http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Mon, 20 May 2013 17:55:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/10/22/sustainable-solutions-for-the-brooklyn-navy-yard/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/10/22/sustainable-solutions-for-the-brooklyn-navy-yard/#comments Mon, 22 Oct 2012 14:30:16 +0000 Allison Ladue http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=31469 On Friday, Saturday and Sunday, October 5-7, M.S. in Sustainability Management students in Professor Lynnette Widder’s SUMA K4162: Responsibility and Resilience in the Built Environment ventured across the East River to complete an interdisciplinary workshop at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The workshop was organized by Professor Widder in collaboration with the Departments of Architecture of the Technical University of Braunschweig in Germany and the Rhode Island School of Design. ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/10/22/sustainable-solutions-for-the-brooklyn-navy-yard/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/29/architecture-and-urban-design-students-present-innovative-upgrading-plans-for-a-millennium-city/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/29/architecture-and-urban-design-students-present-innovative-upgrading-plans-for-a-millennium-city/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 15:02:50 +0000 Susan Blaustein http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=27343 Graduate students in architecture and urban design recently presented their findings and design work issuing out of a collaboration between the Urban Design Lab (UDL) and MCI in the Millennium City of Kumasi, Ghana. At the city’s invitation, and with MCI's facilitation, the UDL came to Kumasi in early February, to devise solutions to revitalize the severely degraded and impoverished areas of Akrom, Adukrom and Sewabah and to design a comprehensive Women's and Girls' Center for the vibrant downtown commercial neighborhood of Bantama.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/29/architecture-and-urban-design-students-present-innovative-upgrading-plans-for-a-millennium-city/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/03/07/new-york-roofs-brighter-whiter-cooler/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/03/07/new-york-roofs-brighter-whiter-cooler/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 20:52:43 +0000 Kevin Krajick http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=23589 The results are in for the first study to systematically measure the effects of the city’s fledgling effort to introduce more reflective rooftops in order to reduce cooling costs and the overall heat burden on the city. ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/03/07/new-york-roofs-brighter-whiter-cooler/feed/ 2 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/02/02/solving-urbanization-challenges-by-design-%e2%80%93-the-science-of-green-roofs-part-2/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/02/02/solving-urbanization-challenges-by-design-%e2%80%93-the-science-of-green-roofs-part-2/#comments Wed, 02 Feb 2011 15:10:10 +0000 Lakis Polycarpou http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=10545 Patricia J. Culligan is a professor of civil engineering and engineering mechanics at Columbia University and the Vice Dean of Academic Affairs for Columbia Engineering. In part two of this interview she talks about the challenge of quantifying the economic benefits of green roofs, the potential for rooftop agriculture, and what it means to "solve urbanization challenges by design."]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/02/02/solving-urbanization-challenges-by-design-%e2%80%93-the-science-of-green-roofs-part-2/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/01/31/solving-urbanization-challenges-by-design-%e2%80%93-the-science-of-green-roofs/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/01/31/solving-urbanization-challenges-by-design-%e2%80%93-the-science-of-green-roofs/#comments Mon, 31 Jan 2011 16:17:16 +0000 Lakis Polycarpou http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=10540 Patricia J. Culligan, professor of civil engineering and engineering mechanics, discusses her work with the Columbia University Green Roof Consortium to quantify the benefits of green roofs.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/01/31/solving-urbanization-challenges-by-design-%e2%80%93-the-science-of-green-roofs/feed/ 4 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/03/03/urban-design-lab-plastic-trashpatch/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/03/03/urban-design-lab-plastic-trashpatch/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:08:31 +0000 Laura Ly http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=1948 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/03/03/urban-design-lab-plastic-trashpatch/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/02/23/some-thoughts-about-dust-rio-gallegos/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/02/23/some-thoughts-about-dust-rio-gallegos/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:11:02 +0000 Alejandra Borunda http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=2617 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/02/23/some-thoughts-about-dust-rio-gallegos/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/02/19/mayor-of-accra-ghana-speaks-to-citys-challenges-during-visit-to-the-earth-institute/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/02/19/mayor-of-accra-ghana-speaks-to-citys-challenges-during-visit-to-the-earth-institute/#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:03:12 +0000 Susan Blaustein http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=1793 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/02/19/mayor-of-accra-ghana-speaks-to-citys-challenges-during-visit-to-the-earth-institute/feed/ 2 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/02/10/climate-risks-and-haiti/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/02/10/climate-risks-and-haiti/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:08:17 +0000 Francesco Fiondella http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=1656 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/02/10/climate-risks-and-haiti/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/01/26/tundra-microbes-and-world-climate/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/01/26/tundra-microbes-and-world-climate/#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:36:49 +0000 Kim Martineau http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=1468 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/01/26/tundra-microbes-and-world-climate/feed/ 2