Ultra-X Grant

Through the award of an Ultra-X grant from the National Science Foundation and U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, the Urban Design Lab (UDL) undertook a collaboration with Columbia University colleagues and many community partners on a project aimed at monitoring the neighborhood scale intersections between residents, the improved urban “green”, green roof performance, and the impact of improved urban natural ecosystems. Columbia collaborators include the Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO), the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS), the Center for Research on Environmental Decisions (CRED), the Department of Earth and Environmental Science (DEES), the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP), the Center for Climate Systems Research (CCSR), and the Department of Ecology Evolution and Environmental Biology (E3B).