Center Content / Center Content for ºÙºÙÊÓƵ en Scientists Test Solutions for Energy-Efficient Grow Houses /news/scientists-test-solutions-energy-efficient-grow-houses <p>If Colorado’s experience is any indication, energy use is expected to spike with the recent legalization of recreational marijuana in California, much as it did when data centers sprang up throughout the state.</p> <p>For example, just two years after Colorado legalized recreational marijuana in 2012, grow houses consumed about 2 percent of the power supply in Denver alone.</p> December 21, 2016 - 3:58pm Katherine E Kerlin /news/scientists-test-solutions-energy-efficient-grow-houses $14 Million Federal Grant for Sustainable Transportation Research /news/14-million-federal-grant-sustainable-transportation-research <p>The U.S. Department of Transportation selected the National Center for Sustainable Transportation, led by the ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Institute of Transportation Studies, to receive a five-year grant totaling about $14 million&nbsp;to advance a more sustainable transportation system.</p> December 05, 2016 - 1:37pm Katherine E Kerlin /news/14-million-federal-grant-sustainable-transportation-research