“We’re helping to tell the story because we want to make sure that the community members involved are getting the benefit, understanding the importance of this project and how it’s impacting the community.”
Built Environment & Green Building
Electricity prices surge to the forefront of NJ governor’s race
“Governors have limited ability here,” said Arah Schuur, a research specialist at Rutgers University’s Center for Urban Policy Research. Schuur said PJM, the regional grid operator that is responsible for providing electricity to about a dozen states including New Jersey, “really holds the reins when it comes to bringing on new supply.”
CUPR staff and students meet with Senator Booker to discuss new EPA-funded air quality initiative
CUPR green building colleagues Jen Senick, Clint Andrews, and Gedi Mainelis are part of a new EPA-funded project in Elizabeth, NJ, to install air...
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Climate Change-Related Hazard Vulnerability Assessments (CCRHVAs)
Rutgers collaborated with eight New Jersey municipalities over approximately 18 months to develop Climate Change-Related Hazard Vulnerability Assessments (CCRHVAs) in alignment with the NJ Municipal Land Use Law (MLUL). The MLUL was amended in 2021 to require a CCRHVA...
Low and Moderate Income Report
Testimony of Professor Clinton Andrews to the Senate Environment and Energy and Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committees
On August 13, Bloustein School Distinguished Professor and Associate Dean for Research Clinton J. Andrews provided invited testimony before the New Jersey Senate Environment and Energy Committee during a hearing at the Lavallette Municipal Building focused on the need...
Current and Future Coastal Flood Inundation of Roadways in New Jersey
Roadway flood inundation can impede travel to work, the distribution of goods, public access to essential services, and emergency response operations. Knowing where and when roads may flood is essential for emergency planning as well as the implementation of the...