This research by Kocakusak, Senick and Andrews investigates the effects of two countervailing forces – policy incentives and implementation disincentives – on residential solar adoption in New Jersey.

Authored by Ruikang He, Ioanna Tsoulou, Sanjeevi Thirumurugesan, Brian Morgan, Stephania Gonzalez, Deborah Plotnik, Jennifer Senick, Clinton Andrews, Gediminas Mainelis, this article studies the effect of high outdoor temperatures on airborne particulate matter (PM2.5) in Elizabeth, NJ.

Authored by Andrews, C.J and others. Comparing electricity consumption of suburban households with similar socio-economic, demographic, and geographic profiles to possible roles of social-psychological and behavioral factors.

Authored by Clinton Andrews, AICP, Keith Cooke, Alexsandra Gomez, Petra Hurtado, PhD, Thomas Sanchez, Sagar Shah, PhD, AICP, Norman Wright, AICP Summarizes finding and suggesting initial ideas on how planners can prepare for AI, its potential impacts, ensuring AI-based planning tools are used in equitable and inclusive ways, and developing and using AI-based planning tools.

Authored by David Hsu, Clinton J. Andrews, Albert T. Han, Carolyn G. Loh, Anna C. Osland, and Christopher P. Zegras, this article analyzes the consequences of deep decarbonization for the future speed, scale, scope, role, and relevance of planning.

An analysis of national lighting sales to assess the relative progress of LED market shares in states with retail lighting programs in comparison to non-program states prepared for the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU), New Jersey’s Clean Energy Program, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Programs.

DNV and its study partner NMR completed the New Jersey Energy Code Compliance study for Rutgers, The State University  and the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU).

The primary objective of this study was to assess the status of the C&I lighting market in New Jersey, completed on behalf of the Rutgers Center for Green Building, and the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU)

Authored by Jeetika Malik, Ardeshir Mahdavi, Elie Azar, Handi Chandra Putra, Christiane Berger, Clinton Andrews, Tianzhen Hong. This paper presents ten questions that highlight the most important issues regarding ABM research and applications for occupant behavior in the context of building performance simulation.

The Rutgers Center for Green Building is contracted by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) to conduct cost-benefit analysis of the FY2018 residential, commercial and industrial New Jersey Clean Energy Program energy efficiency programs.

The Rutgers Center for Green Building was asked by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) to conduct a cost-benefit analysis of the FY2017 residential, commercial and industrial New Jersey Clean Energy Program energy efficiency programs.

Authored by Senick, J., Sorensen Allacci, M., He, R., Mainelis, G., Jones, P. This workshop shares knowledge and strategies related to building just communities and accessing just technologies in context of a 4-year campaign to co-produce a series of air quality interventions at a US Census low-income affordable housing site in Elizabeth, NJ, USA.

Authored by Tsoulou, Ioanna; Senick, Jennifer; Kim, Sunyoung; Mainelis, Gedi. This study aimed to assess the impact of indoor air purification on cardiopulmonary biomarkers in young healthy adults using randomized crossover trial.

Authored by Secondo, Lynn; Sagona, Jessica; Calderon, Leonardo; Wang, Zuocheng; Plotnik, Debroah; Senick, Jennifer; Sorensen-Allacci, MaryAnn; Wener, Richard; Andrews, Clinton; Mainelis, Gediminas. This paper uses real-world environmental measurement data of total fungal spores using Air-o-Cell cassettes in 16 different apartments and residents’ physiological data in those apartments to predict respiratory deposition of the spores.

Authored by Ruikang He, Taewon Han, Daniel Bachman, Dominick J Carluccio, Rudolph Jaeger, Jie Zhang, Sanjeevi Thirumurugesan, Clinton Andrews & Gediminas Mainelis. This study evaluated three Foobot units and three AirVisual Nodes in two laboratory environments and in one residential apartment when measuring five types of aerosols.

Authored by Chandra-Putra H, Andrews C.J. This paper introduces an integrated agent-based and hedonic pricing modeling system to simulate coastal real estate market performance under non-equilibrium conditions that reflect the effects of storm events.

