Wanger Institute for Sustainable Energy Research (WISER) Archive

  • Tower Tours: 16th Floor Renovation

    Interested in seeing the beautiful renovation of the 16th floor in IIT Tower? Tours will take place on Wednesday, October 17 or Thursday, October 25 from 12:40–1:50 pm. Register to attend by clicking here.

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  • Alumnus Robert Borlick to Present WISER Seminar on Electricity Markets

    Alumnus Robert Borlick to Present WISER Seminar on Electricity Markets

    The lecture "Demand Response in Wholesale Power Markets" will be held on Friday, September 21 at 1:00 pm in IIT Tower, 16th floor. The joint lecture is co-hosted by WISER, the Robert W. Galvin Center for Electricity Innovation, IIT Armour College of Engineering, and IIT Stuart School of Business and will feature energy consultant Robert L. Borlick (EE ′59). The lecture is also provided as part of IIT Homecoming activities.

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  • WISER to Co-Sponsor 2012 UIC Summer Institute on Sustainability and Energy

    WISER to Co-Sponsor 2012 UIC Summer Institute on Sustainability and Energy

    IIT’s Wanger Institute for Sustainable Energy Research (WISER) will serve as one of the co-sponsors of the 2012 Summer Institute on Sustainability and Energy (SISE), to be hosted by University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) on August 9 - 17. The SISE theme, “Election 2012: Energy, Economics, and Environment” will feature an intense interdisciplinary workshop for graduate and senior-level undergraduate students.

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  • Campus Sustainability Academic Year End Meeting – Energy: The Path Forward

    Campus Sustainability Academic Year End Meeting – Energy: The Path Forward

    Join Campus Energy and Sustainability for a summary of sustainable events and progress of this academic year from noon - 1:30 pm on Thursday, April 19 in the MTCC Ballroom.

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  • CTBUH-IIT Team Wins Grant for Green Wall Facade Research

    The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) and several members of the Illinois Institute of Technology faculty have been awarded a grant from the Wanger Institute for Sustainable Energy Research (WISER) to study the energy-saving effectiveness of green wall façade systems.

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  • Monthly Sustainability Forum: “The Energy-Food-Water Nexus” on March 30

    Monthly Sustainability Forum: “The Energy-Food-Water Nexus” on March 30

    IIT Wanger Institute for Sustainable Energy Research (WISER) and the Office of Campus Energy and Sustainability will co-sponsor the March Campus Sustainability Forum from noon-1:30 pm on Friday, March 30, 2012 in the MTCC Ballroom. The program will feature a panel discussion on the timely topic, "The Energy-Water-Food Nexus: A Critical Issue in Sustainability."

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