OF NOTE – EDUCATION The University of Minnesota announced the hire of Shane Stennes as its first systemwide chief sustainability officer, responsible for leading the university’s ...

"The university really aspires to be on the leading edge of this energy transition in the state of Minnesota," Shane Stennes, director of sustainability for the University of Minnesota, said.

“The U is committed to energy conservation regardless of what is happening nationally,” said Shane Stennes, director of sustainability at the University. In order to achieve the goal, sustainability ...

Shane Stennes, the U's director of sustainability, said the Twin Cities campus — the largest campus of the state's flagship school — wants to be an example and resource for other schools ...

“Between these three initiatives, 20 percent of our energy at the U will be renewable,” Stennes said. Lori Vitaioli, a University student, said she believes the investment in solar panels is a step in ...

University of Minnesota partners with Ameresco to install 2 megawatts of solar energy generation and advances goal to reduce emissions 50% by 2020.