The Greenroads Foundation, which facilitates a rating system to provide LEED-like certifications for roadways, made its first award last month, to the Meador/Kansas/Ellis Trail project. The project was recognized at the silver level for its sustainable practices, including the incorporation of around 5 tons of crushed up, recycled toilets as part of the asphalt for a widened sidewalk. Greenroads was developed at University of Washington by faculty and students in Civil and Environmental Engineering and launched with the help of the Center for Commercialization. 

Seattle can learn from Japan’s quake and our own geologic history. Around the year 900, the Salish tribes that lived in Seattle were devastated by an earthquake. UW experts are quoted. 

The Oregon Wave Energy Trust is seeking a consultant to help develop the Pacific Marine Energy Center, which will be undertaken within the Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center, a collaboration between OSU and UW. Read more here! 

According to recently published research, air pollution from Asian countries increase the ozone levels in US cities, sometimes past EPA-specified limits for safety. UW’s Dan Jaffe is quoted. Read more here.