加载中…大学生创造可持续解决方案
(2012-04-30 14:41:45)
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加利福尼亚州巴特学院（Butte College）的学生（上图）计划用稻壳建造住房，一个由专家组成的评委会认为这是一个值得尝试的好主意。
稻壳是数量巨大的农业废料，把它用作建筑材料可减少传统建筑材料的使用，减少焚烧生产大米过程中留下的稻壳可对保护环境产生积极影响，而且，由于稻壳具有极佳的隔热性能，它还有助于节约能源。
“巴特”小组是美国环境保护署（EPA）2012年P3项目的获胜者。
每年，美国环境保护署都要向大学生们发出挑战，要他们为一个更可持续的未来采取行动。P3代表“人民（people）、繁荣（prosperity）和地球（planet）”。
春季，各代表队把他们的项目带到华盛顿，让一个由美国科学促进会（American Association for the Advancement of Science）邀请的专家组成的评委会进行评选。评选活动是在华盛顿国家大草坪（National Mall）上举办的年度“全国可持续设计博览会”（National Sustainable Design Expo）的一项内容。
作为优胜者，“巴特学院”小组获得9万美元的赠款，这使他们有机会改进项目设计，加以实施，并把该技术推向市场。
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Students' Sustainability Solutions
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A team from Butte College in California (above) wants to build
houses from rice hulls, and a panel of experts thinks it’s a
winning idea.
Rice hulls are an abundant agricultural waste material. Using them
as building material could reduce the use of conventional
construction materials, have a positive environmental impact by
reducing the need to burn rice hulls left
over
The Butte team was a winner in the Environmental Protection
Agency’s (EPA) P3 program for 2012.
Each year, the EPA challenges university students to take steps that lead to a more sustainable future. P3 stands for "people, prosperity and the planet."
In spring, teams bring their projects to Washington for judging by
a panel of experts convened by the American Association for the
Advancement of Science. Judging takes place at the annual National
Sustainable Design Expo on the National Mall.
Their win gives the Butte team grant funding up to $90,000 to improve the project design, implement it in the field, and move it to the marketplace.
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