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*EVENT NOTICE* *National Sustainable Design Expo featuring EPA's P3 Award* *Tuesday, May 9, 2006 (9:00 am - 5:00 pm) and Wednesday, May 10, 2006 (9:00 am - 3:00 pm)* *National Mall (between 3rd and 4th Streets)* The* Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI)* cordially invites you to attend the National Sustainable Design Expo on the National Mall *May 9 and 10* to see cutting-edge sustainable technologies developed by university students and their faculty advisors. The Expo will also include exhibits by nonprofit organizations and government agencies that are working to advance sustainability and industry professionals who will demonstrate sustainable products that are currently available in the marketplace. More than 350 college and university students from across the nation will be competing at the Expo for the EPA's Second Annual P3 (People, Prosperity, Planet) Award. The highest-rated design will receive a grant of up to $75,000 to help the winning team bring their sustainable design innovation to market. Students participating in the Expo will showcase their novel designs for super-efficient green buildings, production of alternative fuel technologies, rainwater collection systems, and frameworks for manufacturing products like clothing and prescription drugs more sustainably. Representatives from various companies, nonprofit organizations and government agencies will also display products and practices they are employing to reduce their environmental footprint and improve prospects for people, prosperity and the planet. We encourage you to take a tour of the exhibits on the Mall to view innovations that can help teach Americans how we can meet energy needs in a cleaner, more efficient and sustainable way. The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI), the National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) and The American Chemical Society Green Chemistry Institute's (GCI) are co-sponsoring EPA's National Sustainable Design Expo. Forty-two organizations have partnered with the EPA to organize the P3 competition and awards. For a full list of partners, exhibitors and other details about the National Sustainable Design Expo, including the projects designed by each student team, visit _*www.epa.gov/p3*_ <http://www.epa.gov/p3>. _*National Sustainable Design Expo Agenda*_ * Tuesday, May 9, 2006* 9:00 am - 9:30 am Welcome and Opening Ceremony 9:30 am - 4:45 pm Exhibits Open to the Public; Judging of University Displays 4:45 pm - 5:00 pm Closing Ceremony *Wednesday, May 10, 2006* 9:00 am - 9:10 am Opening Remarks 9:10 am - 3:00 pm Exhibits Open to the Public; Judging of University Displays 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm Exhibits Open to the Public 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm EPA P3 Awards Ceremony & Reception - hosted by the Green Chemistry Institute at the National Academies of Science Building, Washington DC /(Only registered exhibitors and students will be admitted)/ _*Participating Universities *_Appalachian State University California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo Carnegie Mellon University, University of Pittsburgh - Main Campus Clarkson University Drexel University Duke University Eastern Illinois University Gonzaga University Iowa State University, Federal University of Vicosa Iowa State University Lafayette College* Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge Massachusetts Institute of Technology New Jersey Institute of Technology New Mexico State University Northern Illinois University Ohio Northern University Oklahoma State University, Green Blue Institute* Portland State University Rutgers University Stanford University Texas A & M University Trinity University* Tufts University University of California - Riverside University of Cincinnati University of Colorado at Boulder* University of Florida University of Iowa, Iowa Department of Natural Resources University of Kentucky University of Massachusetts - Lowell University of Michigan - Ann Arbor* University of Missouri - Rolla University of Texas at El Paso University of Virginia Virginia Wesleyan College * Two teams from the university are participating. 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