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CU Denver Grads Find a Way to Turn Tires Into Sustainable Tiles
Thirty miles from Denver, you’ll find a mountain—but not one made of granite or shale. This one has earned the moniker “Tire Mountain” and is made up entirely of rubber. For two students in the College of Architecture and Planning (CAP), that garbage pile became the inspiration for their senior capstone project. Recently, Olivia Collier and Maslin Mellick, both 2022 master of architecture graduates, took home the Colorado Green Building Guild (CGBG) Student Project of the Year for the work they did in a studio class led by Professor of Architecture Julee Herdt. The class was tasked with creating a “Clean-Tech Manufacturing Facility for Sustainable Building Products.” This meant they…
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Maine auto repair shops turn in signatures for initiative
Area vehicle repair service shop homeowners turned in more than 70,000 signatures to the point out Thursday in an energy to involve vehicle producers to switch over details to assistance them resolve automobiles. The so-called “right to repair” initiative by motor vehicle repair service shops and components suppliers is a bid to get entry to wi-fi technological know-how that outlets information and facts they say is essential to make repairs. “This citizens’ initiative is actually just about client choice,” reported Tim Winkeler, president and CEO of VIP Tires & Company. “It’s about supplying consumers the capacity to do the job on their very own autos if they so select down…
