of the Appalachian State University campus thanks to the student-led Renewable Energy Initiative (REI).



Renewable Energy Initiative Vice Chair Caitlin Stepp stands next to one of four Big Belly solar-powered trash compactors located on Appalachian State University’s campus. A photovoltaic panel that is part of the unit converts sunlight to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blue Ridge Electric is utility partner for Appalachian’s Solar Homestead project</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2011/04/15/solar-homestead-project/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 19:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation has become the latest partner in Appalachian State University’s Solar Decathlon 2011 project.
The electric corporation is providing financial support to the university’s Solar Homestead entry in the competition, which will be showcased in Washington, D.C., this fall.

Doug Johnson, left, chief executive officer with Blue Ridge Electric Corporation, recently toured the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Students represent Appalachian at Powershift 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2011/04/14/powershift-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 19:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—A group of 90 Appalachian State University students will represent the university at Powershift 2011 April 15-18 in Washington, D.C.
Powershift is a national youth climate summit that was started in 2007 by the Energy Action Coalition, a coalition of 50 youth-led environmental and social justice groups that work together to form the clean energy and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>REI spring forum held April 7</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2011/03/30/rei-spring-forum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 20:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—The Appalachian State University Renewable Energy Initiative (REI) will hold a spring forum Thursday, April 7, at 7 p.m. in Plemmons Student Union’s Solarium. 
Students, faculty, staff and community members are invited to discuss REI’s existing and proposed renewable energy projects on campus.
In 2004, 83 percent of Appalachian’s student body voted to pay a $5 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Appalachian featured in ARC “Green Schools” report</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2011/03/18/arc-%e2%80%9cgreen-schools%e2%80%9d-report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 19:11:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—The green energy movement has the potential to create more than 70,000 jobs in the 13-state Appalachia Region by 2030, according to a report released March 17 at Appalachian State University.



Earl F. Gohl, federal co-chair of the Appalachian Regional Commission, talks during a press conference at Appalachian State University’s construction site for its entry in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solar Decathlon 2011 has new location; Appalachian&#8217;s team begins construction of Solar Homestead</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2011/02/25/solar-decathlon-2011-has-new-location-appalachians-team-begins-construction-of-solar-homestead/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:11:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—After weeks of uncertainty, the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of the Interior have announced that the Solar Decathlon 2011 will be held at the National Mall&#8217;s West Potomac Park on the banks of the Potomac River along the path between the Lincoln and Jefferson memorials.
More specifically, the event will be held [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Appalachian will host Green Drinks Boone’s next meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2011/01/31/green-drinks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 21:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE – Appalachian State University will host the monthly Green Drinks Boone meeting Feb. 8 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Solar Decathlon team’s headquarters located at 1100 East King Street in Boone.  The event is free and open to the public.  Light refreshments and hors d’oeuvres will be served.
Appalachian’s Solar Decathlon Team will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Appalachian residence halls reduce energy consumption by 5.4 percent</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2010/12/03/residence-halls-reduce-energy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 21:22:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE- In the first-ever Campus Conservation Nationals competition, Appalachian State University reduced electricity usage by a total of 5.4 percent in a three-week period during November, finishing in the top one-third of the largest reducers across the nation.
The university saved 32,063 kilowatt hours of electricity, or roughly what three average-sized homes in the United States [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green roof installed on technology building</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2010/11/16/green-roof-installed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 20:21:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE- A green roof is now part of the viewscape at Appalachian State University.
The Xero Flor product was installed on a 1,000-square-foot section of roof on W. Kerr Scott Hall, home to Appalachian’s Department of Technology.  It’s part of $5.34 million in energy-saving projects that have been implemented across campus.
Ed McLean, a landscape supervisor with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Appalachian’s Solar Decathlon project receives lead gift from Lowe’s</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2010/11/09/solar-decathlon-project/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 15:49:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—Lowe’s Companies Inc. and the Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation have contributed $350,000 to Appalachian State University’s Solar Decathlon 2011 Project. Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation’s gift, a grant of $250,000, will be used to help construct the Solar Homestead. The grant was recently announced during a “board cutting” at the project headquarters on East [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lecture on transportation, energy and environmental policy presented Nov. 1 at Appalachian</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 14:20:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—The Center for Economic Research and Policy Analysis at Appalachian State University presents a public lecture by Dr. David Greene titled “Energy Challenges for Transportation in the 21st Century: Climate Change, Energy Security and Sustainability.”  The lecture will be Monday, Nov. 1, at 5 p.m. in Belk Library and Information Commons Room 114.The public is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sustainability and energy efficiency are electric utility’s focus, Duke Energy CEO says</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 19:13:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—Customers want electricity that’s affordable. Industrialists want a reliable, year-round power source. Environmentalists want electricity produced from clean, renewable resources.
James Rogers, CEO of Duke Energies, says all three are his priorities. Rogers spoke Oct. 12 at Appalachian State University during the Walker College of Business’ Harlan E. Boyles Distinguished CEO Lecture Series.
“Job one for me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green and Solar Home Tour held Oct. 16</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 18:08:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE – High Country residents are invited to participate in the “Boone Green and Solar Home Tour” on Saturday, Oct. 16, from 8 a.m.-1 p.m.  The cost is $5 for students and $15 for the general public.   Some transportation will be provided but participants will be encouraged to car pool to drive to the various [...]]]></description>
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