Sustainable Living
Horvath, Arpad
Submitted by cmjones on February 28, 2007 - 2:23pm.Name:
Arpad Horvath
Research Interests:
Environmental analysis of civil infrastructure systems, life-cycle assessment, environmentally-conscious construction and infrastructure management
Achievements:
Horvath’s research focuses on life-cycle environmental and economic assessment (LCA) of civil infrastructure systems, as well as industrial ecology and environmental management. His current research projects include assessing the environmental implications of telework, quantifying the environmental and economic benefits accrued by substituting wireless applications for traditional products, and developing new, hybrid models for life-cycle assessment. He has been named an AT&T Faculty Fellow in Industrial Ecology. The fellowship carries a $25,000 prize. Industrial ecology is a multidisciplinary field that studies industrial and economic systems and their linkage with natural systems. His latest (2006) paper is titled “Decision-Support Tool for Assessing the Environmental Effects of Constructing Commercial Buildings.” (with A Guggemos; in the Journal of Architectural Engineering.
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Department Name:
Civil and Environmental Engineering, Professor
Institute of International Studies
Submitted by cmjones on February 23, 2007 - 2:38pm.Name of Research Center:
Institute of International Studies
Description:
The Institute of International Studies promotes interdisciplinary research in international, comparative, and policy studies on the Berkeley campus. The Institute focuses today on the following intellectual themes: Peace and global security in the 21st century, Environment, demography, and sustainability, Globalization, development, and human rights, and Technological change and and the transformation of the global economy.
Consortium on Green Design and Manufacturing
Submitted by cmjones on February 23, 2007 - 2:02pm.Name of Research Center:
Consortium on Green Design and Manufacturing
Description:
The Consortium on Green Design and Manufacturing (CGDM) was formed in 1993 to encourage multi- disciplinary research and education on environmental management, design for environment and pollution prevention issues in critical industries.
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REGIS: Environmental Planning GIS at UC Berkeley
Submitted by cmjones on February 23, 2007 - 2:01pm.Name of Research Center:
REGIS: Environmental Planning GIS at UC Berkeley
Description:
Environmental Planning online is a selection of web sites pertaining to environmental planning, supporting landscape architecture, environmental planning, and city planning programs at the University of California, Berkeley. The emphasis is on U.S. and California environmental planning.
Center for Environmental Design Research (CEDR)
Submitted by cmjones on February 23, 2007 - 1:58pm.Name of Research Center:
Center for Environmental Design Research (CEDR)
Description:
The Center for Environmental Design Research is an Organized Research Unit of the University of California at Berkeley. Located in the College of Environmental Design, the Center assists the research of faculty, students, and others interested in the design and planning of the built environment. The Center's mission is to encourage research in environmental planning and design, in order to increase the factual content of design decisions and to promote systematic approaches to design decision-making. The scope of our research ranges from local human environments to regional ecosystems, from details of building construction to large-scale urban planning, and from the history of the built environment to the design process itself.
Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS)
Submitted by cmjones on February 23, 2007 - 1:56pm.Name of Research Center:
Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS)
Description:
The Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society –CITRIS—creates information technology solutions for many of our most pressing social, environmental and healthcare problems. Faculty, students and industrial researchers are seeing solutions to many of the concerns that face all of us today, from the environment and finding viable sustainable energy alternatives to healthcare delivery and developing secure electronic medical records and remote diagnosis, ultimately boosting economic productivity. CITRIS represents a bold and exciting vision that is leveraging one of the top university systems in the world with highly successful corporate partners and government resources.
Environmental Design Library
Submitted by cmjones on February 23, 2007 - 1:18pm.Name of Library of Museum:
Environmental Design Library
Dinner: An Author Considers the Source
Submitted by cmjones on February 22, 2007 - 12:41pm.Title:
Dinner: An Author Considers the Source
Dinner: An Author Considers the Source
Description:
Journalist Michael Pollan's new book, The Omnivore's Dilemma, follows industrial food, organic food, and food that consumers procure or hunt for themselves, from the source to the dinner plate. It also examines the importance of corn in all of our food products. Pollan is a professor of science and environmental journalism at University of California at Berkeley. His previous books include The Botany of Desire and A Place of My Own.
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NPR
Energy pricing, green buildings, and putting technology in California homes
Submitted by cmjones on February 22, 2007 - 12:23pm.Title:
Energy pricing, green buildings, and putting technology in California homes
Energy pricing, green buildings, and putting technology in California homes
Description:
Paul Wright, professor of mechanical engineering and engineering graduate student Will Watts speak about their development of energy-saving technologies with Chancellor Birgeneau
Rich Forests, Poor People: Resource Control and Resistance in Java
Submitted by cmjones on February 20, 2007 - 12:49pm.Name of Publication:
Rich Forests, Poor People: Resource Control and Resistance in Java
Name of Author:
Nancy Peluso
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