ISE Research: Sustainable Cities
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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2144/39108
As the world’s population continues to urbanize, new methods of urban planning, infrastructure development and service delivery, mobility, and built environment energy use are essential. In collaboration with BU’s Initiative on Cities and the Center for Information & System Engineering’s Smart Cities project, we lead work in this area.
The following items reflect the research that has been done in this area.
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How Boston’s next mayor can accelerate the city’s equitable clean energy transition
(Boston Area Research Initiative, 2021-09)As the Boston mayoral race heads to the primary on September 14, how can the next mayor equitably and rapidly accelerate the city’s clean energy transition to mitigate the negative impacts of climate change and fossil fuel ... -
Accelerating cities’ net zero action: Key takeaways from partnership and innovative financing visioning labs
(Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy, 2021-05)INTRODUCTION: The goals of this project were to increase the ambition of cities in the UK and the U.S. to set and achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions targets, to encourage more cities to commit to the UNFCCC ... -
A survey of North American city climate leaders: the prospects for climate action in the COVID-19 era
(Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy, 2020-10)In the final report of our three-part series, the Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy presents the results of a survey of 25 U.S. and Canadian city climate leaders, conducted in July and August 2020, to ... -
Climate of crisis: how cities can use climate action to close the equity gap, drive economic recovery, and improve public health
(Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy, 2020-09)This report is the second of three that provides community leaders, inside and outside of local government, with guidance about navigating their climate-action priorities through the gauntlet of challenges created by the ... -
More urgency, not less: The COVID-19 pandemic’s lessons for local climate leadership
(Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy, 2020-06)This report is the first of three that will provide community leaders, inside and outside of local government, with guidance about navigating their climate action priorities through the gauntlet of challenges created by ... -
Carbon Free Boston: Summary report 2019
(Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy, 2019)PROJECT OVERVIEW: In 2016, Mayor Martin J. Walsh signed the Metro Mayors Climate Mitigation Commitment, pledging to make Boston carbon neutral by 2050, and asked the Boston Green Ribbon Commission (GRC) to establish a ... -
Carbon Free Boston: Social equity report 2019
(Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy, 2019)OVERVIEW: In January 2019, the Boston Green Ribbon Commission released its Carbon Free Boston: Summary Report, identifying potential options for the City of Boston to meet its goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2050. The ... -
Carbon Free Boston: Energy Technical Report
(2019-05-15)INTRODUCTION: The adoption of clean energy in Boston’s buildings and transportation systems will produce sweeping changes in the quantity and composition of the city’s demand for fuel and electricity. The demand ... -
Carbon Free Boston: Buildings Technical Report
(2019-05-15)OVERVIEW: Boston is known for its historic iconic buildings, from the Paul Revere House in the North End, to City Hall in Government Center, to the Old South Meeting House in Downtown Crossing, to the African Meeting ... -
Carbon Free Boston: Waste Technical Report
(2019-05-15)OVERVIEW: For many people, their most perceptible interaction with their environmental footprint is through the waste that they generate. On a daily basis people have numerous opportunities to decide whether to recycle, ...
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