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The new DOE designation, awarded to 17 educational programs nationwide, honors post-secondary academic programs that require students to apply the best practices of zero energy design in their projects.

In this American Society of Civil Engineers article, Assistant Research Professor Brad Wham talks about the steps water utilities can take to protect their infrastructure from wildfires.

The Marshall fire screamed across the prairie, exploding into homes with 80 mph winds and destroying entire neighborhoods. It caused over a billion dollars in damage in less than a day and took everything from more than 1,000 homeowners in...

Six degree programs in CU Boulder's College of Engineering and Applied Science, including civil and environmental engineering, earned top 20 spots among public universities in U.S. News and World Report’s Best Undergraduate Engineering specialty rankings. U.S. News and World Report did not rank architectural engineering programs.

Tuesday, Sept. 20 | 12:00 p.m. | Zoom - Register Now Safe, disaster-resilient housing is critical to our way of life, prosperity, and sense of security. Yet, many houses remain vulnerable to damage from earthquakes, hurricanes, and other hazards, affecting communities in the near and long term. In this webinar,...

CIRES Fellow and WWA Director Ben Livneh was announced as American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) 2022 Hydrologic Sciences Early Career Award recipient. Being selected as a Section Honoree is bestowed upon individuals for meritorious work or service toward the advancement and promotion of discovery and solution science. AGU, a nonprofit organization...

Aisling Pigott is featured in a news piece on air conditioning use with KOAA-TV, the NBC affiliate in Pueblo/Colorado Springs. Pigott is co-author of a new column in The Conversation exploring an age old question -- does turning the air conditioning off when you’re not home actually save energy? Written...

A heat wave that pushed California’s power grid to the limit and the water system failure in Mississippi are just two examples of how a growing maintenance backlog and increasing climate change are creating a golden age of infrastructure failure. CU engineering expert Paul Chinowsky shares on The Conversation.

Concrete is strong, durable, affordable and accessible. But the global concrete industry is responsible for more than 8% of greenhouse gas emissions—more than three times the emissions associated with aviation—and demand is rising. CU engineering expert Wil Srubar shares on The Conversation: four innovative ways to clean up this notoriously...

Paul Chinowsky is interviewed in a new Colorado Sun feature on obstacles to air conditioning in schools. The article discusses how schools are handling the growing need for cooler temperatures in K-12 buildings. Chinowsky, an emeritus professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering and director of the...