Sustainable Technology

The NEXUS Project

The NEXUS Project receives new grant totaling more than $600,000 since 2014
Feb 13, 2020

The NEXUS research team has received another Bioenergy Research Initiative grant for more than $80,000. This project continues the Nexus project goal:...

James Holton Class of 2015 in Appropriate Technology, Dept of STBE Appstate

App State alumnus works for Tesla at the ‘forefront of the renewable industry’
Jan 21, 2020

By Jan ToddBOONE, N.C. — James Holton ’15 likes to see results quickly and is energized by the quick turnaround of ideas and implementations ...

Sustainable Energy Speaker Series

Sustainable Energy Speaker Series: March 16 - Sophie Mullinax speaks on The Blue Horizons Project: Community Energy Planning in Action
Jan 17, 2020

Sophie Mullinax, Project Coordinator for the Blue Horizons ProjectThe Blue Horizons Project: Community Energy Planning in ActionMonday, Marc...

Sustainable Energy Speaker Series

Sustainable Energy Speaker Series: February 3 - Dionne Delli-Gatti speaks on Promoting Clean Energy Through Community-Based Solutionson
Jan 15, 2020

Dionne Delli-Gatti, Director of Regulatory and Legislative Affairs and Southeast Climate and Clean Energy initiatives at the Environmental D...

Student set up microhydro system

Showing People How To Potentially Live Off the Grid
Dec 6, 2019

 By Amanda BrasierAmid the energy and music at the fall Lake Eden Arts Festival (LEAF), a team from Appalachian State was creating their own ener...

Batzko, Gabbie Sustainable Technology Student & Drawdown Scholar

Drawdown Scholar speaks to United Nations on International Day of Peace
Nov 11, 2019

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Based on work completed during this summer’s Penn State Drawdown Scholars program, a college senior was chosen to speak at ...

Heating Bench at NEXUS Facility

Second Year of NEXUS Pilot System Operations at Partner Farms Successful
Oct 4, 2019

Note:  NEXUS is an STBE collaborative research site.SummaryThe Nexus team continues its work designing and evaluating technological solutions to ...

App Builds a Home Blitz

From foundation to roof — App Builds a Home takes shape during blitz build
Oct 4, 2019

This article is part of a series about the App Builds a Home project, which began with fundraising in fall 2018 and will continue through the building...

Sustainable Energy Speaker Series

Sustainable Energy Speaker Series - Oct. 21: Ronald DiFelice on Near-Term and Long-Term Prospects for Grid-Scale Energy Storage
Oct 2, 2019

Event DetailsRonald DiFelice, Ph.D., Managing Partner at Energy Intelligence PartnersNear-Term and Long-Term Prospects for Grid-Scale Energy Stor...

Sustainable Energy Speaker Series

Sustainable Energy Speaker Series: Ryan Miller on North Carolina's Clean Energy Future
Sep 19, 2019

Event DetailsRyan Miller, Founder & Executive Director for the North Carolina Building Performance AssociationBuilding Energy Efficiency: The...