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- Titanium Golf Clubs Could be Responsible for Igniting California Wildfires Wed, 26 Mar 14, 6:00amGolfers who land shots into the rough may be igniting more than foul tempers, a string of expletives, and poor scores. According to scientists from UC Irvine, titanium golf clubs that come in contact with rocks can produce...
- America’s Top 10 Greenest Universities of 2013 Wed, 4 Sep 13, 5:00am10. University of California, Santa Barbara Forty-four of the buildings on campus at UC Santa Barbara are LEED certified and 47% of academic departments offer a class about sustainability, totaling 321 classes, with 217 faculty...
- UC Irvine Contemporary Arts Center is Finely Tuned to Southern California’s Climate Thu, 16 Aug 12, 1:21amRead the rest of UC Irvine Contemporary Arts Center is Finely Tuned to Southern California’s Climate Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", art school, CAC, contemporary...
- New Study Finds Groundwater Demand Outstrips Supply For Over 1 Billion People Tue, 14 Aug 12, 12:30amWater Levels Photo from Shutterstock Over 1 billion people live in areas where groundwater is disappearing faster than it can be replenished, according to a new study published in Nature...
- UC Irvine’s Humanities Gateway Building Awarded LEED Platinum Certification Thu, 29 Dec 11, 9:20amRead the rest of UC Irvine’s Humanities Gateway Building Awarded LEED Platinum Certification Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", eco design, fentress architects, green...
- Scientists Develop World’s Lightest Metal, 100x Lighter than Styrofoam Sat, 19 Nov 11, 2:33amThis, we assure you, is a real photograph. Researchers at the University of California Irvine have developed a material that is as strong as metal but 100 times lighter than Styrofoam. The material is constructed from a micro-lattice...