Focus Area: Equity

Inman Street Improvements Planning

Plan for Sidewalks on Inman Street from Broad Street to Keith Street. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Smart Communities Initiative Contact Info University Faculty Contact Jenny Retherford Civil and Environmental Engineering Local Government / Community Contact Brian Beck City Engineer […]

Analyzing Sustainable Infrastructure

PLACE’s Via development in St. Louis Park, MN will be a “mixed-use, mixed-income, transit-oriented community demonstrating profound environmental design.” The Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure has developed Envision criteria to assess the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure. The Envision rating system consists of “60 sustainability criteria that address the full range of environmental, social, and […]

Salem Transportation Saftey Analysis

Portland State University’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering explored various traffic safety concerns in the City of Salem. The Salem Transportation Safety Analysis was conducted by Portland State University civil engineering students. Intersections with high crash statistics and other safety issues were selected by the City of Salem for evaluation. Some of the locations […]

Solar Panel Recommendations for Juda School District

Presently, Juda School District, a small school in southern Wisconsin, receives a small amount of energy from renewable energy sources while having a large scale utility company, Alliant Energy, supply the rest. The schools current renewable energy source consists of a 36 panel solar system which offsets the schools energy usage by between 4.5% and […]

Smart Housing Opportunities for Pflugerville

Pfugerville is one of the fastest growing cites in the United States, with estmates that high rates of growth will contnue into the foreseeable future. As part of the 2030 Comprehensive Plan the City of Pfugerville is working towards increasing the amount and diversity of housing with a special focus on building a dynamic and […]

Urban Agriculture Opportunities

Using Models to Analyze Sustainability Goals and Tradeoffs

PLACE would like to analyze of how well current operations and future design ideas meet their sustainability goals. Students will model several different sustainability objectives through coupled economic/energetic/mass balance models to analyze how goals are currently being met and recommendations to better meet goals. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. […]

Using Models to Analyze Sustainability Goals and Tradeoffs

Designing an ‘Energy Champion’ App for PLACE’s Ecovillage Development

PLACE would like to encourage residents to engage in sustainable behaviors and to create community at the same time. Using a user-centered design approach, CISC 321 students will design a prototype EcoVillage ‘Energy Champion’ app to encourage energy conservation and create community through friendly competition. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community […]

Analyzing and Communicating Costs to Lenders for PLACE’s Ecovillage Development

PLACE’s EcoVillage development in St. Louis Park, MN includes multiple components: affordable and market-rate housing, an e-generation facility, live/work spaces, an urban forest, and a boutique hotel. Lenders often perceive multiple elements in a development as increasing risk, rather than distributing or managing risk. Students will analyze the multiple elements of the EcoVillage and provide […]

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