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EAC’s Jeanne Herb is appointed to Governor-elect Phil Murphy’s energy and environment transition team
EAC’s Jeanne Herb is appointed to Governor-elect Phil Murphy’s energy and environment transition team. EAC Associate Director, Jeanne Herb, was appointed to serve on Governor-Elect Phil Murphy’s transition team on Energy and the Environment. (see: http://transition2018.nj.gov/). The Governor-Elect has given considerable credit to the work of his...
Second Round of Mini-grant and Internship Awards Announced
The Rutgers Raritan River Consortium (R3C) has awarded a combination of eleven mini-grants and internships to support research by Rutgers faculty, staff and post-doctoral researchers on Raritan River, basin and bay resource issues. The recipients and project titles are: Kaixuan Bu (Dept. Marine & Coastal Science, School of Enviromental &...
Energy Efficiency Evaluation: The Importance of an Independent and Objective Evaluator
Energy efficiency is frequently promoted as the lowest cost "resource" to achieve consumer cost reductions, improve the economy and reduce environmental impacts. One challenge with energy efficiency is measuring it. To quantify the impact of an energy efficiency device, program or portfolio, a "but-for calculation" is required. What would have been the...
Join EAC at Social Coast 2018! – February 5 to 8
Join EAC at Social Coast 2018! NOAA’s Social Coast Forum brings together researchers and practitioners from around the U.S. to share how social science tools and methods can address the nation’s coastal challenges. EAC Team member Matt Campo will discuss his collaborative work with Jennifer Whytlaw to integrate dynamic web-based mapping tools into static...
Undergraduate Profiles Water Column for NJDEP Project
This summer, Rutgers undergraduate student Laura Wiltsee, advised by Dr. Josh Kohut, worked with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to produce a profile of the water column at different sites along the Raritan River, as marked on the map (click to view full map). The profiles of the temperature and salinity shown on this page are for...
Students Collect NJDEP Qualified Data on R/V Rutgers
A new research vessel, R/V Rutgers, has given undergraduate and graduate students from a variety of academic programs at Rutgers the opportunity to get out on the water and learn valuable data collection methods from members of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP). Throughout the months of April, May, and July, Dr. Josh Kohut,...
Students Gain Watershed Management Experience Through Raritan Scholars Project
The Raritan Scholars program provides Rutgers students with internships related to watershed management in the Raritan River watershed. The program was originally proposed in 2013 by Dr. Judy Shaw, who then worked for the Bloustein School and coordinated the Sustainable Raritan River Initiative (SRRI). The course has been taught by Dr. Daniel Van Abs, a...
Bloustein School Co-sponsors Sustainable Jersey Mayors Climate Summit – February 3
Bloustein School co-sponsors Sustainable Jersey Mayors Climate summit. February 3, 2018. Read more or register: http://www.sustainablejersey.com/nc/events-trainings/?tx_cicevents_eventslisting%5Bevent%5D=831&tx_cicevents_eventslisting%5Baction%5D=detail&tx_cicevents_eventslisting%5Bcontroller%5D=Event&cHash=875b9c853f108670922d2e9c966ec0a8
What government leaders need to know about cybersecurity and technology
Marc Pfeiffer, Assistant Director of the Bloustein Local Government Research Center and a technology consultant for the New Jersey Municipal Excess Liability Fund, has a featured article in the November 2017 issue of New Jersey Municipalities magazine, "Know What? What Government Leaders Need to Know About Cybersecurity and Technology." The article...
Flourometer Model: Turner
A fluorometer is used to estimate the amount of phytoplankton (plant-like, microscopic organisms) in the water. This is typically done by measuring the primary photosynthetic pigment in phytoplankton called chlorophyll a. Why we collect this data Phytoplankton are primary producers as well as the base of the food chain. By collecting information about the...
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An Overview of State Coastal Zone Management Policies Designed to Promote Coastal Resilience
The New Jersey Coastal Management Program (NJCMP), housed at the state Department of Environmental Protection, engaged the Rutgers University Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy and the Rutgers Climate Institute to review science-informed sea-level rise...
Investigation of Indoor Air Quality Determinants in a Field Study using Three Different Data Streams
This pilot-level 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...
Best Innovative Practices for Achieving Energy Efficiency in Commercial and Multi-Family Buildings through Land Use Planning and Zoning Regulations, Policies and Incentives
Van Epp, T.; Senick; J. and Souder, J. (2015). Best Innovative Practices for Achieving Energy Efficiency in Commercial and Multi-Family Buildings through Land Use Planning and Zoning Regulations, Policies and Incentives. Tenth Annual Conference of the International...
Acknowledging culture within cultures: Behavioral interventions for improving health outcomes in green buildings
Sorensen Allacci, M., Senick, J., Plotnik, D. (2015). Acknowledging culture within cultures: Behavioral interventions for improving health outcomes in green buildings. 2015 Global Health Research Symposium Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ, June 30,...