June 2008 — Features
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Crestron Joins USGBC
Crestron, a provider of audiovisual and control solutions, has joined the US Green Building Council, the organization responsible for creating the Leadership in Energy and Environmental (LEED) Design Green Building Rating System. Membership will streamline the LEED accreditation process in projects that incorporate Crestron solutions, helping K-12 schools and other customers conserve both money and natural resources.
Students Unanimous: Ethanol Not the Answer
Launched in 2006, the annual
Moody's Mega Math Challenge asks
teams of high school students
to use applied mathematics to solve
challenging, real-world issues. For
this year's competition, held in April,
the student teams were given a hot
environmental topic: replacing gasoline
with corn-derived
ethanol to reduce the US'
dependence on depleting
fossil fuels. Students had
14 hours to apply mathematical
models to the chosen
topic and submit their findings
in a solution paper.
Each of the top six teams
concluded that replacing gas
with ethanol is neither cost-effective
nor environmentally sound. The winning
team, whose solution paper was
deemed the best by a panel of professional
mathematicians, was from High
Technology High School in Lincroft, NJ.
Team members will share the
$20,000 scholarship prize.
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