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.
Read more »Oceanography/APL "crush cam" gets crushed, stimulates crowd-sourced solutions - YouTube
Check out this video about the implosion of the encased “crush cam” – and how that led to not just media coverage but also public assistance to figure out a solution!
Read more »The danger beneath Seattle: echoes of Japan - Crosscut
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.
Read more »Wave energy moves forward - Earth techling
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!
Read more »Emissions from Asia put US cities over the ozone limit - Nature
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.
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