Authored by Thomas Myers, Nirmala, Calderόn, Leonardo, Pavilonis, Brian, Wang, Zuocheng, Xiong, Youyou, Sorensen-Allacci, MaryAnn, Plotnik, Deborah, Senick, Jennifer, Gong, Jie, Krogmann, Uta, Andrews, Clinton J., Mainelis, Gediminas. In 2011-2015, the presence and seasonal variability of culturable fungi and bacteria in three multi-family apartment buildings and correlated the bioaerosol concentrations with building ventilation system types and environmental parameters were examined.

Authored by Ferraro, C., Jordan, R., Kopp, R. E., Bond, S. L., Gong, J., Andrews, C. J., Auermuller, L. M., Herb, J., & McDonnell, J. Addressing risks posed by changing climate conditions in coastal areas demands innovative strategies that intersect multiple disciplines including engineering, ecology, communication, climate science, and community planning.

Authored by Andrews, C. J. This article proposes a migration-oriented research agenda for industrial ecology based on an examination of migration flows and ways of thinking about them, variations across contexts, implications for infrastructure and housing, the framing of climate-related migration, and short-term and longer-term fluctuations in the demand for shelter and services in high- and low-income countries.

Authored by Senick, J. A comprehensive plan that provides a long-range vision for the built environment of a community. It guides the appropriate use of lands within a municipality in order to protect the public health and safety and to promote general welfare.

Authored by Senick, J. This research aims to answer the question: how do organizational use structures influence energy technology outcomes in tenanted office buildings in the US?

Authored by Andrews, C., Senick, J. Tsoulou, I., Putra, H.C., Metaxas, D., Kapadia, M., Mittler, Gayle B. Hometown Dashboard is a proposed set of smart city technologies for improving Quality of Life (QoL) in small towns and cities, which often cannot afford custom apps and in-house smart-community capabilities.

Authored by Senick, J., Hattis, D., Andrews, C., Listokin, D. and Souder, J.

Authored by Chandra-Putra, H., and C.J. Andrews. This paper introduces an integrated agent-based and hedonic pricing modeling system to simulate coastal real estate market performance under non-equilibrium conditions that reflect the effects of storm events.

Authored by Kim, Sunyoung, Li, Muyang, Senick, Jennifer, Mainelis, Gediminas. This paper describes an effort to engage children directly in the design of an IAQ visualization interface for children.

Authored by Tsoulou, Ioanna; Andrews, Clinton J.; He, Ruikang; Mainelis, Gediminas; Senick, Jennifer This paper examines the summertime thermal performance of 24 senior apartments within 3 public housing sites and the seniors’ adaptive responses in Elizabeth, NJ, USA.

Authored by Thomas Myers, Nirmala; Calderόn, Leonardo; Senick, Jennifer; Sorensen Allacci, MaryAnn; Plotnik, Deborah; Guo, Mengyang; Yu, Yi; Gong, Jie; Andrews, Clinton J.; Mainelis, Gediminas. This project investigated the potential to use, integrate, and correlate traditional indoor air quality.

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Authored by Senick, Jennifer, Tsoulou, Ioanna, Andrews, Clinton, Mainelis, Gediminas, He, Ruikang, Plotnik, Deborah. A presentation on Heat Waves, Seniors, and Low-Income Housing: Organizational Factors in Individual Adaptive Behavior IFoU 12th Annual Conference Beyond Resilience Universitas Tarumanangara, Jakarta 27-29 June 2019

A presentation by Dr. Jennifer Senick on the Cost-Effective Methods for Detection & Improvement of Indoor Air Quality.

Authored by Senick, Jennifer, Andrews, Clinton, Wang, Nora, Phelan, Patrick, Wener, Richard, this paper develops a typology of categories of evidence and of the routes by which evidence influences design.

Authored by Craig, Tony, Wener, Richard, Garcia Mira, Ricardo, Senick, Jennifer. Symposium: Using Computer Simulations to Understand Sustainable Lifestyles and Behavior. 

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Authored by Roberts, Emily, Anderzhon, Jeff, Hiatt, Lorraine, Sodo, Jennifer, Fonseca Pereira, Gabriela, Senick, Jennifer. The publication describes a participatory planning process and the supporting highlights of information used to develop Dementia Friendly City Centers.

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Authored by Senick, Jennifer, Roberts, Emily. This project aims to present the results of a recent workshop in Oklahoma City on dementia care.

