Appropriate Tech grad student helps local food truck go solar
Nov 13, 2018
Boone, NC - Local restauranteur, Tina Houston, operates a successful food truck, Betty's Biscuits. Until this past sunny, late fall Sunday, she powere...
Sustainable Energy Speaker Series: Sean Hayes, Senior Vice President of Operations at Carolina Solar Services
Oct 19, 2018
Sean Hayes, Senior Vice President of Operations at Carolina Solar Services (previously Executive Director of The Oberlin Project)The Oberlin Proj...
Sustainable Energy Speaker Series: Bill Pfleger - The New Energy Landscape: Trends Facilitating Microgrids & Future Directions
Sep 11, 2018
Bill Pfleger, Solutions Architect ManagerMicrogrid Competency Center at Schneider ElectricThe New Energy Landscape: Trends Facilitating Microgrids &am...
Building Sciences Welcomes Dr. Reza Foroughi to Faculty
Sep 10, 2018
The Building Science program welcomes Dr. Reza Foroughi as its newest assistant professor this fall. Dr. Foroughi holds a master’s degree in Archite...
Dr. Jamie Russell Appointed Appalachian Energy Center Interim Director
Sep 7, 2018
Dr. Jamie Russell has been appointed to serve as the interim director of the Appalachian Energy Center for the 2018-2019 academic year. Russell i...
Collaborative study abroad trip focuses on studying and mitigating climate change in Peru
Sep 5, 2018
In June 2018, 14 Appalachian State University students packed their bags and boarded a plane to Peru to spend almost three weeks studying and implemen...
PVII class helps get the Solar Bike Trailer in Gear
Sep 5, 2018
Appropriate Tech grad students Aaron Stiffney and George Lewis worked with Jim Dees in the Office of Sustainability to design and build a state-o...
Dr. C.A. Debelius Researching the Interface of Architecture and Construction
Aug 31, 2018
C.A. Debelius, EdD, MArch, RA, LEED AP, an associate professor in the Building Science program, is pursuing off-campus scholarly research during the f...
Appalachian’s Team Sunergy ties for second place in 2018 American Solar Challenge
Jul 24, 2018
By Megan HayesPosted July 24, 2018 at 8:11 a.m.BEND, Ore. — Appalachian State University’s solar vehicle team has secured a second-place tie ...
New Solar Car Revealed
Jun 22, 2018
BOONE, N.C. — ROSE is ready to race.ROSE is a Cruiser Class solar vehicle — the division for solar cars that could be practical in the real world,...