The Drexel Smart House is a unique multidisciplinary project working toward the goal of creating a building that functions like a home and serves as a laboratory to continually conduct research on innovations to the home experience. Through student-led (undergraduate and graduate from all colleges and majors) research and design, the Drexel Smart House will explore the areas of health and wellness, environmental interactions, efficiency, entertainment and communications. Ultimately, this research and design will be implemented into an urban home where involved students will live, thereby studying the effectiveness of the new ideas and proving the benefit of the Smart House.

See: Drexel Smart House
Blog: Drexel Smart House Blog

Books

Click on the links below to see what books are available in the Hagerty library at Drexel University in some key areas.

Smart Structures
Smart Materials
Intelligent Buildings
Green Buildings
Energy and homes
smart Home

To find additional books, search in our online catalog using Advanced Keyword Searching and using appropriate research keywords.

See also: Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Senior Seminar, Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Senior Design Resources and How Do I access ASTM, SAE, ASHRAE, ISO or ANSI standards? Any other standards?

Statistical Resources

Statistical Resources
Statistical Resources on the Web – Energy

Grant and Funding Opportunities

• NSF Fastlane Award Search and Funding Trends
  FastLane covers the full range of transactions between a research organization, its researchers, and NSF. See also Grant Proposal Guide.

• Community of Science (CoS) Scholar Universe
  A database for researchers which includes an expertise directory, funding opportunities, MEDLINE and the Federal Register.
• What is Community of Science (COS) Scholar Universe? How can I find out where I can present my papers?
• How do I locate funding opportunities for research or travel grants to assist me in planning for participating in conferences?
• CoS Expertise
  Detailed professional information about nearly 480,000 scientists, scholars and researchers.
• CoS Funding Opportunities
  A searchable and browsable database of funding information.
• Databases/Indexes for Funding
  See also Research Guides for Grants and Prospect Research
• Encyclopedia of Associations Online
  Contains information for approximately 460,000 international and U.S. national, regional, state, and local nonprofit membership organizations in all fields, including IRS data on U.S. 501(c) nonprofit organizations.

USGS Minerals portal provides Statistics and information on the worldwide
supply of, demand for, and flow of minerals and materials essential to the U.S.
economy, the national security, and protection of the environment.

See also:

• Copper Statistics and Information
• Mineral Industry Surveys and Industry Data
• Minerals Yearbook (Annual)
• USGS Publications and Data Products
• Recycling
• Metal Industry Indicators (Monthly)

The DOE Data Explorer (DDE) is an information tool which includes a database of citations prepared by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) based on the information found at various data-hosting Web sites. The DOE Data Explorer can be used to find collections of scientific research data, such as computer simulations, figures and plots, interactive maps, multimedia, numeric files, and scientific images. It is intended to be particularly useful to students, the public, and to researchers who are new to a field or looking for experimental or observational data outside their normal field of expertise. Each collection is funded either in whole or in part by the Department of Energy.

Information on major data centers funded by the U.S. Department of Energy is available at: DoE Data Explorer

National Transportation Statistics presents statistics on the U.S. transportation system, including its physical components, safety record, economic performance, the human and natural environment, and national security.  This is a large online document comprising more than 260 data tables plus data source and accuracy statements, glossary and a list of acronyms and initialisms.

This Internet edition of the National Transportation Statistics is updated quarterly. A date in parenthesis after the table name indicates when a table was updated. Latest updates are in bold.

See: National Transportation Statistics and BTS compilation of statistical data (includes Maps of Structurally Deficient Bridges on the National Highway System)

Access summary data, population pyramids and access to more data for a single country:
U.S. Census Bureau – International Data Base (IDB)

Find Political, economic, corporate, and environmental trends in 191 countries:
Countrywatch
CountryWatch provides critical country-specific intelligence and data through its suite of products to over 4000 clients including public and private sector organizations with overseas operations and global interests.

Includes tables, abstracts, and links to statistical information from State, US, and International sources through LexisNexis. The American Statistics Index, Statistical Reference Index, Index to International Statistics.

Access: LexisNexis Statistical or go to Electronic Databases by Title page and click on’ LexisNexis Statistical’.

Instructional Help:

How do I find basic statistical information on a particular topic?

Statistical Search Form searches LexisNexis indexing and abstracting of thousands of statistical reports and articles.

The NSF Science and Engineering Statistics web site provides access to various publications, data, and analyses about the nation’s science and engineering resources. For example, Industry-Innovation section provides access to various Science and Engineering Indicators from 1993 to the most recent data in 2008. Science and Engineering Indicator (biennial report to Congress) provides a broad base of quantitative information about U.S. science, engineering, and technology programs.

Air Now
The U.S. EPA, NOAA, NPS, tribal, state, and local agencies developed the AIRNow Web site to provide the public with easy access to national air quality information.

Envirofacts
Envirofacts is a single point of access to select U.S. EPA environmental data. This website provides access to several EPA databases to provide you with information about environmental activities that may affect air, water, and land anywhere in the United States. With Envirofacts, you can learn more about these environmental activities in your area or you can generate maps of environmental information.

Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)
The ESI is a composite index tracking a diverse set of socioeconomic, environmental, and institutional indicators that characterize and influence environmental sustainability at the national scale.

Fedstats: The gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies
FedStats is the new window on the full range of official statistical information available to the public from the Federal Government. Use the Internet’s powerful linking and searching capabilities to track economic and population trends, education, health care costs, aviation safety, foreign trade, energy use, farm production, and more. Access official statistics collected and published by more than 100 Federal agencies without having to know in advance which agency produces them.

Water Quality Standards Database
This Web site provides access to several WQS reports with information about designated uses, waterbody names, state numeric water quality criteria, and EPA recommended numeric water quality criteria. Using standard reports, you can compare WQS information across the nation.

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Statistical Resources on the Web from the University of Michigan provides access to different types of data.
These include: American Fact Finder, Bridges, Transportation, Accidents,, City Rankings, Construction, Construction Costs, Construction Industry, and Demographics.

The Bureau of Transportation site provides access to various modes of data related to transportation such as aviation, maritime, rail, transit, traffic and highway among various other types.

To access, go to The Intermodal Transportation Database.
RSS feeds related information is available at BTS RSS feeds.