EPA Launches Sustainable Design Expo
The Environmental Protection Agency is preparing for its first national sustainable design expo, part of the agency’s second annual People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) awards. The award program is a national competition involving 41 teams of college and university students who will exhibit their design projects.
The Environmental Protection Agency is preparing for its first national sustainable design expo, part of the agency’s second annual People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) awards. The award program is a national competition involving 41 teams of college and university students who will exhibit their design projects.
Held May 9 and 10, the expo will highlight green technology at the National Mall in Washington D.C.
Last year, four P3 design projects became new commercial ventures, according to the EPA. Projects included designs for green buildings, alternative fuel technologies, plans for safe drinking water in developing countries and even greening the apparel industry
The P3 Award was launched in 2004 to respond to the needs of the developed and developing world in moving toward sustainability. This national competition enables college students to research, develop and design scientific, technical and policy solutions to sustainability challenges.
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