Authored by Senick, Jennifer, Andrews, Clinton, Pfeiffer, Marc, Manzella, Mike. This project presents research sponsored by the New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium (NJSGC) with funds from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Through the study, data was collected for a sample of multifamily properties in New Jersey that can be used to establish a baseline profile of building characteristics and appliance types in the multifamily market segment. Report prepared for the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU), New Jersey’s Clean Energy Program, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Programs.

Authored by Stiles, J., and Andrews, C. This article argues that “smart” workspaces are created through access to wireless networks and mobile cloud computing collaboration software.

This guide presents some suggestions that you can follow to improve Indoor Air Quality in your home.

This guide provides an overview of air improvement strategies that fall within the purview of property owners and managers. Moreover, the guide places greater emphasis on air quality improvement strategies that double as effective heatwave resiliency measures.

Authored by Hewitt, Elizabeth; Oberg, Angela; Coronado, Carla; Andrews, Clinton. This paper questions the relevance of green building features to support resilience during a disruption, relying on fieldwork conducted at a green multifamily building before and after the 2012 Hurricane Sandy

This project investigated the potential to use, integrate, and correlate traditional indoor air quality investigation data and the use of questionnaires with spatially resolved infrared thermography imaging to investigate building deficiencies and their role in indoor air quality and residents’ health in two residential multi-apartment buildings.

Van Epp, T.; Senick; J. and Souder, J. (2015). Best Innovative Practices for Achieving Energy …

Sorensen Allacci, M., Senick, J., Plotnik, D. (2015). Acknowledging culture within cultures:  Behavioral interventions for improving health …

Sagona, J., Calderón, L., Xiong, Y., Wang, Z., Senick, J., Sorensen-Allacci, M.A., Plotnik, D., Wener, …

Patton, A.. Calderón, L. Xiong, Y., Wang, Z. Senick, J., Sorensen-Allacci, M.A., Plotnik, D., Wener, …

Sagona, J., Calderón, L., Wang, Z., Senick, J., Sorensen-Allacci, M.A., Plotnik, D., Wener, R., Andrews, …

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Hartig, E., Senick, J., Peterson, J., Missy, D. Plan4Health: Partnering Across Sectors. American Planning Association …

Senick, J., Hattis, D., Andrews, C., Listokin, D. and Souder, J. Change of Occupancy Building …

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Senick, J. Co-Creation of New Jersey’s 1st Health and Food Systems Municipal Master Plan Element. …

Authored by C.J. Andrews, M. Sorensen Allacci, J.A. Senick, H. Chandra Putra, and I. Tsoulou. This paper addresses the challenge of incorporating occupant behavior into building performance simulation models used during the design process—that is, before the actual occupants are known.

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Authored by Jordán-Cuebas, F., Krogmann, U., Andrews, C.J., Senick, J.A., Hewitt, E.L., Wener, R.E., Sorensen Allaci, M.A., Plotnik, D. The objective of this study was to gain a better understanding of the drivers of indoor water consumption in urban multistory residential buildings, to accurately predict residential water demand, and identify water saving opportunities.

Authored by Sunyoung Kim, Jennifer Senick, Gediminas Mainelis. This publication discusses how its findings could be applied to the future design of persuasive IAQ monitoring technologies.

Authored by Krogmann, U., Minderman, N., Senick, J. and Andrews, C.J. To better understand the costs and benefits that will accrue from the decision to make this a green building, the NJMC has contracted the Rutgers Center for Green Building to conduct a Life Cycle Cost Analysis of the building using the building plans and specifications as inputs to the analysis.

Authored by Xiong, U. Krogmann, G. Mainelis, L. Rodenberg, C.J. Andrews. In this case annual indoor air quality measurements were conducted in a residential green high-rise building for five consecutive years by an industrial hygiene contractor to comply with the building’s GBTC requirements.

Authored by Jennifer Senick and Elizabeth Hewitt. The Rutgers Center for Green Building (RCGB) has partnered with the New Jersey Climate Adaptation Alliance (NJCAA) to assist in NJCAA’s development of a set of recommendations to further the State’s climate change preparedness in the buildings sector.

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Authored by Senick, Jennifer. This session highlights lessons learned from 3 Plan4Health communities as well as recommendations from the American Hospital Association.

This study examines how residents cope with heat waves at the Housing Authority of the City of Elizabeth, New Jersey.

