Welcome to PH261: Physics of Energy and the Environment

PH261 is the foundation course for the Clarion University's Sustainability: Science and Policy Program and is taught by Dr. Joshua Pearce.

This course is a study of the physical laws and processes that underlie environmental phenomena with a special focus on energy (mechanical, thermal and electrical). We will establish both a qualitative and quantitative understanding of the underlying physical processes. Technical, economic, and social consequences of these laws and processes will be examined to better delineate the complex decisions related to human energy use and environmental issues.

This course is being offered on the web in Fall 2007 and will utilize appropedia.org for project collaboration.

The class list can be found here: [Class list]

Projects

Environmental Songs

To learn the basics of wiki editing and to have a little fun we created a list of songs with environmental themes

Light Emitting Diode Project

LEDs are the future of lighting.

Target Communities

The following is a list of communities to do LCAs on in alphabetical order. List your community and username.

• Clarion, PA by User:J.M.Pearce
• Clarion, PA by User:Fatima
• Corry, PA by User:Pmthomas99
• Kane, PA by User:M.J.Oknefski
• Oil City, PA by User:Melinastar22
• Rochester, PA by User:Hoffster

LED Links of use:

• http://www.1800arkansas.com/energy/files/PDF/LR_LED_study.pdf
• http://www.columbia.edu/itc/chemistry/c2507/CS_Material_04/CS6_Material_4.pdf
• http://www.outreach.psu.edu/programs/tesc2006/presentations/7B_Rudiak.pdf
• http://www.cee1.org/gov/led/led_press_kit.pdf
• http://www.cee1.org/gov/led/led-ace3/ace3led.pdf
• http://www.energystar.gov/ia/partners/product_specs/eligibility/traffic_elig.pdf
• http://www.itramas.com/prod_serv15.html

Final Class Project

The following is a list of pages created by PH261 students in alphabetical order. List your page and link back to it.