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Trees in a forest The Carbon Leadership Forum, in partnership with more than 30 industry leaders, announces breakthrough tool to easily evaluate carbon emissions of building materials The Carbon Leadership Forum, in partnership with a coalition of more than 30 forward looking and innovative building industry leaders announce that they have taken on a long-elusive goal – measuring and reducing the carbon footprint of building materials. Read More
Aerial view of the University of Washington campus looking toward Lake Washington UW colleges, offices share three-year NSF grant to make ‘internet of things’ more secure Several University of Washington schools and offices will team up to research how organizational practices can affect the interagency collaboration needed to keep the “internet of things” — and institutional systems — safe and secure. Read More
Aerial view of the University of Washington campus looking toward Lake Washington UW students face food, housing insecurity, survey shows A survey of food and housing insecurity at the University of Washington’s three campuses shows that an estimated 190 students may lack a stable place to live, and about one-quarter of students have worried recently about having enough to eat. Read More
Cardboard model of a building $250,000 gift from NBBJ to the UW College of Built Environments will advance applied research in the built environment NBBJ – a global architecture, planning and design firm – will donate a quarter of a million dollars to establish a ground breaking partnership with the University of Washington’s College of Built Environments. Read More
Cherry blossom trees in red square ‘Carbon accountability’: UW architecture professor Kate Simonen sees progress in work to reduce embodied carbon in construction materials “We acknowledge that we hold this world in trust and recognize the immediate threat climate change and its impacts pose to current and future generations,” reads a statement signed this fall by more than 100 construction-related companies and nonprofits. Read More