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BU Conference on Sustainability Research Session I: Measuring Sustainability
Approximately 100 people attended the one-day BU Conference on Sustainability Research that featured presentations by Boston University faculty with a diverse range of expertise on their research related to sustainability issues.
Following opening [...]remarks by Pardee Center Director Anthony Janetos and College of Arts and Sciences Dean Ann Cudd, Prof. Lucy Hutyra (Earth and Environment) moderated the first session on measuring sustainability. Panelists included Prof. Nathan Phillips (Earth and Environment), Prof. Pam Templer (Biology), Prof. Michael Gevelber (Mechanical Engineering), and Prof. Thomas Little (Electrical and Computer Engineering). Topics included measuring local and regional energy use, carbon storage, commercial buildings energy use, and smart lighting technology.
The BU Conference on Sustainability Research was co-sponsored by the the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, the College of Arts and Sciences, the Department of Earth and Environment, the Pardee School of Global Studies, and the Institute for Sustainable Energy.
May 9, 2016
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Measuring Boston's Metabolism
Assistant Professor Lucy Hutyra and Professor Nathan Phillips discuss the ULTRA-Ex: Metabolism of Boston project, which seeks to understand how carbon cycles through our urban environment.
Read the full story on BU Today: [...]http://www.bu.edu/today/2013/the-climate-crisis-measuring-boston-carbon-metabolism/
Read "The Climate Crisis" series here: http://www.bu.edu/today/the-climate-crisis/
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The Carbon Conundrum in :60
It's been on the lips of the president, a concern of the new pontiff, and on the minds of millions: global warming. Lucy Hutyra has heard the call and is seeking answers in her own backyard.
The assistant professor of earth and environment says [...]nearly 70 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions come from cities, which cover only 3 percent of our planet's surface but are home to more than half of the world's population. Until recently, few scientists were studying urban areas as unique ecosystems. Hutyra and a team of researchers, however, have spent the past year dissecting the origin of Boston's carbon emissions, and have begun tracing how urban-generated carbon is stored and processed over time.
"If we are going to have a prayer of actually reducing greenhouse gas emissions, meeting commitments, and creating international treaties," says Hutyra, "we need to know where carbon dioxide is coming from within cities. It's the canary in the coal mine, so to speak."
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IOC & Pardee Center Sea Level Rise Panel Discussion: Innovative Partnerships, Shared Missions
A panel discussion featuring Gloria Waters, Vice President and Associate Provost of Research at Boston University; Joan Fitzgerald, Director of the Law and Public Policy Program at Northeastern University; Andrew Rosenberg, Director of the Center [...]for Science and Democracy at the Union for Concerned Scientists; and Bud Ris, former President and CEO of the New England Aquarium and former CEO of the Union of Concerned Scientists; moderated by Lucy Hutyra, Department of Earth & Environment at Boston University. The panelists delve into how research institutions, particularly universities, can collaborate with outside partners such as federal, state, and local governments to identify the most fertile technologies and strategies for combating sea level rise and shifting coastlines.
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Urban Heat: Rising Temperatures and Population Vulnerability in Cities
A discussion of the effects of climate change on urban populations with Katharine Lusk, Co-Director and Founding Executive Director of the Initiative on Cities at Boston University; Lucy Hutyra, Associate Director of the BU URBAN Program and [...]Professor of Earth & Environment, College of Arts & Sciences; and Patricia Fabian, Associate Professor of Environmental Health, School of Public Health. This presentation was hosted on March 4 by the Boston University Board of Trustees Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing as part of the educational activities undertaken by the Committee as it considers the topic of fossil fuel divestment.
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