Andrews, C. J., Mainelis, G., Senick, J., Tsoulou, I., Thirumurugesan, S., Morgan, B., He, R., …

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This report analyzes the power demands and associated functions that could be sustained by three existing solar installations in Highland Park, if they were converted into solar power islands.

The goal of this chapter is to convey a novel approach to overcoming the limitations of case study research of building occupant behavior in workplace settings by pooling samples and creating a synthetic population of building occupants and behaviors.

This report explores policy options for the State of New Jersey in advancing statutory limits to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Less well-studied are the impacts of load shedding on building occupants, hence this study investigates those impacts on occupant comfort and adaptive behaviors.

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This project addresses the need for the development of low-cost test methods and protocols for identification and assessment of housing-related hazards.

This study used several real-time and filter-based aerosol instruments to measure PM2.5 levels in a high-rise residential green building in the northeastern United States and compared performance of those instruments.

This paper characterizes the challenge using a regional survey of code officials and interviews with redevelopers, and explores how to improve outcomes.

This project tested and refined cost-effective methods for detecting health and safety hazards in affordable housing and compared these with and possibly augments conventional practices of identifying and mitigating such hazards.

The aim of this paper is to advance knowledge of reasoned and unplanned behaviors in the context of pro-environmental action.

This research evaluated effects of ventilation, occupant behaviors, and overall building design on PM mass concentrations and I/O.

This article brings jobs, housing, and environmental considerations together in an agent-based model of industrial and household location. It shows that four classic outcomes emerge from the interplay of a relatively small number of explanatory factors.

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The Sustainable Cities RCN held a workshop at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ, on …

The primary objectives of Subtask 6.2 are to assess regional codes and standards policy barriers to Advanced Energy Retrofits, and to develop and demonstrate strategies for overcoming them.

This paper intends to fill three gaps in the available literature on facilitating energy efficiency in buildings.

Both Pennsylvania and New Jersey have adopted statewide mandatory codes applicable to the new construction and rehabilitation of commercial buildings

This document reflects the outcomes of the graduate-level studio, Planning Standards to Encourage Energy Efficiency Retrofits in the Delaware Valley, conducted at Rutgers University’s Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy in Fall 2013.

This paper presents an agent-based model to capture some of the main features of the housing market that emerges from interactions between autonomous buyers and sellers.

This paper investigates the relative efficacy of different approaches to achieving rapid adoption of energy efficiency measures among owners of large portfolios of buildings.

This paper asks what we can learn by incorporating more detailed information about occupant behavior into models.

A research team performed a user needs assessment and a preliminary evaluation of the effectiveness of a novel human-machine interface (HMI) for a building control and diagnostics system.

This report describes the the behavioral effects load shedding may have on occupants of buildings undergoing the treatment.

The Rutgers Center for Green Building seeks to establish itself as the pre-eminent interdisciplinary center for green building excellence in the Northeast, while serving as a single accessible locus for fostering collaboration among green building practitioners and policymakers.

This research on energy efficiency and occupant behavior in multi-tenanted buildings provides valuable insights into the challenges that confront the goal of achieving a 50% energy reduction in commercial buildings in the Greater Philadelphia region by 2014.

The study used a participatory research design to investigate whether green-building objectives were in conflict with or complementary to health-related objectives for residents.

This case study focuses on a high-performance single family home built to the Silver standard set by the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Homes by Fluid Construction in a shore community in New Jersey.

This study assess the effect of rating systems and construction practices on the buildings’ environmental impacts

This report summarizes the work funded under the New Jersey Clean Energy Program Climate Choice Home (NJCC) R&D Project.

This study investigates the costs and benefits of investments in residential energy efficiency in New Jersey

This paper presents a bottom-up view of industrial ecosystems by examining the interpersonal dynamics that influence corporate environmental behavior.

To better understand the environmental impacts and benefits from this green building, the NJMC contracted the Rutgers Center for Green Building to conduct a Life Cycle Assessment using the building plans and specifications as inputs to the analysis.

This research discusses consumer behavior and its significant environmental impacts, and consumers need help from third parties to recognize better choices.

The case study building is the New Jersey Economic Development Authority’s (NJEDA) Waterfront Technology Center (Tech Center) in Camden, NJ.

