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Urban Informatics Offers Partnership Opportunities Between Institutions, Cities
November 16, 2018 Education Dive features an interview with NYU CUSP Professor Constantine Kontokosta. In 2012, New York’s then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed colleges and universities around the world submit ideas for an applied science campus which would act as an engine… Continue Reading Urban Informatics Offers Partnership Opportunities Between Institutions, Cities
The New Urban Science
November 16, 2018 Featured by The Chronicle of Higher Education. Mosher Street, on the west side of Baltimore, could serve as the set for a feature film on urban entropy. Drive through and you’ll see block after block of century-old… Continue Reading The New Urban Science
How An NYU Professor Captured The Densest-Ever Public Aerial Lidar Data
November 16, 2018 Spar3D features Professor Debra Laefer’s research on the world’s densest urban aerial lidar data set. Recently professor Debra F. Laefer, with NYU’s Center for Urban Science and Progress–released what the center is calling the world’s densest urban… Continue Reading How An NYU Professor Captured The Densest-Ever Public Aerial Lidar Data
NYU Releases The Densest LiDAR Dataset Ever To Help Urban Development
November 16, 2018 Technical.ly Brooklyn features Professor Debra Laefer’s research on the world’s densest urban aerial lidar data set. New York University has made available the densest public LiDAR data set ever collected, via its Center for Urban Science and Progress.… Continue Reading NYU Releases The Densest LiDAR Dataset Ever To Help Urban Development
Sounds Of NYC Project Aims To Dull Noises In The City That Never Sleeps
November 16, 2018 Featured by Smart Cities Dive. With so much noise pollution in New York, it’s easy to understand why it’s the city that never sleeps. The city’s civil complaint line gets more calls about noise than any other… Continue Reading Sounds Of NYC Project Aims To Dull Noises In The City That Never Sleeps
Elon Musk’s Tunnel Vision: Why His “Boring Company” Underground Traffic Solution Is A Bad Idea
November 16, 2018 Professor Kaan Ozbay is quoted in an article by Salon. Elon Musk revealed recently more details about his proposal to solve traffic gridlock by creating an elaborate 3D matrix of subterranean highways that would whisk cars around on electrified… Continue Reading Elon Musk’s Tunnel Vision: Why His “Boring Company” Underground Traffic Solution Is A Bad Idea
NYC Universities Expanding Into Technology At A ‘Frenetic Pace’
November 16, 2018 Featured by Technical.ly Brooklyn. The Times posted a good piece Wednesday about the rapid expansion of New York universities into the tech space, highlighting NYU Tandon along with Columbia University and Cornell University. The article focused on NYU Tandon’s $500 million acquisition and renovationof Downtown Brooklyn’s Metropolitan… Continue Reading NYC Universities Expanding Into Technology At A ‘Frenetic Pace’
Where Halls Of Ivy Meet Silicon Dreams, A New City Rises
November 16, 2018 Featured by the New York Times. To see higher education in New York City being transformed, you have only to pick your vantage point. From the roof of a residential Columbia University high-rise on Riverside Drive, you… Continue Reading Where Halls Of Ivy Meet Silicon Dreams, A New City Rises
To Create A Quieter City, They’re Recording The Sounds Of New York
November 16, 2018 Featured by the New York Times. On Thursday, microphones mounted outside two buildings in Manhattan went live. Bright yellow signs that say “Recording Underway” announced their arrival. But these devices are not eavesdropping on your conversations. A… Continue Reading To Create A Quieter City, They’re Recording The Sounds Of New York
Solar Installation Dedicated In Brooklyn
November 16, 2018 Featured by Energy Manager Today. The Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York City this week unveiled a project featuring 3,152 rooftop solar panels. The installation was done by ConEdison Solutions, which will operate and maintain the panels. They… Continue Reading Solar Installation Dedicated In Brooklyn
NYC Makes Strides In Reducing Its Greenhouse Gas Emissions
November 16, 2018 Featured by Curbed NY. Although some would have the population believing otherwise, greenhouse gas emissions are a real issue. And while New York City, with its shipped-in food and barged-out trash, is no small contributor to that matter,… Continue Reading NYC Makes Strides In Reducing Its Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Big-Building Owners Required To Report Energy Use Reduced Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Report Says
November 16, 2018 Featured by Crain’s New York. A law that requires the city’s biggest buildings to log and report their energy usage is paying off, officials said Wednesday. Thousands of structural behemoths in New York City have cut their… Continue Reading Big-Building Owners Required To Report Energy Use Reduced Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Report Says
New York City Study Conclusion: Benchmarking Works
November 16, 2018 Featured by Energy Manager Today. An important study on the impact of benchmarking on big apartment and office buildings in New York City offers proof of something that can benefit energy managers everywhere: Simply providing people with… Continue Reading New York City Study Conclusion: Benchmarking Works
City’s Biggest Buildings Slash Energy Use And Emissions
August 29, 2016 Featured by Habitat Magazine. A new energy report reveals great strides, but much room for improvement. From 2010 to 2013, thousands of New York City’s biggest buildings slashed energy use by 6 percent and greenhouse gas emissions… Continue Reading City’s Biggest Buildings Slash Energy Use And Emissions
The Future Of The ‘Smart City’
November 16, 2018 Featured by WNYC – The Takeaway. Learn about “The Future of the ‘Smart City’” from WYNC. Over 85 percent of the world’s population will live in a city by the end of the century. In a special… Continue Reading The Future Of The ‘Smart City’