The Life Cycle Lab at UW’s College of Built Environments leads research to advance life cycle assessment (LCA) data, methods and approaches to enable optimization of materials, buildings and infrastructure. Our work is structured to inform impactful policies and practices …
Department: College of Built Environments
Sarah Randall
Sarah Randall, MPH is an Administrative Specialist in the College of Built Environments Office of Research. She works to support, promote, and elevate research operations within the College of Built Environments. Sarah has a Master of Public Health from the …
Change Stories project begins 4-day residential event in Bogotá, Colombia
The Change Stories project is an research project with collaboration from academics and their community-based partners in Belfast (Queen’s University), Northern Ireland, Belo Horizonte (Federal University of Minas Gerais Brazil and Observatory for Urban Health), Brazil, and Bogotá (Universidad de …
Examining commute mode choice of essential workers before and during the COVID-19 pandemic – A case study of the University of Washington
Cai, M., Shen, Q., Wang, Y., Brown, M., Ban, X., & Ashour, L. A. (2024). Examining commute mode choice of essential workers before and during the COVID-19 pandemic – A case study of the University of Washington. Case Studies on …
3. Questioning “Best” Practices in Architectural Education
Cheng, R. (2023). 3. Questioning “Best” Practices in Architectural Education. In Kim, J. (Ed.), Interdisciplinary Design Thinking in Architecture Education. Routledge. ISBN 9781032283241.
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Reducing Fatal Bird Collisions on UW Campus
College of Built Environments Ph.D. researcher Judy Bowes has been featured in a story, entitled “New research aims to reduce fatal bird collisions on campus” on UW News highlighting her project work. The video below dives into her work.
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Causal effects of place, people, and process on rooftop solar adoption through Bayesian inference
Min, Y., & Ko, I. (2023). Causal effects of place, people, and process on rooftop solar adoption through Bayesian inference. Energy (Oxford), 285, 129510-. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2023.129510.
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Developing a multi-criteria prioritization tool to catalyze TOD on publicly owned land areas
Cai, M., Acolin, A., Moudon, A. V., & Shen, Q. (2023). Developing a multi-criteria prioritization tool to catalyze TOD on publicly owned land areas. Cities, 143, 104606-. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2023.104606
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The Articulation and Current Practices of Liquidated Damages in Standard Specifications for Highways
Abdel Aziz, A. M., & Muiruri, K. (2023). The Articulation and Current Practices of Liquidated Damages in Standard Specifications for Highways. Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction, 15(4). https://doi.org/10.1061/JLADAH.LADR-959
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Kevin Muiruri
Research interests: project delivery methods and impact to project success; project control and construction contracts; privatization in construction and private-public partnerships; project cost management; sustainability.
M.S. Construction Management, University of Washington (2022)
B.S. Civil Engineering, Dedan Kimathi University of Technology, …