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Upcoming Events
Feb. 13, 2009: F.O.C.U.S Core Group Meeting, City Hall Commons, Syracuse. For more information, click here.
Feb. 28, 2009: F.O.C.U.S Vision Session, Hotel Syracuse. For more information, click here.
March 19 & 20, 2009: Green Building Conference, Oncenter, Syracuse. For more information, click here.
March 19, 2009: USGBC LEED Workshop, Syracuse. For more information, click here.
March 22 & 23, 2009: Advances in Bioprocessing, Oncenter, Syracuse. For more information, click here.
April 17, 2009: Symposium on Energy in the 21st Century, Cazenovia College, NY. For more information, click here.
April 29, 2009: Accelerate 2009, Oncenter, Syracuse.
May 18, 2009: Symposium on Sustainable Materials, Cornell University. For more information, click here.
June 24-July 3, 2009: Energy Institute, SUNY-Oswego. For more information, click here.
Sept 13-17, 2009: Healthy Buildings 2009, Oncenter, Syracuse. For more information, click here.
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Greetings!
In this issue of
eNews, discover the latest news and events from the SyracuseCoE and its members. Remember, if you wish to forward news, dates, or ideas to the
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John and Carol Fox to Establish SU Endowed Professorship
in Sustainable Energy Studies
As president and CEO of Innovation Fuels, a leading US biodiesel
manufacturer and a regional company with a global reach, John Fox (shown below) is among
those leading the charge to make the Earth a more sustainable place.
With a recent gift to SyracuseCoE Platinum Partner Syracuse University's (SU) L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science (LCS), Fox has made a commitment to educating
generations to come about the need for sustainability and developing
new innovations, and about ways to make that happen.
Fox
and his wife, Carol, of New York City, have made a commitment of up to $3.5 million dollars to LCS to establish an
endowed professorship in sustainable energy studies. In addition to allowing the hiring of a new faculty member, it is expected that the professorship will foster a strong collaborative relationship between the faculty in sustainable energy studies and SyracuseCoE and SyracuseCoE Platinum Partner SUNY-ESF. The gift is among the first that will be bolstered through Faculty Today, a new SU gift challenge program created to encourage donors to endow faculty chairs and professorships. For the full story, click here.
 
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Syracuse Architecture Announces Winners of Innovative Green Homes Competition
SyracuseCoE Platinum Partner Syracuse University's School of Architecture, in partnership with SyracuseCoE and Home HeadQuarters Inc., has announced the three winners of "From the Ground Up: Innovative Green Homes," a competition that fosters advanced thinking about design, sustainability, and cost-effective building practices for the single-family house. Developed for a vacant infill site on Syracuse's Near Westside, the proposals and resulting houses will provide a new vision for one of the city's oldest neighborhoods and demonstrate the value of design within a typically underserved and demographically diverse community. The three winning teams are: ARO and Della Valle Bernheimer of New York; Cook + Fox/Terrapin Bright Green of New York and Washington, DC (design shown below); and Onion Flats (including Andropogon Associates, Rivera Structural Design, and MaGrann Associates) of Philadelphia. "The winning designs include many innovative strategies for energy efficiency and
superior indoor environmental quality that fit perfectly with the capabilities of firms
in Central Upstate New York," says SyracuseCoE Executive Director Ed Bogucz. "The
construction of these homes will help strengthen our region's reputation as a leader in
green building design, technology, and construction." For the full story, click here.
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O'Brien & Gere Receives Technology Merit Award
The Environmental Business Journal recently announced the winners of its
annual Business Achievement Awards. These awards recognize outstanding firms
within the environmental industry. Specifically, firms are judged on the
strength of their financial performance and growth, as well as their
commitment to the advancement of the environmental industry. SyracuseCoE Platinum Partner O'Brien & Gere was the recipient of a Technology Merit award for its work in the field of air quality. The award recognized O'Brien & Gere's innovative
DI-Duct Injection Technologies products, which offer effective air emission
control for utility, industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers at a
fraction of the cost of traditional scrubbers.
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SUNY-ESF to Host Green Building Conference, March 19-20
SyracuseCoE Platinum Partner SUNY College of Environmental Science and
Forestry (SUNY-ESF), in partnership with SyracuseCoE Collaborator the US Green Building Council
New York Upstate Chapter, will host the Seventh Annual Green
Building conference on March 19 and March 20 at the Oncenter Complex. The conference mission is to promote, educate, and support green building design, construction, and processes. All those involved in planning and implementing green building technologies and programs to improve our world are welcome to participate. Early bird discount registration ends Feb. 26. Click here to register and for more information.
