International Center for Advanced Renewable Energy & Sustainability

Director: Himadri B. Pakrasi Assistant to Dr. Pakrasi: Gayle Geren

Home Page: http://i-cares.wustl.edu/ Email: i-cares@wustl.edu Telephone: (314) 935-9541

International Center for Advanced Renewable Energy and Sustainability (I-CARES), encourages and coordinates university-wide and external collaborative research in the areas of renewable energy and sustainability, including biofuels, CO2 mitigation and coal-related issues. Washington University will invest more than $55 million in the initiative. Himadri B. Pakrasi, the George William and Irene Koechig Freiberg Professor of Biology in Arts & Sciences, and professor of energy in the School of Engineering, is the I-CARES director. Collaborators in all parts of the university participate in interdisciplinary research. An international partnership of 24 leading universities in Asia, the Middle East, Europe and Latin America, the McDonnell Academy Global Energy and Environment Partnership, collaborates with I-CARES, providing an international flair.

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'We must succeed in meeting this challenge' Top officers of energy companies meet in St. Louis Nov. 2 to discuss the National Research Council's roadmap for the energy future Oct. 27, 2009 -- Download America has the potential to solve its energy crisis over the next decade, but doing so will require immediate investment in clean energy technologies, says Mark S. Wrighton, chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis and vice chair of a National Resource Council report on America's energy challenges. The report will be the topic of a symposium to be held from 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 2, in the May Auditorium in Simon Hall on the Danforth Campus of Washington University in St. Louis.

Living Building Challenge What could be one of North America's greenest buildings opened May 29 June 2, 2009 -- Joe Angeles/WUSTL Photo The Living Learning Center Download An opening ceremony for what could be one of North America's greenest buildings — a flagship building on the cutting edge of sustainable design and energy efficiency — was held May 29 at Washington University in St. Louis' new Living Learning Center at the university's Tyson Research Center. The Living Learning Center is a 2,900-square-foot facility built to meet the Living Building Challenge — designed to be the most stringent green building rating system in the world — of the Cascadia Region Green Building Council (CRGBC). No building has met its standard yet, but the Living Learning Center is in the running to be the first in North America.

Living Building Challenge What could be one of North America's greenest buildings set to open May 29 May 28, 2009 -- Photos courtesy Dan Hellmuth, Hellmuth Bicknese Architects Tyson's own Eastern Red Cedar used for exterior siding Download An opening ceremony for what could be one of North America's greenest buildings — a flagship building on the cutting edge of sustainable design and energy efficiency — will take place at 4 p.m. May 29 at Washington University in St. Louis' new Living Learning Center at the university's Tyson Research Center. The Living Learning Center is a 2,900-square-foot facility built to meet the Living Building Challenge — designed to be the most stringent green building rating system in the world — of the Cascadia Region Green Building Council (CRGBC). No building has met its standard yet, but the Living Learning Center is in the running to be the first in North America.

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Himadri Pakrasi George William and Irene Koechig Freiberg Professor of Biology in Arts & Sciences Direct contact: (314) 935-6853 / pakrasi@wustl.edu

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