Pennsylvania Schools Among EPA’s P3 2009 Award Winners

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency this week announced the university teams who won the annual People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) competition, including Drexel University, Lafayette College and the University of Pittsburgh.

 

The P3 award competition encourages college students to apply technology in innovative ways to tackle global environmental challenges. P3 designs must be economically profitable, which is why each winner receives funding up to $75,000 to commercialize their designs.

 

“Scientific innovation has long been a driving force behind the U.S. economy,” said Lek Kadeli, acting assistant administrator for the Office of Research and Development. “The ingenuity displayed by this year’s People, Prosperity and the Planet award winners shows that we can look forward to a bright future where economic growth and environmental sustainability go hand in hand.”

 

The P3 Award competition was held at EPA’s Annual National Sustainable Design Expo on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., April 18-20. Each year, the expo showcases innovative, cutting-edge technologies designed by the P3 teams along with sustainable policies and technologies developed and implemented by government and state agencies and nonprofit organizations.

Support for the competition includes more than 40 partners in the federal government, industry and scientific and professional societies. This year’s expo was co-sponsored by Beyond Benign, a nonprofit organization that educates people on green chemistry.

 

For more information, visit the P3 Winners webpage.