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SyracuseCoE Companies Named Among Best to Work For
SyracuseCoE Gold Partners Syracuse Research Corporation and King & King Architects are two of six Central Upstate New York companies named to a list of best companies
to work for by the New York State Society for Human Resource
Management Council, the state Business Council, and Best
Companies Group. For the full story, click here.
 
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SUNY-Oswego to Host Summer Energy Institute, June 24 to July 3
SyracuseCoE Silver Partner SUNY-Oswego will hold its Energy Institute "Energizing Education for a Better Future" June 24 through July 3. This two-week program is designed for current and future middle and high-school physical science and technology education teachers. Using lectures, demonstrations, hands-on activities, field trips, guest speakers, and real-world applications, a team of instructors will cover topics such as the nature of energy, energy conservation, alternative energy sources, radiation safety, future energy resources, and energy's connection to politics and social cultures. A number of topics dealing directly with the needs of New York State will also be discussed. In view of the nuclear power plants that currently operate in Oswego County, nuclear safety issues and effects of radiation will also be shared with the participants. For more information, click here.
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Cornell Announces Joint Sustainable Materials Symposium, May 18
SyracuseCoE Charter Member Cornell University (CU) announces a joint symposium for its Center for Materials Research (CCMR) and its KAUST-CU Center for Energy and Sustainability. The symposium will take place on May 18 at Statler Hall on the CU campus. CCMR focuses on advanced materials and the KAUST-CU Center focuses
on a new tunable materials platform based on nanoscale
inorganic-organic hybrid materials, recently discovered at Cornell. The
materials and processes developed at both centers have applications in
multiple fields related to sustainability. This year's program will
reflect the current interest on materials synthesized using sustainable
processes or enabling them. For more information, click here.
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Fedrizzi: Green Buildings a Geat Use of Stimulus
Writing in the Syracuse Post-Standard, Rick Fedrizzi--President, CEO, and Founding Chairman of SyracuseCoE Charter Member the US Green Building Council and a SyracuseCoE Board Member--writes that, "President Obama made good on one campaign promise last week by sending to Congress an economic recovery stimulus package that recognizes the powerful potential of investment in green buildings to put Americans back to work and save energy and money for thousands of American families and businesses at the same time. The return on that investment stands to be unprecedented in American history. There are 120 million homes and 5.1 million commercial buildings that dot the American landscape, and virtually every one of them could be made more energy efficient. According to McKinsey and Co., we could generate $160 billion in savings in the process. Simple things like improving insulation, weatherizing windows and doors, and wrapping water pipes from Seattle to Syracuse can deliver ongoing savings. It's an American-based workforce that has to do the work, and we must ramp up affordable and accessible green jobs training to carry out these improvements." To read the complete letter to the editor of the Syracuse Post-Standard, click here.
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USGBC LEED Workshop Coming to Syracuse, March 19
SyracuseCoE Charter Member the US Green Building Council (USGBC) is hosting a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) workshop in Syracuse on March 19. The workshop is entitled, "Green Building Operations & Maintenance: The LEED Implementation Process." For more information and to register, click here.
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F.O.C.U.S. to Focus on "Revitalizing Prospect Hill," Feb. 13
Presenters Dominic Robinson and Kathryn Ruscitto will speak to the Core Group of SyracuseCoE Collaborator F.O.C.U.S. Greater Syracuse on "Revitalizing Prospect Hill." The meeting is part of the "F.O.C.U.S. on Building a Sustainable Community" series and will take place Feb. 13 from 7:30 to 8:45 a.m. at the Syracuse City Hall Commons First Floor Atrium. All are welcome. For more information, click here.
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Please pass on our
news and events, all examples of how SyracuseCoE Members continue to
drive sustainable industry in Central Upstate New York and beyond!
Sincerely,
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Martin Walls, eNews Editor
Communications Manager
315-443-8951
mwalls@syracusecoe.org
Mark Lichtenstein, Senior Editor
Managing Director
315-443-5678
mlichtenstein@syracusecoe.org
Luciana Amodeo, Communications Assistant
Lfamodeo@syr.edu
Carissa Matthews, Communications Assistant
clmatthe@syr.edu
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