By: Ben Anderson Warren Wilson’s iconic EcoDorm, which opened in 2003 as a pioneering model of energy-efficient building designs and renewable-energy technologies, has become the first building on a college campus to achieve LEED Platinum certification in the Existing Buildings (EB) category. Platinum certification is the highest rating level a building can receive under the LEED […]
June 18, 2009
As students at Warren Wilson College, Rachel Buedel and Nina Otter are a long way from their homes in Pennsylvania and Vermont respectively. But the work they and other students are doing in homes near Warren Wilson is having a positive impact on the Asheville area, as do so many of the College’s service activities. […]
January 20, 2009
Warren Wilson is indeed number one… #1 in the Southeast on Sierra Magazine’s list of “10 Coolest Schools” in the fight against global warming, and #4 nationwide. #1 nationwide in the National Wildlife Federation report “Campus Environment 2008” as the “Leading School for Waste Reduction and Recycling.” #1 in becoming the first college or university […]
November 15, 2006