In his July 10, 2008, testimony before Congress, Professor Jay Golden calls for greater federal support for improved data collection and inter-agency collaboration.
More people, hotter temperatures, and a vulnerable electrical system. How will the US meet the growing demand for air conditioning in a way that protects our population while minimizing emissions of carbon dioxide [...]
You can’t see it, but it affects your life in a very real way for about half of the year. We’re talking about your comfort, your health, the air you breathe, even your power bills. We’re talking about the heat and it’s getting worse - all because we live on an island. FOX 10’s Dave [...]
On February 20, 2008 global consumer products manufacturer Dial/Henkel announced a 3-year commitment to partner with Arizona State University’s (ASU) National Center of Excellence on SMART Innovations to establish a new multi-disciplinary platform to measure the total environmental impact at every stage of a product’s life from its inception to consumer use — this process is [...]
The Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Academies Design and Construction Group has established a Paving Materials and the Urban Climate Subcommittee of the Design and Construction Group to address the influence of pavements in the formation and mitigation of the UHI and to examine the relationship of pavements to broader climate concerns. NCE [...]
Led by Co-Director Dr. Patrick Phelan, researchers from the NCE were awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation’s Nanaoscale Exploratory Research program for their leading edge work on Nanoparticle Filled Liquid Fuels for Efficient Energy Conversion.
This proposal was received in response to Nanoscale Science and Engineering initiative, NSF 05-610, category NER. Nanofuels are liquid fuels [...]
