Green Roof Project
Finding a solution to a problem rarely involves moving directly from point A to B. Instead, the problem in itself changes and new obstacles present themselves along the way, leading to an unprecedented...
View ArticleWater Pressures Documentary screening
Water Pressures was screened at Northwestern on 20 March and will be shown at Columbia on 5 April. Kudos to the groups who gathered and we hope some great action plans result. The post Water Pressures...
View ArticleWhat’s a SmartTree? Creating awareness about solar energy on campus (and...
The Design Thinking and Communication course at Northwestern creates groups of engineering students and assigns them to a client, in this case the Northwestern Clean Energy Project. The students learn...
View ArticleAn Introduction to Northwestern University’s SmartTree
Our first introduction post can be found here. SmartTree was born out of Northwestern’s Student Club, Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW) when we found out we had some solar panels that had been...
View ArticleNorthwestern SmartTree End of Quarter Update
The Spring Quarter wrapped up in the past couple weeks at Northwestern, and ESW does not plan to meet over the summer; however, we have made great progress this year overall! Through the past three...
View ArticleSmartTree in the Middle of Summer
The beautiful days in Chicago this summer have made me think about how I would love to be able to plug in on Northwestern’s beautiful Lakefill using the power of Solar Energy! In other news, the club...
View ArticleOh no! My cell phone battery is dead…
With the almost continual reliance on staying connected nowadays, a dead cell phone battery can be a catastrophic event in one’s daily life. Remembering to charge that device to keep it functioning...
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