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Climate Change and Protecting Environment is a Social Justice Issue
Image of graph tracks real-time power usage for an entire home
Power Play: Creating Smart Buildings through Model-Based Energy Management
Pervious (green) and impervious (red) areas (Mill River, Watershop Pond in blue)
Shaping Landscape: Sustainable Design for Urban Renewal
Detail of soil slab showing upper organic layer and mineral layer underneath
Soil Slab: Tracking Microbes’ Contribution to Climate Warming
Graphic image in color showing incoming solar radiation on a glass facade
Iconic: Modeling Energy Efficiency in Modern Architecture
Engineers Sergio Breña (left) and Scott Civjan at the new testing facility
Building Bridges
Engineering solutions for sustainable infrastructure
Klaus Nüsslein standing in the Amazon rainforest holding soil sample.
Amazon Rainforest
Microbiologists document the relationship between soil microbe biodiversity and ecosystem conversion
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Building Green Gas Technology Without a Manual: Robert Coolman, University of Massachusetts
An aerial view of reddish cranberry bogs in southeastern Massachusetts.
Bright Bog: Sustainable Production and Development of the Cranberry Industry
Image of burned landscape likely due to wildfire carried by cheatgrass
Fierce Fire: Capturing the Role of Cheatgrass in Western Wildfires
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Economist James Boyce: 20,000 People a Year Die From Effects of Fossil Fuel Generation
Mapping thermography images onto three-dimensional models to show heat loss
Hot House: Combining Thermography with 3D Modeling to Visualize Heat Loss