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Sustainable Built Environment

Nearly 60 people attended the Woods Institute's Sustainable Built Environment Town Hall on Oct. 5, 2007 . Participants discussed innovative ideas for research that promotes the construction and renovation of cities, buildings and infrastructure in a manner that is economically, environmentally and socially sustainable.
(SBE Town Hall summary (pdf))

In April 2008, the Woods Institute invited Stanford faculty members to submit proposals for planning grants to develop long-term research agendas related to the sustainable built environment (SBE). Proposals were reviewed by the SBE faculty planning committee led by Woods Senior Fellow Ray Levitt, a professor of civil and environmental engineering, and Doug McAdam, a professor of sociology.

In May 2008, the SBE planning committee agreed to fund three faculty proposals. The following three interdisciplinary projects will receive a total of $157,500 over the next 10 months:

• Stanford Engineering & Public Policy Framework Project: Climate Change and Its Impact on the Built Environment in the Coastal Zone
  • Principal Investigator: Martin Fischer (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering)
  • Research Team:
    • Stephen Monismith (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
    • Oliver Fringer (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
    • Jack Baker (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
    • Ben Schwegler (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
    • Meg Caldwell (Law School)
• Green Adhesives for Clean Air Buildings
  • Principal Investigator: Curtis Frank (Department of Chemical Engineering)
  • Research Team:
    • Lynn Hildemann (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering)
    • Sarah Billington (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering)
• Creating More Sustainable Decisions and Behaviors through New Processes and Focused Interventions (jointly funded by the Woods Institute and the Precourt Energy Efficiency Center)
  • Principal Investigator: Greg Walton (Department of Psychology)
  • Research Team:
    • John Haymaker (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering)
    • Greg Deierlein (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering)
    • Eduardo Miranda (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering)
    • Scott Klemmer (Department of Computer Science)
    • Banny Banerjee (Department of Mechanical Engineering)
    • Abby King (School of Medicine)
    • Sam McClure (Department of Psychology

For more information, contact Ray Levitt at