At Drexel University in Philadelphia, students and faculty advisors are trying to develop sustainable innovations that improve quality of life, push the envelope in terms of what’s already out there and offer innovations that are commercially viable and also acceptable to the public. They’re doing it through a living laboratory called the Drexel Smart House.

See the complete article at: A Smart House at Drexel University in Philadelphia Is a Living Laboratory of Sustainability in the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) blog published by Forbes.

See also:

• Library Resources for Drexel Smart House Project
• Website: Drexel Smart House
• Blog: Drexel Smart House Blog

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.