by Ella Feathers | Nov 7, 2022 | Data Visualization, Featured, Urbanization
The Data-Driven EnviroLab has been awarded two grants to continue work on two groundbreaking research projects: the Urban Environment and Social Inclusion Index (UESI) and Net Zero HERO: High-Performance Extraction and Retrieval Operation (NZT HERO). Both projects...
by Kayla Guilliams | May 18, 2022 | Climate, Data, Data Visualization, Urbanization
On April 23, nearly 40 community members came together to hack solutions to urban heat in the Research Triangle as part of Data-Driven EnviroLab’s Heat Hack 2022. In partnership with the NC Museum of Life and Science and as part of the NC Science Festival, we opened...
by Kayla Guilliams | Mar 7, 2022 | Climate, Data, Featured, Publications, Urbanization
On August 28, 2021, we sent nearly 40 volunteers armed with handheld sensors, smartphones, and smartwatches to help collect urban heat data around town. This citizen science campaign was in partnership with the NC Museum of Life and Science and the Town of Chapel...
by Kayla Guilliams | Feb 15, 2022 | Climate, Data, Energy, Featured, Urbanization
DDL is joining forces with other researchers across UNC to investigate the nexus of urban heat, electric grid infrastructure, and health equity with $5,000 in seed funding from a UNC Creativity Hub grant. The hottest days in the summer are exposing numerous...
by Kayla Guilliams | Feb 14, 2022 | China, Featured, Urbanization
Data-Driven EnviroLab has received a $10,000 Faculty Development Grant that will allow the group to assess how overseas infrastructure investments from China affect land use in Southeast Asia. Urban growth is rapidly advancing in Southeast Asia – nearly half of...
by Kayla Guilliams | Nov 3, 2021 | Climate, Featured, Urbanization
The Data-Driven EnviroLab’s study investigating the disproportionate impacts of the Urban Heat Island Effect in major U.S. cities has been adapted for young people by the Science Journal for Kids and Teens! The UHI effect is a phenomenon where cities or urban areas...
