The Dell Social Innovation Competition

The University of Texas and Dell are sponsoring a competition to fund a social innovation submitted by a college student.

Please check out the ideas submitted for Dell’s 2009 social innovation competition and vote for mine if you like it.  My idea is “Internet Consortiums on Global Social Issues”.  You can read it and others and vote here.

From The Dallas Morning News:

“Texas clean-air bill proposes higher energy efficiency standards

12:00 AM CST on Friday, January 30, 2009

 

By TERRENCE STUTZ / The Dallas Morning News 

tstutz@dallasnews.com

AUSTIN – New homes in Texas would have to be at least 15 percent more efficient in energy use and new appliances would have to use significantly less electricity than they do now under a clean air bill filed Thursday in the Senate.”  Link to article.

Ma

Students in the TSD class mentioned a New York Times reference to “green” modern prefab in Austin.  Check out Ma prefab by Austin design/build firm KRDB–look here .