[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 70 (Tuesday, June 6, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1009]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  RECOGNIZING AWARD-WINNING SUSTAINABLE HOUSING AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY

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                             HON. SAM FARR

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 6, 2006

  Mr. FARR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Jennifer Tobias and 
Stanford University's Green Dorm team for winning the Environmental 
Protection Agency's 2006 P3 award.
  Tobias and her colleagues designed a sustainable facility for 
research, housing, and community space. The building forges together 
practical functionality while eliminating carbon emissions, closing the 
water cycle, and optimizing material resources.
  This national competition, sponsored by EPA's Office of Research and 
Development, enables college students to research, develop and design 
scientific, technical, and policy solutions to sustainability 
challenges. Sustainable solutions are environmentally friendly, 
efficiently use natural resources and are economically competitive. The 
P3 award includes funding up to $75,000 that gives the students an 
opportunity to further develop their designs and move them to the 
marketplace.
  I commend Jennifer and her colleagues for their innovative project 
design, and I hope they continue their important research and 
development on sustainable solutions to human endeavors. Jennifer and 
her colleagues are role-models who demonstrate that environmental and 
economical interests can be brought together in tomorrow's designs.

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