Carbon Leadership Forum – UW News

UW faculty join radio debate on climate change solutions

Kim Eckart — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 16:19:13 +0000

KUOW's That's Debatable on Wednesday will feature two �� faculty members: Dan Schwartz, professor of chemical engineering and director of the Clean Energy Institute, and Kate Simonen, upcoming chair of the Department of Architecture and director of the Carbon Leadership Forum.

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Faculty/staff honors: Awards in architecture education, biomaterials research; nursing, cloud computing fellowships; and drama leader named among most Seattle’s most influential

UW News staff — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 17:06:06 +0000

Recent honors to UW faculty and staff members include awards for architectural education and biomaterials research, fellowships in nursing and cloud computing, a professor named among Seattle's most influential people and a big news year for "a burgeoning band of embodied carbon busters."

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Toward greener construction: UW professor leads group setting benchmarks for carbon across life of buildings

Peter Kelley — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 17:51:07 +0000

A UW-led research group has taken an important step toward measuring — and ultimately reducing — the global carbon footprint of building construction and long-term maintenance.

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A greener concrete? UW-led coalition seeks to reduce concrete’s carbon footprint

Peter Kelley — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:41:00 +0000

Concrete is used to build streets, bridges, buildings, dams and driveways — and it lasts a very long time — but what if concrete could be made with a 50 percent smaller carbon footprint?

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