Sustainable North

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 Daily Green: You can get $1,500 or more in tax credits for these home fixes — if you do the work in 2010. So make these your new year’s resolutions. Click here to read more.

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From the New York Times, Friday, December 25, 2009; Some of the greenest technologies of the age, from electric cars to efficient light bulbs to very large wind turbines, are made possible by an unusual group of elements called rare earths. The world’s dependence on these substances is rising fast. Just one problem: These elements [...]

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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. Q: I have a wood stove. Can I burn coal in it, too? A: Unless a wood [...]

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From The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Sunday, November 22, 2009: Hundreds of university chancellors and presidents have signed a pledge to steer their campuses toward a climate neutral policy on greenhouse gas emissions, but don’t expect the University of Alaska Fairbanks to join them anytime soon. Chancellor Brian Rogers said he’s been asked by students and [...]

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ASK A BUILDER By CCHRC 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. Q: Why is it beneficial to have south-facing windows on a home? Because of the orientation with the sun, south-facing windows [...]

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From The New York Times, Tuesday, November 17, 2009: Today, President Barack Obama and President Hu Jintao announced a far-reaching package of measures to strengthen cooperation between the United States and China on clean energy. Click here to read the full story.

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From The Daily Green, March 26, 2008: Did you know that 90% of desktop computers are not optimized for energy efficiency? If yours is the one-in-ten that is, then pat yourself on the back, and get back to darning your handknit socks by the flickering light of a candle. If you’re like the rest of [...]

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From The New York Times, Tuesday, November 3, 2009: A remarkable conclave of leading figures from nine of the world’s major religions is under way at Windsor Castle in Britain, under the auspices of Prince Philip and  the United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon. Called “Many Heavens, One Earth,” the meeting is intended to generate [...]

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From Agence France-Presse, Monday, October 26, 2009: The United States could cut greenhouse gas emissions by the equivalent of France’s total annual emissions by getting Americans to make simple lifestyle changes, like regularly maintaining their cars or insulating their attics, a study showed Monday. If U.S. households took 17 easy-to-implement actions—like switching to a fuel-efficient [...]

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