UNT Sustainability

In Spring 2011, UNT’s Office of Sustainability was charged to conduct a comprehensive analysis on how UNT could eliminate its dependence on fossil fuels. Through collaboration with UNT’s Sustainability Council and UNT Facilities, the Office of Sustainability developed the 2011 Fossil Fuel Study(FFS).

The We Mean Green Fund subcommittee is now accepting applications for project proposals! Once you have filled out the application, the We Mean Green Fund subcommittee will

The City of Denton is a recipient for Outstanding Achievement in the City Livability Awards announced June 18 at the 79^th annual meeting of the United States Conference of Mayors in Baltimore, Maryland. The recognition is one of the “most prestigious awarded by this organization, and one of the most competitive,” said the conference president, Burnsville Mayor Elizabeth Kautz. For 32 years, cities have competed for the Livability Awards, which this year were decided out of a pool of over 200 cities.

Four researchers at University of North Texas have been issued a grant of $600,000 to fund a project that will develop energy-efficient and multifunctional bio-products for construction purposes. The grant is from the National Science Foundation’s Partnership for Innovation program, whose intention is to connect small businesses with researchers in order to convert the advances made by researchers into solutions for the real world. The project is scheduled to begin September 1, 2011.

Where: 1717 McKinney, Dallas, Texas