能源与环境

30多年了, the 沃伊诺维奇学校 has worked with local communities, 州和联邦机构, 非营利组织, and companies and organizations to better understand and address issues related to the environment. 水质工程工作, 替代能源, 气候安全和复原力, 自然资源管理, 废物即资源和其他相关主题, has expanded to receive nearly $2 million in annual grant funding. 沃伊诺维奇学校 conducts this work with an emphasis on student, 教师, 员工和合作伙伴协作.

我们在这些领域的工作例子:

• 流域恢复与监测
  沃伊诺维奇学校 plays a leading role in regional, interdisciplinary efforts to restore the health of local watersheds damaged by coal mining, 农业, 基础设施不足, 和行业. Work in this area consists of stream restoration, 水质研究, 监测和外联, training and technical assistance for communities dealing with impaired water quality, including assisting with project planning and design, 网站评估, 以及基金收购. GIS mapping as well as database and website development are used to track and communicate change over time. 作为这项工作的结果, 82 miles of the Raccoon Creek Watershed that could not previously sustain life now meet biological and chemical targets. 进一步, the School utilizes information gathered about stream health to inform policy discussions via publications, 数据可视化, 和演示.
• 废物即资源
  沃伊诺维奇学校, 与校园和社区合作伙伴一起, has made great strides to improve local waste systems and make our region more sustainable. This work supports organic waste collection and processing on campus and in the region, reusing and upcycling materials through zero waste social enterprises, and improving the infrastructure and access needed to increase waste reduction, 回收, 资源分流. 由于这项多方面的工作, both 雅典 and Hocking Counties are on track to surpass the 俄亥俄州 EPA waste diversion goal of 25%.
• Environmental and Energy Community 教育
  In addition to being home to bet8九州登录入口’s 环境研究 program, the 沃伊诺维奇学校 provides training to diverse groups, from school children and college students to watershed officials and local government. Most of these focus on watersheds and water quality, but also include topics such as the Internet of Things, 可再生能源, 环境适应力, 以及气候和安全的相互作用. 另外, 教师 and professional staff have developed a series of online watershed education lesson plans, 教学视频, and interactive tools for use in local public schools, 可以在 www.watersheddata.com.
• PORTSfuture:地盘填海及再工业化
  自2010年以来, the 沃伊诺维奇学校 has partnered with the US 能源部, 南俄亥俄多样化倡议, and public and private sector entities on a $5 million program to support the clean-up and reindustrialization of the former uranium enrichment facility near Piketon, 俄亥俄州. The plan focuses on developing an Integrated Energy System-关闭d Loop Manufacturing (IES-CLM) complex to attract industry, 利用当地的煤炭和页岩资源, 创造就业机会, 发展俄亥俄州南部的经济. 沃伊诺维奇学校 is engaging in master planning, community engagement and data analysis; site readiness and property transfer activities; industry discovery and attraction; project resource acquisition for the local community reuse organization; and STEM outreach. Linkages are also being made with applicable bet8九州登录入口 researchers and national laboratories.
• 进一步的研究
  教师 and professional staff pursue a wide range of research related to the environment, 能源, 和可持续性. 目前的项目包括:  
  • Utilizing historical data to create a model to estimate post-mining water level in underground mines;  
  • Assessing the benefits of large-scale solar projects in the context of rural 能源 reliability and resilience;
  • Investigating the climate resilience of western river systems, 地方政府的气候变化政策, and the emergence of local and regional green business programs;
  • Studying the specialized metabolism of agricultural plants from semi-arid regions and advanced bio能源 grasses;  
  • Refining the use of anaerobic digestion in integrated systems design;  
  • Exploring the conflict and peacebuilding potential of international environmental governance and climate change responses.

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As part of our educational mission, the 沃伊诺维奇学校 engages 环境研究 研究生, 维诺维奇本科研究学者 and other undergraduate interns/employees to work closely with 教师 and professional staff on projects. 经历不同, but opportunities include hands-on activities with water quality testing and remediation project implementation; database development and GIS mapping; community outreach; and assistance with 教师 research, including the potential for co-authored publication.