The American Dream entertainment complex has faced an onslaught of 82 lawsuits since 2018, encompassing issues such as unpaid construction bills,...
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Rutgers Team to Receive $1 Million in Federal Funding for Smart Kids and Cool Seniors Project
A team of researchers at Rutgers University–New Brunswick has been selected to receive a $1 million Civic Innovation Challenge (CIVIC) award for a...
Big retirement payouts for top cops, fire chiefs and school brass cost $76M. Why can’t N.J. stop them?
Despite attempts to cap significant retirement payouts to high-ranking officials in New Jersey, such as police chiefs, fire chiefs, and school...
Atlantic City Housing Authority spent nearly $500K on leadership consultants
ATLANTIC CITY — The Atlantic City Housing Authority spent nearly a half-million dollars on two administrative consultants over the past year and...
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...
Pfeiffer Op-Ed: What state and local governments should do about generative AI
How can we take advantage of the technology without harming the public? Society is often slow to appreciate that technological innovations have both...
‘Not a perfect process’: How did the two versions of NJ’s budget differ?
As the process to craft New Jersey's state budget came to a chaotic close last month, rumors swirled about what needed to be done to ensure that the...
$3.25M in Grants Awarded to Create Inclusive Healthy Communities in NJ
In partnership with CUPR's Environmental Analysis & Communications Group, led by Executive Director Jeanne Herb, the Inclusive Healthy...
Bill Dolphin 1945-2023
We mournfully announce the passing of our long-time colleague from CUPR, Mr. William (Bill) Dolphin. He passed away Friday morning June 23, 2023 at...
‘Secretive’ N.J. governments would be even less transparent under proposed laws, some say
Tucked in desk drawers and filed away in email inboxes in every local and county office in New Jersey are government secrets. To find them, news...
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New Jersey 2020 and 2021 Retail Lighting Sales Data Analysis
Apex Analytics, along with Demand Side Analytics, developed 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. This memo describes the data sources...
Route 66, Revisited
In 2011, after many years of study, Rutgers University finished a landmark economic impact analysis of Route 66. Conducted in collaboration with the National Park Service (NPS) and the World Monuments Fund (WMF), The Route 66 Economic Impact Report* worked to capture...
New Jersey Energy Code Compliance Study
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 ECC study was completed between February 2021 and June 2022 to assess energy code...
Draft Report: New Jersey Non-Residential Lighting Market Characterization
Abstract DNV completed the New Jersey Non-Residential Lighting Market Characterization on behalf of the Rutgers Center for Green Building (Rutgers), and the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU). The primary objective of this study was to assess the status of...