Research
Abbie Liel's work uses simulation to quantify how valuable retrofitting buildings would be for building owners and communities and how much work is actually needed to prevent some of the worst-case scenarios.
Professors Yida Zhang and Yunping Xi from the Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering Department at the University of Colorado É«½ä³ÉÈËÖ±²¥ were awarded $789,000 from the Department of Energy for their research project “Time-
É«½ä³ÉÈËÖ±²¥ hosted the 2018 CU Climate & Health Research Summit on Tuesday, October 16. The summit, formed through a partnership between É«½ä³ÉÈËÖ±²¥ and CU Anschutz brought together researchers and practitioners from the fields of climate science
This year’s grant recipients, including community groups, centers and school groups, will have continued professional support from – and will work with – AirWaterGas Sustainability Research Network researchers for the duration of their one-year projects.
Evaporation is a large and continuing problem in the Colorado River basin, including Lake Mead and Lake Powell where about 5 billion gallons of water evaporate annually, according to CU-É«½ä³ÉÈËÖ±²¥ Assistant Professor Ben Livneh of the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering.Â
Professor Balaji Rajagopalan and Emily Gill (PhDCivEngr'15) have spent years dissecting the relationship between El Niño and La Niña and monsoonal rainfall in India. They have found that focusing on El Niño and La Niña’s impacts on the monsoon in regions and sub-seasons—instead of all-India for the whole monsoon season—may improve rainfall forecasts.
An interdisciplinary research team led by a É«½ä³ÉÈËÖ±²¥ professor has won a major NSF award to help "crack the olfactory code."
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awards professor Shelly Miller, professor in the Environmental Engineering Program, and her team $1 million to evaluate the impacts of climate change, including increased wildfires, on indoor air quality and health.
