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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Signs hanging throughout the first net-zero energy Walgreens store explain how the store reduces its energy usage. The store, which was designed to produce more energy than it consumes, opened Thursday.

Net-zero energy Walgreen store opens in Evanston

November 22, 2013

Walgreen Co. on Thursday morning opened in Evanston what it believes is the first energy-sustainable retail store in the United States. For a store to reach net-zero energy, it has to produce more energy...

The nation's first net-zero energy Walgreens, which will produce more energy than it consumes, will open in Evanston around Thanksgiving. The building will include green technology such as wind turbines and over 800 solar panels.

Geothermal drilling begins with construction of net-zero energy Walgreens in Evanston

April 3, 2013

Evanston will soon be home to a milestone in green technology when Walgreens opens what is likely the nation’s first net-zero energy store around Thanksgiving. As a net-zero energy building, the new...

Susan F. Tierney, Managing Principal at Analysis Group and former Assistant Secretary for Policy at the U.S. Department of Energy, delivers the first keynote address at Kellogg’s inaugural Energy Conference. The conference, New Energy New Challenges, was organized by the Kellogg Energy Club.

Kellogg hosts inaugural conference to bring energy, business together

February 13, 2013

The Kellogg Energy Club hosted business and political leaders on campus Wednesday as part of the inaugural Kellogg Energy Conference. About 250 students, alumni and conference sponsors attended the...

Los Angeles-based startup finds breakthrough in battery power with Northwestern research

November 15, 2012

Using a Northwestern professor’s research, a startup company based in Los Angeles broke records in laboratory tests of battery performance, it announced in late October. Prof. Harold Kung is the...

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