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Addressing Interrelated Challenges of Poverty in Nepal
An interdisciplinary team seeks to understand the challenge of poverty in the brick kilns of Nepal, and finds that community members hope to improve air quality, critical infrastructure, and education.
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Analysis of Irrigation by Remote Sensing (AIRS) supports water sustainability
On urban parcels in particular, irrigation is difficult to measure and manage because of so many variables in landscape size, shape, quality, and water use behavior. Annelise Capener, a graduate student in the Sustainability Lab, is studying how remote sensing can help.
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How do drinking water utilities use artificial intelligence?
“AI is just one of many tools a water utility may choose to use, and although many currently choose not to, they are open to the idea,” BYU researchers say.
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Andrew South receives Experiential Learning Award
Civil and Construction Engineering professor Dr. Andrew South was selected as the College of Engineering recipient in BYU's 2023 Experiential Learning Awards.
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Helping water utilities navigate the clean energy transition
"Water utilities are in the business of making clean water, not using clean energy," says Dr. Rob Sowby. "That needs to change."
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Pumping seawater to Great Salt Lake would take at least 11% of Utah's electricity demand
Three BYU CCE professors provide an early estimate of the proposed pipeline's energy requirement—and it's significant.
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Lab members support United Nations sustainability conference
Faculty and students from the Sustainability Lab presented at the United Nations "Why It Matters" conference on the Sustainable Development Goals, held at Utah Valley University Oct. 5–7, 2022. Their research covered professional ethics, corporate sustainability practices, and irrigation efficiency.
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Drought in Utah, Year Three: A Q&A with a BYU water expert on managing the ongoing threat
BYU professor Rob Sowby has contributed to over 200 civil engineering projects throughout North America, including many addressing sustainable water supply. With the current drought crisis in the Mountain West, he’s refining his efforts to be most helpful to water suppliers, policy makers and residents here in Utah.
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Team wins first place in Sustainable Solutions Competition
Undergraduate students design a winning tiny home development for transitional housing to help address homelessness.
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Agricultural irrigation consumes 1% of all U.S. electricity, BYU study finds
A clearer picture of the energy footprint of irrigation could help make water and energy use more sustainable.
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