Richard
Richard Crume
Environmental Engineer, Journalist and Adjunct Associate Professor at North Carolina A&T State University
Richard Crume, an environmental engineer by training, has worked for both corporate and governmental organisations in the energy and environmental fields for over 30 years. Additionally, he is an Adjunct Associate Professor at North Carolina A&T State University, where he teaches a graduate level course covering air pollution and climate change. Richard has written extensively on topics related to green buildings, sustainable energy, and waste management, and he is a member of the Board of Trustees for the Institute of Professional Environmental Practice. Additionally, he is a Certified Hazard Control Manager and Qualified Environmental Professional. Richard lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Latest articles published
Little positive in OECD’s 2050 Environmental Outlook
Wednesday, 11 April 2012 Our most prolific blogger, Richard Crume, highlights that the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s latest gloomy outlook on the world’s environmental condition in 2050 could be ...
Lessons in renewable energy at America’s greenest hotel
Monday, 02 April 2012 Richard Crume uses one hotel in the US as an example for his renewable energy students to study. The hotel has achieved a 40 percent reduction in energy costs compared with other hotels of the same si...
Lessons in renewable energy at America’s greenest hotel
Monday, 26 March 2012 Richard Crume uses one hotel in the US as an example for his renewable energy students to study. The hotel has achieved a 40 percent reduction in energy costs compared with other hotels of the same si...
A year later, the cleanup is just beginning
Sunday, 11 March 2012 Wanting to remember the victims - both living and dead - of the Great East Japan Earthquake, our blogger Richard Crume, looks at what the country is doing to get back on its feet a year on from the di...
Is climate change really happening? Just ask your insurance agent!
Tuesday, 28 February 2012 Richard Crume looks at what impact climate change is having on insurance firms, and ultimately consumers. As he points out, “this industry, for one, knows that ignoring the scientific facts is never...
If you want a really green living space, don’t build it!
Monday, 16 January 2012 Our most prolific blogger, Richard Crume, finds out why less is more as far as green building is concerned. He covers the Tiny House Project at Northwestern University in Evanston near Chicago, which ...
Protect the environment? There’s an app for that!
Wednesday, 14 December 2011 Regular Renewable Energy Magazine blogger, Richard Crume, is “appy” about his latest piece, which looks at a novel competition to promote the use of computer applications to protect human health a...
Monster increase in carbon dioxide emissions – But is anyone paying attention?
Tuesday, 15 November 2011After focusing his attention on energy saving in schools in the US, Richard Crume decides to explore a much wider-reaching issue: global carbon emissions.
Unsure how to get your energy message across? Just Post-it!
Thursday, 20 October 2011Richard Crume looks at novel ways schools across New York and New Jersey are saving energy, including using Post-it notes to remind energy users to think about how they may be wasting energy.
US Solar Decathlon – The Real Story
Thursday, 13 October 2011 Every two years college and university students gather in Washington, DC, to compete in a contest to design, build, and operate solar-power houses that are cost-effective, energy-efficient, and attrac...
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