Innovation, collaboration, legislation and recognizing the implications of our actions are key to achieving sustainability, according to Shawn LaTourette, commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
Ahead of the curve in bringing the science of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to design and on the heels of the Inflation Reduction Act, Environmental Life Cycle Assessment in Design (eLCAd2023) once again draws together a diverse group of educators and professionals in concentrated dialogue to explore the rapidly evolving conjunction of LCA and design.
New Jersey Institute of Technology earned a silver rating in sustainability after a year-long assessment of the university’s sustainability footprint in greenhouse gas emissions and its research, courses and community engagement related to sustainability.
The assessment, from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), is based a Sustainability, Tracking, Assessment and Rating System (STARS) that awards points in five categories: academics, engagement, operations, planning and administration and innovation and leadership.
NJIT’s Albert Dorman Honors College held its First-Year Seminar Biodiversity Initiatives colloquium, in which four student-led proposals were presented to renovate the space near the Summit Street parking garage.
These student-driven initiatives allow for the Urban Ecology Lab, ADHC, the Real Estate Development and Capital Operations (REDCO) and the Office of Sustainability to team up together to make NJIT’s campus into a more sustainable community.
A U.S.-based team of scientists joined by NJIT biologist Eric Fortune is inching closer to the $10 million XPRIZE Rainforest Competition’s grand prize for improving our understanding of rainforest ecosystems, having recently been named semifinalists.
The head of New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Center for Resilient Design is teaching the basics of energy management to a group of more than two dozen staffers from state agencies.
The staffers serve as energy managers at some 15 state entities and have different levels of expertise. As such, Deane Evans, executive director of the center, uses hands-on, interactive assignments that encourage knowledge-sharing and networking among peers.
Professors Aritra Dasgupta and Chase Wu from the Department of Data Science in NJIT’s Ying Wu College of Computing are developing software to take more advantage of simulation data used to study climate science through a $145,972 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Rutgers, Princeton and Stevens Institute of Technology joined to present respective research projects and explore potential areas of collaboration related to climate change, planetary and human health that would benefit the population of New Jersey and beyond.
When you visit the rooftop at the Campus Center, students are now invited to relax and enjoy a holistic healing experience from the Newark Rooftop Therapy Garden.
Bloomberg Businessweek hosts Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec took their show on the road and across the river to NJIT’s campus for a live panel show on sustainability.
The Green Energy and Climate Adaptation Panel featured Jonathan Menard, chief research officer at the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab; Dena Prastos, founder of Indigo River, an environmental consulting firm; and Dr. Som Mitra, distinguished professor of chemistry and environmental science at NJIT.
