Downtown banks used to be where eager home buyers applied for mortgages, workers cashed hard-earned paychecks, and youngsters watched nickels and...
News
Referendum on Major Westfield Redevelopment Project? Experts, Advocates Weigh In
Some residents are pushing for a public referendum on an expansive redevelopment project slated for the site of the former Lord & Taylor...
New Environmental Study from alumnus Tsoulou, Profs. Senick, Andrews, et al.
Abstract Indoor heat and air pollution pose concurrent threats to human health and wellbeing, and their effects are more pronounced for vulnerable...
American Dream mall gets construction lender lifeline
Triple Five, owner of the American Dream mall in New Jersey, has struck a deal with a group of creditors led by JP Morgan that grants the developer...
Beyond buildings, Sandy damaged people’s health
The record-setting Superstorm Sandy that made landfall in New Jersey on Oct. 29, 2012, resulted in both short- and long-term health hazards for...
10 years after Hurricane Sandy, the Jersey Shore is awash in new development
Many Shore buyers today seem unaware or unconcerned about the risk of future storms. Fewer than half in flood hazard zones have insurance through...
Can NJ cut down on towns overspending on employee payouts? Proposed bill would try
A proposed bill would crack down on New Jersey towns abusing unused sick time and vacation payouts to employees following a report that found a...
EJB Talks Podcast with Jennifer Senick: Promoting Healthy Buildings and Healthy Communities
On this episode of EJBTalks, Stuart Shapiro welcomes Jennifer Senick, Executive Director of CUPR. Jennifer discusses many aspects of green buildings...
Jeanne Herb chairs National Academy of Sciences workshop planning committee on Communities, Climate Change and Health Equity.
As climate change worsens air pollution, expands urban heat islands, and intensifies extreme weather events, communities least able to respond often...
EAC co-leads the New Jersey Climate Corps
The New Jersey Climate Change Resource Center Climate Corps is a cohort of outstanding graduate students supporting the Center’s applied research,...
Recent Products
State of the Climate: New Jersey 2021
Global climate change will present unique challenges to the state of New Jersey. This report by researchers from Rutgers University-New Brunswick, the Office of the New Jersey State Climatologist, and the University of Delaware summarizes the current scientific...
Ten questions concerning agent-based modeling of occupant behavior for energy and environmental performance of buildings
Abstract The complexity of occupant behavior is one of the major contributors to uncertainty in building performance simulation. Agent-based modeling (ABM), a computational simulation technique, has gained attention in the occupant modeling field due to its capability...
The Potential Economic Consequences of Flooding on Florida’s Historic Communities
State hazard plans demonstrate different levels of commitment in the manner in which they link historic resources and their preservation to mitigation plans. Compared to other hazards, like wildfires and tornadoes, planners have access to much more information on the...
Middlesex County Hazard Mitigation Plan
The Middlesex County Board of County Commissioners and each Municipality in the County adopted the All-Hazards Mitigation Plan in the original plan on January 14, 2011. This updated plan was approved in 2022 and allows each participating municipality to qualify for...