In a broad sense, sustainability is ensuring environmental, economic, and societal needs will be able to be met for generations to come, often with an emphasis on environmental resources. Sustainability can involve developing new technologies, renovating systems, or even making different individual choices to improve environmental, economic, and societal conditions.
SCI researchers contribute to this effort by exploring how technology can be used to improve the sustainability of our buildings, infrastructures, and more.
Research Highlights
Dr. Stephen Lee received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant for his project, “Data-Driven System-Design for Sustainable Long-Lasting Distributed Infrastructures,” which aims to develop sustainable computing systems by minimizing carbon emissions.
Members of SCI’s Department of Computer Science (CS) want to improve Pitt’s energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on campus. Their project “Sustainable (Campus) Buildings through Sensing and Human-Building Interaction,” aims to do just that.
Dr. Xiaowei Jia and fellow researchers have been awarded a NASA AIST Program grant for the research project "A Digital Twin Integrating Knowledge and AI for Understanding Carbon and Biodiversity Corridors in Central America".
