Sustainable Neighborhood Lab (SNL)
Our Goals are to:
- generate knowledge that influences policy and advances science and new technologies
- reduce energy consumption and the carbon footprint
- educate our students as “global citizens”, and to develop and deploy innovative solutions
Our Objectives are to:
- improve the efficiency and enhance resiliency of the energy infrastructure
- effect a paradigm shift in consumer behavior
- leverage availability of ubiquitous cyber-intelligence.
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Why Neighborhoods?
Neighborhoods are regions within cities with distinctive physical, social and economic features that provide an ideal focus of study. They operate at a systems-level scale while having a narrowness of scope that can be integrated into the more complex urban context. Living laboratories are frameworks that can engage the community and create new innovations within a real-world setting.The SNL works in partnership with many stakeholders: academia, industry, government, and citizenry. Their common mission is to improve the sustainability and quality of life in the urban environment.
