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The newly-created Rutgers Center for Green Building, housed at the E.J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, forms a common umbrella for existing and proposed initiatives being carried out through separate Centers at the Bloustein School, Cook College, the School of Engineering and other Rutgers units that are integral to developing and implementing innovative green building strategies. The Center conducts applied research utilizing planned and existing green building projects, works with industry and government to promote these concepts, and develops undergraduate, graduate and professional education programs. Initial funding has been provided by the Rutgers University Academic Excellence Fund, and the Center’s formation has received strong endorsement from the New Jersey League of Municipalities, the New Jersey chapters of the Urban Land Institute, American Planning Association, Green Building Council, and National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, among others. It seeks to establish itself as the pre-eminent interdisciplinary center for green building excellence in the Northeast, while serving as a single accessible locus for fostering collaboration among green building practitioners and policy-makers.
Jennifer A. Senick is the Executive Director of the Rutgers Center for Green Building. In conjunction with her role at the Center, Ms. Senick is pursuing a PhD at the Bloustein School where she is additionally a Visiting Lecturer.
The management team of the Center for Green Building is comprised of the following: Clinton Andrews Associate Professor, Director of Bloustein Graduate Urban Planning Program and a LEED certified engineering and planning professional; Scott Weiner, Director of ; Michael Greenberg, Professor, Associate Dean of the Faculty at the Bloustein School, and Director of National Center for Neighborhood and Brownfields Redevelopment; David Listokin, Professor and Co-Director of the Center for Urban Policy Research; and Henry Mayer, Executive Director of National Center for Neighborhood and Brownfields Redevelopment and Associate Graduate Faculty member.
Phone: 732/932-4101 x520 - www.greenbuilding.rutgers.edu - Fax: 732/932-0934 |
