Tag: wind
Taking to the wind for climate change
By JoAnne Castagna, Ed.D.
Dec. 17, 1903, was a windy day at Kitty Hawk, a coastal area of North Carolina, but suitable for the Wright...
Improving Coastal Facilities Resiliency Systematically
Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) shows the way
By Ashish D. Patel, PE
Following extreme storm events such as Hurricane Harvey, Tropical Storm Imelda, and Hurricane...
Army Corps partners with community for first line of coastal defense 2020 Atlantic Hurricane...
By JoAnne Castagna, Ed.D.
Hurricane Isaias stormed up the east coast of the United States in early August, bringing heavy rain and winds up to...
Ducted Wind Turbines Wins Grant from Department of Energy
Potsdam, NY – Ducted Wind Turbines, the company formed by Clarkson University Associate Professor of Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering Ken Visser and his team...
ASCE Structural Engineering Institute Announces New Prestandard for Performance-Based Wind Design
RESTON, Va. – The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) has published ASCE/SEI Prestandard for Performance-Based Wind Design. SEI received a...
NIBS report shows how society benefits when buildings can withstand natural disasters
The National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) issued Natural Hazard Mitigation Saves: 2017 Interim Report, more than a decade after releasing its original report on the same topic and only days after the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) declared 2017 the costliest year on record for weather and climate disasters.
Study: Warming oceans could lead to 70 percent increase in hurricane-related financial loss by...
If oceans warm at a rate predicted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the United Nation-sponsored group that assesses climate change research and issues periodic reports, expected financial losses caused by hurricanes could increase more than 70 percent by 2100, according to a study just published in the journal Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure.
Trees can make or break city weather
Even a single urban tree can help moderate wind speeds and keep pedestrians comfortable as they walk down the street, according to a new University of British Columbia study that also found losing a single tree can increase wind pressure on nearby buildings and drive up heating costs.
BNEF forecasts global wind and solar costs to fall faster, undercutting most existing fossil...
New Energy Outlook 2017, the latest long-term forecast from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), shows earlier progress than its equivalent a year ago toward decarbonization of the world’s power system.