New NRT Grant
Shu Yang and Collaborators Receive NSF Grant for Multidisciplinary Graduate Program across Engineering and Architecture, Penn Engineering Today (December 3, 2024)
Dorit Aviv Interviewed in NPR Climate Solutions Article (9 June 2025)
NRT Climate Care Co-PI Dorit Aviv was interviewed (as part of NPR’s Climate Solutions Week series) in an article entitled “5 simple (and cheap) things to make your house use less energy”.
Dorit emphasizes that “Climate solutions for reducing home energy use can be extremely simple — and sometimes even free.”
Read about Dorit’s climate solutions tips here.
Heat Stress and Urban Resilience Publication: Alternative Cooling Strategies to Combat Extreme Heat in the Urban Environment (6 February 2026)
As heat intensifies in cities, this digest, co-authored by Dorit Aviv, NRT Climate Care Co-PI, argues that solar-powered open-air cooling shelters can play a critical role in a layered urban cooling strategy - providing resilient, low-energy relief that complements cooling centers and remains operational during power outages.