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Rise in Tornadoes, Floods Poses Risk to Colleges
What if the sort of extreme weather that has left the University of Iowa inundated in floodwaters is not a freak event? What if it is a sign of things to come? (Photograph by AP Images)
Art & Architecture Renovations Near Completion at Yale U.
Paul Rudolph's 1963 Brutalist icon is getting a makeover, plus an addition by Charles Gwathmey.
Guest Blogger: Anne Stephenson
Even the greenest construction project increases a college’s carbon footprint.
Other News
Land-Rich Universities Weigh New Options for Real-Estate Development
Universities are taking advantage of new ways to develop their holdings through corporate partnerships, a new report says.
U. of Iowa Begins Mucking Out and Assessing the Damage
The university's insurer spent the weekend starting to assess the damage to the auditorium and 19 other flooded buildings.
U. of Iowa Flooding Takes Costly Toll in Research and Equipment
Parking lots are under water, some roads leading to the campus are closed, and the campus utility infrastructure is damaged.
New campus buildings
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A Green Building as a Billboard for Science
(A 2006 Chronicle video)
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Buildings & Grounds is written by Scott Carlson (left) and Lawrence Biemiller (right). Scott Carlson writes about architecture, facilties, energy, and sustainability, among other topics. Lawrence Biemiller writes about architecture and facilities and contributes to Notes from Academe. What's happening on your campus? Let us know.
British Colleges to Go Carbon Neutral by 2016
The BBC reports that all new or partially built colleges in England will have to be carbon neutral by 2016. The ambitious goal will involve installing lots of green-energy technologies and retrofitting buildings to be more energy efficient; that work will have to be done by local workers.
“I would also like to see colleges sourcing their needs locally where possible, stimulating the local economy, and developing green transport-to-work plans and other initiatives with college staff unions, students and the local community,” said Linda Newman, president of the University and College Union. “UCU is also encouraging the greening of the curriculum: colleges and universities must become key players in informing and equipping the public to respond to climate change.”
Scott Carlson | Monday March 31, 2008 | Permalink | Contact usComments
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If colleges and universities continue to cling to the idea of CO2 as bogeyman, they will be in no position to inform and equip the public to respond to climate change.
— TRB Mar 31, 12:41 PM #
And by 2017, most of them will go broke.
— Bob Mar 31, 02:15 PM #
No, I suspect that they will not go broke. In fact, they will probably be better off than many institutions over here because they will be producing their own power at a time when power prices are going up.
— anon Mar 31, 08:16 PM #
And I totally don’t get comment #1.
— anon Mar 31, 08:17 PM #