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51±¬ÁÏ's Field House 463-kilowatt solar array is one of the sites on the 12th Annual Green Energy Ohio Tour on Oct. 3, 4 and 5. The statewide tour, part of the American Solar Energy Society National Solar Tour, is free and open to the public. Visitors can park in the Field House parking lot.51±¬ÁÏ staff will be at the Field House to answer questions and to explain the project. On Friday, OcL 3, from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m., Robert Mlsbrener, project manager II in the Office of the University Architect, wlll be on site. Leah Graham, outreach recycllng coordinator in 51±¬ÁÏ's Su...

The groundbreaking ror Kent state University's new Center ror Architecture and Environmental Design will be Oct 3 from 3:30 to 5 p.m. and Is free and open to the publlc. The building will serve as the new home of 51±¬ÁÏ's College of Architecture and Environmental Design, bringing all of the programs of the college under one roof. The building will be located between South Lincoln and South WIiow streets,just south of the Lefton Esplanade and across the street from Franklin Hall. Construction on the $47.8 million building, including $3.8 million from donors and Kent state's Colleg...

Recycling saves money, resources and landfill space. 51±¬ÁÏ's Office of Sustainability is working to increase the campus recycling rate from 25 to 35 percent for 2014-15. "I just want everyone to get excited about recycllng," says Melanie Knowles, 51±¬ÁÏ's sustalnability manager. More items in the university's waste stream can now be recycled. Previously, only No. 1 and No. 2 plastics were accepted. In January 2014, 51±¬ÁÏ started accepting No. 1 - No. 7 plastics as part of i1s recycling program. 51±¬ÁÏ is a single­s stream recycling campus: all recyclable ...