"Forbes" rated Rhode Island as a leading "green" state.
In 2007, a "Forbes" magazine study ranked Rhode Island among the country's "greenest" states, and the state's institutions of higher education offer extensive environmental-related course work. Solar energy is explored within technology, geology and environmental programs in Rhode Island schools.
New England Institute of Technology
Located in Warwick, the state's second largest city, the New England Institute of Technology is a private technical college, established in 1940. The school's new "green" curriculum features course work that emphasizes renewable and sustainable energy sources, including solar energy. NEIT offers an associate's degree program in plumbing, heating and gas technology--a program that examines various heating systems and how biofuel and solar technology have been incorporated into today's systems. Heating technology students will work on a solar panel model as part of their education at NEIT.
New England Institute of Technology
2500 Post Rd.
Warwick, RI 02886
401-467-7744
neit.edu
Brown University
Rhode Island's lone Ivy League university, Brown University promotes solar and renewable energy studies with its environmental change initiative, led by fellows researching solutions to environmental problems. Brown's chemistry department features an energy seminar for first-year students. The course offers introductory exposure to different kinds of energy, including solar. The geology department's energy resources course discusses the potential for wind, solar and other renewable energy sources. Brown students can take either of those seminars as part of the university's sustainable design program or the energy, climate and global change program.
Brown University
45 Prospect St.
Providence, RI 02912
401-863-1000
brown.edu
University of Rhode Island
The University of Rhode Island was established in 1888 as an agricultural institute. The university's department of civil and environmental engineering features substantial undergraduate and graduate course work that touches upon solar energy. Additionally, undergraduate students can become fellows in the university's energy fellows program, where students explore real-world energy issues. Professors from various URI departments convene at the university's Energy Center, where they teach and conduct research in solar, electrochemical, ocean and other forms of energy.
University of Rhode Island
55 Lower College Rd.
Kingston, RI 02881
401-874-1000
uri.edu
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