The exhibit showcased an array of culturally appropriate and technologically innovative strategies that advance the Tribe’s existing planning priorities –e.g., resilient green buildings, green infrastructure, edible trails, food sovereignty, and health & well-being -to reassert long-term cultural identification with place.
Read More“The proposed community-based participatory action research project, “Centering Place and Community to Address Climate Change and Social Justice,” is a collaborative research, planning and design initiative that will enable a UW research team to work with the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe to explore sustainable and culturally relevant strategies for an upland expansion in response to climate change-driven sea level rise and other threats to their coastal ecosystems and community.”
Read More"Drs. Julie Kriegh (lead instructor) and Chris Lee with Jan Whittington, UW College of Built Environments colleagues, spent 2020 ... leading a multidisciplinary studio that challenged architecture students from UW, the University of Arizona, and the University of Pennsylvania to reimagine the modern data center..."
Read MoreIn 2020, the faculty and students at the University of Washington (UW) conceived of a year-long joint study to be conducted in partnership with Google data center experts and two fellow academic institutions: the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn), and University of Arizona (UA). Each institution, set of instructors, and students focused on a different aspect of data center design, contributing to the body of knowledge on the topic presented herein – specifically, sustainability, climate analysis, and materials performance.
Read MoreToday the Carbon Leadership Forum released a ground-breaking report on the potential for meaningful climate impact through materials that serve as carbon sinks. Such materials have a clear advantage, with the potential to reverse the climate profile of buildings from a leading driver of carbon emissions to carbon reservoirs that can help reverse it.
Read MoreWith the projected growth of Cloud infrastructure and services globally, there is a great need to address future sustainability concerns with data center design and engineering. The areas of sustainable design for data centers encompass environmental, economic, and social impacts.
Read MoreThe next frontier in energy conservation centers on user behavior. As energy codes become more stringent and building envelopes improve, it is the energy use under the direct control of the occupant that will have the greatest impact on the environment.
Read MoreAs energy codes become more stringent and building envelopes improve, it is the energy use under the direct control of the occupant that will have the greatest impact on the environment. With regard to the design of the physical environment, we recognize that an approach incorporating both building science and social science is necessary if progress is to be made toward Climate Change goals put forward by the 2015 Paris Agreement.
Read MoreNet-positive-energy buildings achieve performance goals through multiple integrated strategies incorporating technologies, systems, and human behavior. This paper examines the energy performance of the Bullitt Center in Seattle, WA and in particular looks at energy use that is influenced by occupant decisions.
Read MoreThis project developed an analysis tool called the Building User Audit Procedure (BUAP) for understanding how people impact energy use patterns in campus buildings.
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