RESEARCH AREA

Urban Environmental Research (text only version)

Goals:

The overall goal is to help communities reduce their demands on the environment, while making the desert a more hospitable habitat for human settlement. Projects are located throughout the world

Overview:

The Urban Environmental Research Program develops a range of appropriate and sustainable technologies that help communities reduce energy and water consumption, while enhancing the quality of life in desert environments.

Research Topics

Ecological Restoration and Regeneration

  • Evaluation of synthetic soils for remediation

  • Biological regereration of disturbed sites

Urban design and planning

  • Community standards for resource efficiency
  • Storm water impact and potential in urban areas
  • Urban ecosystem sustainability in arid region

Community Energy and Water Security

  • Passive and active solar system applications
  • Water harvesting system and water quality evaluation
  • Community resource effcicency, energy and water

 

Outdoor Climate and Comfort

  • Modeling of outdoor human thermal comfort
  • Thermal impact of construcstion materials
  • Impact of urban design on heat island effect

 

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