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Solar at Antioch University New England

Antioch Universy of New England in Keene, NH. (Courtesy image)

Kate Witte

In the fall of 2021, the Antioch University Board of Governors approved the installation of a 141kW ground-mounted solar array at Glover’s Ledge in Langdon, New Hampshire. Glover’s Ledge is an Antioch University New England-stewarded property used for outdoor recreation, student […]

RenewAire To the Rescue for Avon Old Farms School

Avon Old Farms School is a beautiful, sprawling campus of period buildings, where historic preservation makes technological upgrades challenging. Credit: Avon Old Farms

Barb and Greg Whitchurch

Remember the spring of 2020? Covid was a “thing.” Scientists and health officials say, “Watch Out!” Our top-ranking politicians and other so-called influencers […]

Parking Lot Solar

A Perfect Solution for Schools and More

George Harvey

Solar panels over a parking lot at the Intel site in Ocotillo, Arizona (Intel Free Press, Flickr,bit.ly/solar-parking-7)

One great idea for solar systems is to put them up over parking areas. This has lots of advantages, including not just generating electricity, but […]

Phillips Exeter’s Green Academy Awarded Sixth Leed Certification

The Thompson Field House at Phillips Exeter’s Academy. All photos courtesy of Architectural Resources Cambridge.

George Harvey

Phillips Exeter Academy has nearly 1,000 students in grades nine through 12, and it has an outstanding reputation. Describing itself, it says, “The Academy is committed to creating a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion and […]

Plymouth State’s Solar Array Powers Campus Energy Efficiency

Plymouth State University’s new rooftop solar array features nearly an acre of state-of-the-art solar panels. It is anticipated to offset more than 90% of the Physical Education Center’s annual electricity consumption.

Peter Lee Miller

Plymouth State University’s (PSU) venerable Physical Education (PE) Center has undergone an energy efficiency transformation. It joins the University’s […]

Making Climate Change Understandable

Kendra Pierre-Louis

Roger Lohr

How does a writer convey the seriousness of climate change without gloom and doom? A presentation regarding communicating changing climate by New York Times climate writer, Kendra Pierre-Louis, was conducted at Dartmouth College to discuss how she tries to resonate with readers about climate change […]

Mt. Rainbow Community Solar Array

The Rainbow School, in Woodstock, VT. Courtesy photo.

Green Energy Times Staff with Tesha Buss

Tesha Buss has had more than her share of renovating houses in Vermont. In fact, she had completed three of them when she decided to add solar electricity to the barn apartment where she […]

Twenty-one New York Universities Form Renewable Energy Purchasing Consortium

Rooftop solar at Cornell University’s McGraw Tower from behind the school store. Image: Jason Koski/Cornell University Photography.

Steve Hanley

This article originally appeared in CleanTechnica, February 18th, 2019. Reprinted with permission of the author.

Twenty-one public and private universities in the state of New York have banded together to create […]

Sustainability at Dartmouth College Continues

Dartmouth College solar totals more than 2,000 solar panels. All images courtesy of ReVision Energy

George Harvey

Dartmouth College shows up regularly in news and articles at Green Energy Times (G.E.T.). Most of this is at the G.E.T. website, as announcements of programs, lectures, and achievements come out. Attention […]

Make this school year lead-free

Do you know if the water at your kid’s school is safe from lead?

Check out the Back to School Toolkit to get the lead out of our schools.

Lead is highly toxic, especially for children. There is no safe level for lead in water—even small amounts can have major consequences. The only way […]