This case study assessed the Maplewood Police and Court Building, the 33rd LEED certified building in NJ and the first municipal building to be certified by the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design green building rating system.

The overall goal of this post-occupancy evaluation is to conduct research that supports building design and operating decisions that improve energy performance without sacrificing occupant satisfaction, health, safety or productivity.

This study addresses occupant response to energy saving technologies and load shedding in the workplace. Particular focus is placed on satisfaction with environmental factors, usability of the new systems, work quality and productivity, and health.

This document comprises a technical evaluation and policy brief by the Rutgers Center for Green Building, with assistance from industry consultants Kipcon Inc./Energy Squared, of the energy savings and cost of 10 commercial advanced energy retrofits (AERs).

The premise of this project is that many of the existing barriers to increasing the uptake of Advanced Energy Retrofits in commercial and multi-family buildings in the U.S can be overcome through enabling local, state and federal policies and public-private partnerships.

This policy brief focuses on how planning and zoning tools at the municipal level and public-private partnerships between municipalities and building owners can increase uptake of AERs.

This paper presents an agent-based model to capture some of the main features of the housing market that emerges from interactions between autonomous buyers and sellers.

The Center recently completed a three-year community based collaborative research study supported by the HUD’s (US Housing & Urban Development) Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control.

This project had two goals: (1) improve the usability of green buildings, and (2) improve our ability to model human-technology interactions.

To ensure that the assumptions for the hypothetical building are appropriate, a one-year water balance was also conducted of the existing 27-story Solaire building that partly closes the water⁄wastewater loop, meters major water flows and implements low-flow⁄water conserving fixtures and appliances.

This paper analyzes the 1992 and 2003 US Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey microdata files to show the extent to which certain heating, cooling, lighting, and window technologies are entering use, and the resulting impacts on the intensity of energy use.

This paper investigates factors explaining the adoption of energy-efficient heating, cooling, window, and lighting technologies in U.S. commercial buildings.

This paper presents a framework for prospectively measuring the usability of designs before buildings are constructed, while there is still time to improve the design.

The New Jersey Green Building Manual provides economic and environmental best practices across the spectrum of green building categories including energy, emissions, water, waste, siting, transportation, and human health.

This research investigates opportunities for improving building performance and occupant satisfaction through an iterative process of empirical fieldwork in green buildings and computer simulation modeling

This chapter introduces a simulation-modeling framework that highlights the occupant’s influence on building performance and seeks to provide a basis for prospectively assessing the user’s experience.

This research discusses green living and reducing the individual’s carbon footprint.

This publication discusses the profession of planning that has emerged over the last century focuses on the needs of places and the people who live in them.

This chapter explains several methods for studying attitudes and behaviors in a setting, and the physical setting itself.

This paper introduces such a framework, presenting an agent-based model of household water-consuming behavior.

The research investigates opportunities for improving building performance and occupant satisfaction through an iterative process of empirical fieldwork in green buildings and computer simulation modeling.

This study addresses occupant response to energy saving technologies and load shedding in the workplace.

A group at the Energy Efficient Buildings Hub is researching the links between energy efficiency and occupant behavior, and in addition to performing fieldwork and experiments.

The Rutgers Center for Green Building created a comprehensive life cycle cost tool to analyze energy life cycle performance in a sample of pilot Climate Choice homes. 

There is a unique multifaceted approach to investigating this question that is taking place in the greater Philadelphia area through the Energy Efficient Buildings Hub (EEB Hub).

A detailed analysis of the upfront costs, operating savings, payback period, and appraisal and valuation benefits for these green features. The research looked at the costs and benefits of purchasing a green home on a life cycle basis, from upfront costs through expected resale value.

In 2010, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey and the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) partnered to compete as Team New Jersey in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011 competition.

This article introduces a multiagent simulation framework for investigating the emergence of niche markets for environmentally innovative products.

The Guidelines comprise a menu of ‘best practices’ organized by major building systems, including plenty of references to more technical guides for additional information.

Industrial ecologists are becoming interested in better understanding the influences on industrial structure and performance.

Conventional analysis of regulatory mechanisms typically demonstrates that market-based approaches out-perform command-and-control policies.

This paper presents an empirically based, bottom-up view of organizational behavior, obtained by performing case studies of small firms in the New Jersey plastic injection molding industry, and then developing a multi-agent simulation model of such a firm.