UI announces Zero Coal by 2025 initiative
University of Iowa President Bruce Harreld announced Feb. 20 that the University of Iowa campus will be coal-free by 2025. “In 2025, we expect to have diminished our reliance on coal to the point...
UI's Fault Detection and Diagnostics program wins APPA's 2018 Effective and Innovative Practices Award
UI Facilities Management was awarded with APPA's 2018 Effective and Innovative Practices Award for its Fault Detection and Diagnostics (FDD) program that allows operational staff to monitor...
IMU waste audit turns up bad habits
The University of Iowa Office of Sustainability hosted its first waste audit at the IMU to analyze how people are disposing of waste. Data from the IMU waste audit will be used to create...
Visual Arts Building named to Architectural Digest's Best 9
Architectural Digest named the University of Iowa's Visual Arts Building to its list of the 9 Best New University Buildings Around the World. The honored buildings included innovation in state-of...
Visual Arts Building awarded 2017 Best Project by ENR Midwest
Engineering News-Record (ENR) Midwest awarded the University of Iowa's Visual Arts Building with the 2017 Best Project distinction. “It is a compositionally beautiful design that allows its...
UI pushes "Tiny Trash" campaign to encourage recycling
The University of Iowa created recycling bins with tiny trash bins on the side to create a visual cue for community members concerning the amount of waste they create. The initiative aims to...
EnvIowa podcast provides inside look at biomass program.
EnvIowa and Ingrid Gronstal Anderson, Environmental Compliance Specialist with the University of Iowa Power Plant discuss the UI's progress toward a renewable energy portfolio and the unique...
Governor Reynolds talks biomass at UI
Governor Kim Reynolds visited the University of Iowa campus to discuss the UI's innovative biomass program to research what alternative energy options could work best in the energy plan. UI's use...
Visual Arts Building named "masterpiece" by Wired Magazine
Wired Magazine praised 2016 as an "incredible year for architecture," and featured UI's Visual Arts Building as a structural masterpiece. Wired praised VAB as a "three-dimensional piece of art,"...
UI grows Miscanthus grass for fuel
The Muscatine Journal explores the University of Iowa's investment in Miscanthus grass as an alternative fuel source in its power plant. One acre of Miscanthus grass can offset about four tons of...
Biomass Magazine features UI's Energy Control Center and Power Plant
Biomass Magazine featured the University of Iowa's Energy Control Center and co-fired power plant in the articles' exploration of cutting-edge condition monitoring technology that reduces...
UI's Visual Arts Building featured in New York Times
UI's Visual Arts Building was featured in a New York Times article that highlights excellence in building design that inspire innovative and creative thinking. The article praises the Visual Arts...