A Kansas State University researcher is studying if the amount of cement needed to make concrete can be reduced by including finely crushed glass particles. The research could help in reducing cement’s carbon footprint, which is already low compared to other building materials. Kyle Riding, assistant professor of civil engineering at K-State, received a Broadening [...]
A partnership involving Colby Community College, Midwest Energy, Wind Energy Consulting and Contracting, and Kansas State University has received a subcontract award from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory to establish the High Plains Small-Wind Turbine Test Center at Colby. The Colby center will focus on residential and commercial scale turbines rated [...]
To understand how global change is happening today, a Kansas State University professor is looking back 10,000 years at nitrogen availability in forest and grassland ecosystems. Kendra McLauchlan, assistant professor of geography, is receiving a nearly $440,000 National Science Foundation CAREER Award to examine contrasts in vegetation history among three sites and to reconstruct past changes [...]
At Kansas State University, sustainability is more than just the latest buzzword. Several projects are now under way to make the university a greener place. “Large university campuses are like small cities in terms of their environmental footprint and K-State is no different,” said Ben Champion, director of sustainability at K-State. “If K-State is going [...]
Move over, purple. Kansas State University is going green. That’s the view of new guidebook about institutions of higher education that have demonstrated an above-average commitment to sustainability in terms of campus infrastructure, activities and initiatives. K-State is the only school in Kansas to be included in the newly released “Princeton Review’s Guide to 286 [...]
Kansas State University’s Sustainability Conference is being recognized nationally for providing the people of Kansas with information about how the higher education community can support statewide sustainability efforts. The University Continuing Education Association has presented its Distance Learning Community of Practice Exemplary Program Award to the 2010 K-State Sustainability Conference. The award was announced at [...]
Earth Day is Thursday, April 22, and Kansas State University will join in the environmental celebration with two on-campus events that are both free and open to the public. Students for Environmental Action will host an Earth Day event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Bosco Plaza in front of the K-State Student [...]
What may look like a looming cloud of smoke and an eerie orange hue on the horizon is actually a rejuvenating tool used by land managers and a fairly common scene in the Flint Hills during the spring months. But according to a K-State biologist, growing concerns about air quality in urban areas may hinder [...]
A team of construction science and management students recently took first place in the American Concrete Institute’s international concrete construction competition. Students will present their winning entry and receive a $300 award March 21 at the American Concrete Institute’s convention in Chicago. Team members also received $500 as travel support to the convention, and their [...]
Reflecting a campus commitment to sustainability, two of K-State’s latest building projects are seeking international recognition that they were built with environmental impact in mind. K-State is seeking LEED certification for the new School of Leadership Studies building and Building 5 at Jardine Apartments. LEED, which stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is [...]