Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment

NRLP General Manager Ed Miller

UNC GA grant supports Appalachian, New River Light and Power and energy research across UNC system
Mar 30, 2017

Over the past decade, Appalachian State University has amassed one of the largest and the most diverse portfolio of renewable energy facilities in the...

Lee Ball and Jeff Biggers

Find Your SustainAbility with Lee Ball and Jeff Biggers
Mar 14, 2017

Listen in as noted author Jeff Biggers speaks with Appalachian's Director of Sustainability Lee Ball about regenerative cities and sustainability in A...

Dr. Lee Ball

Ball named director of sustainability at Appalachian
Dec 12, 2016

Following a national search, Dr. Lee F. Ball Jr. has been named director of sustainability at Appalachian State University. Ball has held the position...

Wind turbine at Allegheny High School

Appalachian State University leads wind energy push in North Carolina
Nov 29, 2016

By Madalene SmithBrent Summerville, practitioner-in-residence in the Department of Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment, has recently secu...

Jeff Ramsdell

UNC System awards grants for multi-campus research project
Nov 17, 2016

Jeff Ramsdell, professor of sustainable technology and the built environment and director of the Appalachian Energy Center, will lead a $48,307 p...

Solar car on the track

Racing the Sun [Appalachian Magazine]
Aug 17, 2016

An Appalachian team seeks to change the future of transportation with a solar race car....

Apperion crosses the finish line

ASU Solar Vehicle Team finishes sixth in Solar Challenge [Watauga Democrat]
Aug 8, 2016

Appalachian State University’s Solar Vehicle Team finished the 1,975-mile American Solar Challenge on Aug. 6, earning sixth place overall....

Apperion on the track

App State qualifies for American Solar Challenge [Watauga Democrat]
Jul 27, 2016

Appalachian State University’s Solar Vehicle Team qualified for the American Solar Challenge during the first day of a three-day qualifying race on ...

Apperion

ASU’s Team Sunergy and ‘Apperion’ Take on the Formula Sun Grand Prix This Week [HCPress.com]
Jul 25, 2016

Appalachian State University’s trailblazing solar vehicle team is up to something awesome! Not only have they developed a working vehicle that runs ...

Team Sunergy with Apperion

Team Sunergy races solar vehicle in international competition [Watauga Democrat]
Jul 21, 2016

Team Sunergy leaves on July 21 for the Formula Sun Grand Prix in Pittsburgh. They will then take on the American Solar Challenge, a road race spanning...