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Environmental Indicators

Submitted by cmjones on May 2, 2007 - 12:56pm.
Title: 
Environmental Indicators
Summary: 
A literature review of environmental inidicator collection at the city level combined with best practice data collection approaches is urgently needed to improve the way cities manage their resources. USI teams in transportation, urban design and water/santiation can provide guidance
More Information: 
As the old engineering addage goes, you can't manage what you don't measure. Urban sustainability efforts have been constrained by the ability of cities to cost-effectively monitor the quality of urban environments, in particular in relation to energy, water quality, sanitation, and air pollution. When this information is collected, differences in methods does not allow for comparison between cities for benchmarking. The United Nations and the World Bank have embarked on ambitious efforts to create networks of cities to collect sustainability information. Unfortunately, progress to coordinate the collection of environmental indicators has been hindered by cost, and lack of unified approach.
URL: 
http://bie.berkeley.edu/usi/index.htm
Description of organization: 
The Berkeley Institute of the Environment (BIE), established in 2005, brings together and helps enhance the diverse campus programs and research units with foci in the environment in new and innovative ways.
Contact person: 
Chris Jones
Contact e-mail: 
cmjones@berkeley.edu
Funded?: 
Maybe

Solar project

Submitted by sprowles on September 12, 2007 - 1:39pm.
Title: 
Solar project
Summary: 
Currently, I am on a team with graduate students and LBNL scientists working on a solar water heater project aimed at providing cheap, environmentally friendly hot water to impoverished people in third world countries. Thus far, we have developed working technology that is being tested with positive results in Guatemala and are looking to expand our research to other countries while improving and promoting our technology. With this, we are looking for a graduate business student (PhD, MBA, etc.) who would be willing to help write a business plan and help market our technology. We are looking to enter into international and US competitions in the upcoming year, such as UNIDO, and would really like to find someone soon to join our team.
Contact e-mail: 
solarwaterheater@lists.berkeley.edu