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June 22, 2017  |  Lab: Research Journals

A protectED ROOM: Design of Responsive and Acuity Adaptable Behavioral Health Room for Emergency Departments

This article explores how a responsive, acuity adaptable emergency room design can actively contribute to patient well-being along the continuum of care without sacrificing operational efficiencies. Increasing medical knowledge, prevalence, and social awareness of behavioral health issues have made it imperative to design therapeutic spaces that respond to the whole person, in addition to medical... Read more »

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June 22, 2017  |  Lab: Building Technology, Design Process, Research Journals

NATURAL HARMONY: Designing with Thermal Actuators

Building in harmony with nature allows for the comfort and well-being of inhabitants of a home, building, neighborhood, or even a district. In this research, we studied the ways in which harmony is achieved in nature, and the ways in which it is achieved in existing building science. We propose a novel bridge between active and passive mechanical... Read more »

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April 3, 2017  |  Lab: Material Performance

From Here to Innovation: Safer Alternatives in Building Product Materials

The demand for non-toxic building products is encouraging manufacturers to replace “worst offender” chemicals with safer alternatives. This presents an opportunity for manufacturers to innovate with greener chemistry. Transparency (ingredient disclosure) in the building industry has been growing, pressuring manufacturers to disclose more about the composition of products than ever before. The public’s alarm about... Read more »

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January 12, 2017  |  Lab: Mobility

Transit Supportive Parking Policies and Programs

Transit administrators, engineers, and researchers often face problems for which information already exists, either in documented form or as undocumented experience and practice. This information may be fragmented, scattered, and  unevaluated. As a consequence, full knowledge of what has been learned about a problem may not be brought to bear on its solution. Costly research findings may go unused,... Read more »

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January 12, 2017  |  Lab: Mobility

Decisions, Values, and Data: Understanding Bias in Transportation Performance Measures

In the August 2014 issue of the ITE Journal,  Jeffrey Tumlin, Eric Dumbaugh, and Wesley Marshall explore the error of assuming transportation performance measures are objective. They are not. The authors assert “we should be aware of how our performance measures relate to the values and desires of the public which we serve. If there... Read more »

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January 12, 2017  |  Lab: Mobility

TCRP: Improving Transit Integration Among Multiple Providers

BART Board member Gail Murray, Joey Goldman, Cathleen Sullivan, Bethany Whitaker, and other colleagues led a study that has been released from the Transportation Research Board. Under TCRP Project H-49, they identified and documented the motivations, benefits, and barriers to coordination and integration among multiple public transportation providers. The Transit Integration Manual (Volume I) provides... Read more »

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January 12, 2017  |  Lab: Mobility

State DOTs Connecting Specialized Transportation Users and Rides Volume 2: Toolkit for State DOTs and Others

RB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 832: State DOTs Connecting Specialized Transportation Users and Rides, Volume 2: Toolkit for State DOTs and Others assists agencies and organizations with the process of designing, developing, implementing, and evaluating linkages that connect customers of specialized transportation services and programs with rides. The stand-alone toolkit directs lead agencies and partners through the decision process for their state, region, or county, and factors in budget limitations. Design decisions and evaluation criteria tailored to each functionality level are also provided.

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January 12, 2017  |  Lab: Mobility

Maximizing Statewide Multimodal Transportation Systems: Looking to Transportation Option Solutions in Oregon

In an era of limited and constrained funding, transportation agencies struggle to meet the needs of travelers and the demands on the system. Agencies need creative and low-cost transportation solutions and seek to identify ways to maximize use of existing multimodal networks.

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January 6, 2017  |  Lab: Material Performance

Fly Ash in Concrete

There are tradeoffs to everything; there is no perfect material. Using fly ash as recycled content in concrete solves one problem (how to dispose of a hazardous industrial by-product), but is it perpetuating the justification of burning coal as a fuel source?

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January 6, 2017  |  Lab: Material Performance

Healthy Environments: What’s New (and What’s Not) With PVC

PVC is unique within the broad spectrum of plastics because it is a chlorinated plastic. Its chlorinated chemistry is responsible for a range of environmental and human health hazards.

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January 6, 2017  |  Lab: Material Performance

Healthy Environments: Strategies for Avoiding Flame Retardants in the Built Environment

Many flame retardants are persistent, bioaccumulative, and/or toxic, and the building products that incorporate them can be avoided in many cases.

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