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Wed, 08/21/2024
University of Kansas awarded $26 million for new Engineering Research Center from National Science Foundation
KU is the lead institution for a new National Science Foundation Gen-4 Engineering Research Center — Environmentally Applied Refrigerant Technology Hub (EARTH) — that will focus on developing sustainable refrigerants to address climate change. EARTH is led by Foundation Distinguished Professor Mark Shiflett in the Department of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering at the KU School of Engineering.
Mon, 05/16/2022
University of Kansas testing new environmentally friendly refrigerant in Watson Library
The University of Kansas is testing a new environmentally friendly refrigerant in a Watson Library air-conditioning chiller. Built in 1924, Watson Library is the oldest and largest of KU’s libraries. The library has two York chillers that operate on refrigerant HFC-134a. The American Innovation and Manufacturing (AIM) act...