September 2006
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French Fries, Other Vegetable Oil Products Help Fuel Recycling Effort
Harvard Recycling and Waste Management fueled its truck with used vegetable oil from the Annenberg Hall kitchen this past Tuesday (Sept. 19) - marking a first for a Facilities Maintenance Operations (FMO) vehicle. According to recycling and waste management supervisor for FMO Rob Gogan, the oil performed "identical to diesel."
posted: 09.22.06 [permalink]
Energy Conservation Program Helps Offset Rising Costs
New manager hired, focus on making buildings efficient: Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) has embarked on an intensive campaign to wring energy savings out of both its buildings and its budget, hiring an outside manager to oversee what one energy administrator called its "most aggressive" campaign to date.
posted: 09.22.06 [permalink]
Behnisch Architekten Submits Early Design Ideas for Science Complex
While a final design still remains months away, Behnisch Architekten, the architectural firm selected to design the Allston Science Complex, has presented a series of preliminary concepts and ideas for the science complex to the Harvard and Allston communities... The design team's early working assumptions for the building include: the use of cutting-edge sustainability strategies to minimize energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, and storm water runoff; and the effort to maximize open green space around buildings as well as the availability of natural light within them...
posted: 09.19.06 [permalink]