P3 Award: A Student Design Competition for Sustainability

P3 Award A Student Design Competition for Sustainability
E. Timothy Oppelt, Acting Assistant Administrator for EPA's Office of Research and Development, today announced the winners of EPA's first Annual P3 Awards - People, Prosperity, and the Planet.

Seven student teams from Oberlin College, Rochester Institute of Technology, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, University of Colorado at Denver, University of California-Berkele y, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and University of Michigan were honored Monday evening at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C., for their innovative designs for a sustainable tomorrow.

Out of a group of 65 teams composed of more than 400 university students and advisors, these seven teams were chosen for the creativity and utility of their sustainability designs.

"The originality and breadth of these projects demonstrates the high degree of innovation and environmental interest that exists on college campuses today," said Oppelt. "These young students represent the scientific leadership of tomorrow."

The P3 Award was launched in 2004 to respond to the challenges of the developed and developing world in moving toward sustainability. This national competition enables college students to research, develop and design scientific, technical and policy solutions to sustainability challenges. Their designs will help achieve th