Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment

2024 Team Sunergy

App State’s student solar vehicle team races to podium finish in cross-country challenge Aug 7, 2024

Appalachian State University’s student-led, interdisciplinary solar vehicle team, Team Sunergy, achieved a podium finish after a strong showing in the 2024 Electrek American Solar Challenge... Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment

40th Anniversary Appropriate Technology

Appropriate Technology (now STBE) Celebrates its 40th Anniversary with a Three-Day Event, July 12-14, 2024 Jul 8, 2024

The Appropriate Technology Program at Appalachian State University is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year with a 3-day event (July 12-14) featuring alumni panels on sustainability and renew... Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment

App State faculty Jack Martin participated in the 2022 Sun Trip California

Jack Martin's Solar Bike Adventure Oct 31, 2022

Not only do our Sustainable Technology and Built Environment faculty teach well, but they also embark on grand adventures - sustainable... Fine and Applied Arts, Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment

Architecture Studio III Students' Design Wins 2022 NCMCA Sigmon Memorial Scholarship Masonry Design Competition

App Students' Design Wins 2022 NCMCA Sigmon Memorial Scholarship Masonry Design Competition Oct 26, 2022

On October 25, 2022, seven ASU student teams enrolled in the Architecture Studio III course competed in the 2022 NCMCA Sigmon Memorial... Fine and Applied Arts, Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment

App students needed for Solar District Cup Team

App Students Needed for Multi-Disciplinary Solar District Cup Team Oct 21, 2022

We are soliciting applications of Appalachian State University students from different departments for a mutidisciplinary team to develop a... Fine and Applied Arts, Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment

Solar-Ops technicians Calian Micallef, Jack Lundie, and Caroline Piephoff. Both Jack (STBE) and Caroline (Physics) are App State alumni.

Solar-Ops and App State Partner on New EV Charging Station Monitor Oct 13, 2022

Solar Operations Solutions (Solar-Ops), in collaboration with Appalachian State University's Department of Sustainable Technology & the Built... Fine and Applied Arts, Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment, Sustainablity

Pat McAfee stepping in to App State's solar car

Pat McAfee Signs the Solar Car Oct 10, 2022

During all the excitement of College Gameday visiting App State on Sept. 17 and a last-second win vs. Troy, we missed a few things.

Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment, Sustainablity
Department of Sustainable Technology & the Built Environment Receives Zero Energy Design Designation

Department of Sustainable Technology & the Built Environment Receives Key Designation From the DOE Sep 28, 2022

The Department of Sustainable Technology & the Built Environment earned the first-ever Zero Energy Design Designation from the U.S.

Fine and Applied Arts, Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment, Sustainablity, Sustainability Spotlight
D. Jason Miller, associate dean of Appalachian’s College of Fine and Applied Arts and associate professor in the college’s Department of Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment (STBE), in his classroom. Miller was the recipient of the 2019 UNC Board of Governors Excellence in Teaching Award. Photo submitted

‘Holding space’ in synchronous studio meetings Q&A with D. Jason Miller Jun 30, 2020

“This atmosphere of shared learning and shared ideas relies on proximity and access to a shared space.

Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment, Applied Design, Art, Theatre and Dance