Sustainable North

From The Fairbanks Daily News Miner, Saturday, July 10, 2010: Assemblyman Guy Sattley has drafted an ordinance requiring a public vote on the plan to truck liquefied natural gas to Fairbanks, but Borough Mayor Luke Hopkins said delaying the $250 million project is risky. “If we stretch this timeline out,” Hopkins said Thursday at a [...]

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From The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Tuesday, April 27, 2010: Willie Hensley said this morning that Alaska, particularly its energy-starved rural communities, should think about bracing for tough times. Oil development and federal financial aid have left Alaska with great per capita wealth. They’ve declined in recent years, and Hensley, an icon in modern Alaska Native [...]

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Alaska HomeWise: Ask a Builder By Cold Climate Housing Research Center Staff The “Ask a Builder” series is dedicated to answering some of the many questions Fairbanks residents have about building, energy and the many other parts of home life. I have heard of the BEES regulations in Alaska, though I don’t know quite what [...]

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By Cold Climate Housing Research Center Staff The “Ask a Builder” series is dedicated to answering some of the many questions Fairbanks residents have about building, energy and the many other parts of home life. These days, it is popular to put foam insulation on the outside of buildings.  How did all this come about?  [...]

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From The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Tuesday, January 26, 2010: A telephone survey aims to find out how residents of the Fairbanks North Star Borough go about heating their homes. Borough officials want to use the information to help develop a pollution control plan for PM 2.5, tiny particulates known to embed in the lungs and [...]

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Event hosted by Alaska Interfaith Power & Light: Join Alaska IPL at the Pioneer Park Civic Center on Saturday, January 30th, 2010 from 11 am to 3 pm, for an inspiring community event — One People, One Earth. This free, family-friendly event will infuse fun, faith, education and charitable opportunities to learn about environmental stewardship [...]

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The Science for Alaska Lecture Series presents: New Energy for Alaska Communites Gwen Holdmann, Director of the Alaska Center for Energy and Power for the University of Alaska 7:00 pm, Tuesday, January 19, 2010 in the Westmark Gold Room, Fairbanks Click here for more information.

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Learn how to do or direct your own energy efficient improvements. Attend an informative workshop FREE TO THE PUBLIC! Workshops are brought to you by Alaska Housing Finance Corporation. The following workshops will be held from 6-8 pm at the Cold Climate Housing Research Center, 1000 Fairbanks Street, near West Valley High School and the [...]

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From The Associated Press, Tuesday, December 1, 2009: A $4.6 million grant will help University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers study geothermal exploration techniques. The Department of Energy grant will aid researchers at UAF’s Alaska Center for Energy and Power. They will use remote sensing to identify potential geothermal resources throughout Alaska and determine their potential. [...]

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