The UVA Environmental Institute supports projects across disciplines that look for sustainable infrastructure solutions, carbon removal strategies, and carbon mitigation strategies.
Energy + Infrastructure
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A signature program, the Climate Restoration Initiative, evaluates the full potential for strategies to mitigate and remove carbon emissions, and their costs and benefits for the state of Virginia and its citizens. An accessible online platform will benefit carbon accounting, forecasting, and decision support to help leaders and policymakers understand emerging carbon removal strategies and the barriers and benefits in their home region. Read more about the Climate Restoration Initiative here.
Experts on Energy + Infrastructure
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Leon
Szeptycki
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Andres
Clarens
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Majid
Shafiee-Jood
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Venkataraman
Lakshmi
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Lisa
Colosi Peterson
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Bill
Shobe
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Gary
Koenig
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Julianne
Quinn
Latest News
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Cheaper Path to Net-Zero Could Come at a Public Health Cost, Study Finds
A UVA-led study finds that the two paths to U.S. carbon neutrality by 2050 do about equally well for the climate but differ by trillions of dollars in cost and...
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From Climate AI to Post-Flood Health Risks: UVA Funds New Environmental Research Projects
The Institute has awarded four new grants supporting research on some of today's most pressing environmental challenges from community-informed climate AI and cleaner construction materials to post-flood health and AI-enabled...
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Why states are walking back their own climate and energy laws, and what they could do instead
Andres Clarens, Associate Director of the UVA Environmental Institute, writes in The Conversation that states shouldn't abandon their energy transitions and offers better solutions.
Latest Projects
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Locating Infrastructure: Energy, Water, and the Societal Footprint of U.S. Data Centers
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