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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 from the design of the physical space to all of the components of its total operation. The two delve into topics from the New Jersey Zero Energy roadmap and the center’s integral work with the New England...
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 bear the largest health burden. Targeted investments that prioritize disproportionately impacted communities are needed to mitigate and adapt to the health effects of climate change. This workshop series will...
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, analysis, and program work. One key facet of Corps members is providing assistance to New Jersey municipalities in assessing hazards from changing climate conditions. Participating students include those in...
R3C Webinars on Recent Raritan Research
Two free webinars to showcase recent research on the Raritan. Tuesday, November 30, 2021 from 9:00 am to 10:15 am (link to view Zoom Recording) Julie Lockwood Thomas Grothues - Fish Assemblage of the Raritan River Thalweg (link to PowerPoint) Isabelle Stinnette - Aquatic Connectivity Through Climate-Ready Infrastructure (link to PowerPoint) Friday,...
Coffee Klatch – What you’ve learned in the IHC Grant program
Bring your cup of coffee or tea and join the conversation... Join us on Monday, December 6, from 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm for our second Inclusive Healthy Communities Coffee Klatch! The coffee klatches will be an opportunity for grantees to talk about challenges and strategies on a given topic with other IHC grantees and partners in an informal and open...
Jeanne Herb to serve as Interim Administrative Director of new regional climate resilience hub
Advancing its mission and leadership role to improve climate risk management critical to societal well-being, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey will lead a multi-university Megalopolitan Coastal Transformation Hub (MACH) made possible by a grant through the National Science Foundation’s Coastlines and People (CoPe) Program with expected total...
USDOE, NJBPU provide sustainability planning resources for resilient municipal microgrids
Download report: Development of Local Government Resilient Microgrids The New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Center for Resilient Design announces the launch of microgrids.io, a web-based resource focused on planning and developing sustainable, resilient local government microgrids locally and nationally. Local government microgrids, also known as “town...
Foundations for Access and Inclusion in your Community Two-Day Training
The New Jersey Division of Disability Services provided a two-day training by the National Center for Health, Physical Activity and Disability (NCHPAD) to lay the foundation for providing access and inclusion in your communities. The virtual training covered disability education, identifying barriers, assessment, implementation, and more. The two-day...
Coffee Klatch – Working at the Municipal Level
Bring your cup of coffee or tea and join the conversation... Join us on Monday, July 26, from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm for our inaugural Inclusive Healthy Communities Coffee Klatch! We heard loud and clear from all of you that you would like to have more opportunities to engage with your fellow IHC grantees. To help facilitate this, we are setting up a series...
EAC’s work in C2R2 highlighted in Rutgers Magazine
Read about EAC's participation in the Rutgers Coastal Climate Risk and Resilience Training Program in the current edition of Rutgers Magazine. Learn more here.
Recent Products
Annual Report on the Economic Impact of the Federal Historic Tax Credits for Fiscal Year 2020
The Federal Historic Tax Credit (HTC) is a Federal income tax credit that promotes the rehabilitation of income-producing historic properties. This study examines the economic impacts of the HTC (a 20% credit since 1986) by analyzing the economic consequences of the...
Generating synthetic occupants for use in building performance simulation
Occupant behaviour simulation frameworks can employ synthetic populations to characterize occupancy and behavioural patterns in buildings based on observed demographic data at a certain geographical location. For buildings, very few synthetic occupant populations have...
Cost-Benefit Analysis of the NJCEP Energy Efficiency Programs: FY2018 Retrospective Summary Report & Avoided Costs
The Rutgers Center for Green Building (RCGB) of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy is contracted by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) to conduct cost-benefit analysis of the FY2018 residential, commercial and industrial New...
Cost-Benefit Analysis of the NJCEP Energy Efficiency Programs: FY2017 Retrospective and FY2019 Summary Reports with Avoided Costs Commentary
The Rutgers Center for Green Building (RCGB) of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy 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...