The Innovative Solution for Sustaining Water Resources
On 28 Feb, 2019, a mooring snapped for America’s vessel. A report released by the…
A Major Environmental Win with Assembly Bill 841
Assembly Bill 841 was authored by Phil Ting (Assemblyman) and has been in the pipeline…
New Shape of Work: Healthy Buildings and How Lighting Can Help
THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC is presenting dramatic new health and safety challenges for office tenants, building…
Making the most of K-12 digital textbooks and online educational tools
Whether children are currently going to school in person, learning remotely or doing a mix…
California Bay Area School Returns $111,000 of Water Savings to District
The district requested a water use audit from the Santa Clara Valley Water District to…
COVID-19 – Outdoor classes hold promise for in-person learning
From a learning space design perspective, this could be an effective way of maintaining in-person…
Poor, minority students at dilapidated schools face added risks amid talk of reopening classrooms
Local, state and federal officials wrangle over how to make schools safe, with concern over…
Buildings consume lots of energy – here’s how to design whole communities that give back as much as they take
Buildings account for 40% of total energy consumption in the U.S., compared to 32% for…
Social distancing works – just ask lobsters, ants and vampire bats
Animals as diverse as monkeys, lobsters, insects and birds can detect and avoid sick members…
What ‘Walden’ can tell us about social distancing and focusing on life’s essentials
Seeking to bend the coronavirus curve, governors and mayors have told millions of Americans to…
A military perspective on climate change could bridge the gap between believers and doubters
Military leaders believe climate change seriously threatens U.S. national security. They contend it is stirring…
Is your city making you fat? How urban planning can address the obesity epidemic
Our built environment, which includes not only buildings but roads, sidewalks and public spaces, plays…
Air pollution kills thousands of Americans every year – here’s a low-cost strategy to reduce the toll
The U.S. has made tremendous progress in reducing air pollution since 1990, and this has…
Livestock – new ways to raise it and improve the land in California
As California contends with drought, wildfires and other impacts of climate change, a small yet…
Soil carbon is a valuable resource, but all soil carbon is not created equal
The world urgently needs ways to keep carbon out of the atmosphere, and to build…
Atmospheric river storms can drive costly flooding – and climate change is making them stronger
Ask people to name the world’s largest river, and most will probably guess that it’s…
The first step in managing plastic waste is measuring it – here’s how we did it for one Caribbean country
Clyde Eiríkur Hull, Rochester Institute of Technology and Eric Williams, Rochester Institute of Technology Countries…
How to boost recycling: Reward consumers with discounts, deals and social connections
Research shows that more often than not, Americans give up trying to sort their recyclables….
Millions of burnt trees and rusted cars: Post-disaster cleanup is expensive, time-consuming and wasteful
Dealing with enormous quantities of debris and waste materials is one of the most significant…
The Earth needs multiple methods for removing CO2 from the air to avert worst of climate change
Even with the progress made in introducing alternatives to fossil fuels, gaining energy efficiencies and…
Invasive grasses are fueling wildfires across the US
Emily Fusco, University of Massachusetts Amherst The Santa Ana winds that help drive fall and…
Oil companies are thinking about a low-carbon future, but aren’t making big investments in it yet
The global oil industry stands at a crossroads. Corporate leaders are weighing how closely to…
Data science could help Californians battle future wildfires
David Wild, Indiana University A major wildfire spread through Colorado, and I spent long hours…
Why ‘acting locally’ is impossible in an interconnected world
Jennifer M. Bernstein, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences…