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EEM Program Enjoys Extremely Active Semester

June 27, 2014

Faculty and Students of the Environmental and Energy Management Program were involved in a period of important educational activities during the Spring 2014 semester. Here's a quick summary of some of them.

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EEM Team Completes Smart Meter Consumer Education Project

June 27, 2014

An EEM team successfully completed a research project sponsored by the Potomac Electric Power Company (Pepco) during the Summer and Fall 2013. The project, funded by Pepco at $50,000, developed a smart meter consumer education curriculum and research project, complete with survey instruments, and undertook a series of pilot tests of the educational program. The driving force behind the project was to help Pepco implement its state-of-the-art smart metering program and the District of Columbia.

EEM Participates in ISO 14000 (Environmental Management) Development Process

June 27, 2014

EEM Participates in ISO 14000 (Environmental Management) Development Process

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Spring 2014 Semester Witnesses Three Successful Doctoral and Professional Dissertation Defenses

June 27, 2014

On May 20, 2014, Adam Jachimowicz defended his doctoral dissertation on “Post-Disaster Interim Housing: Forecasting Requirements and Determining Key Planning Factors.”

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GW Team Takes 7th Place Nationally in Solar Decathlon

June 27, 2014

Students and faculty from George Washington, Catholic and American Universities collaborated on an entry to the biennial Solar Decathlon, sponsored by the Department of Energy. The GW team, called “Team Capitol DC,” designed and built its entry “Harvest Home,” a 700-square-foot sustainable structure and garden. Harvest Home, which represented GW’s first venture into the Solar Decathlon competition, placed seventh among 20 finalists representing universities across the globe, in the final round of the competition held in Irvine, California during October 3-13, 2013.

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EEM Grads Assume New Professional Positions

June 27, 2014

Over the Summer and Fall 2013 semesters, EEM grad students and graduates assumed a variety of exciting new positions in the environmental and energy management arena. Here is a summary of some of them.

 

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