Sustainable brownfields
A brownfield is a site where redevelopment could be complicated
because of the presence of a hazardous substance. The
US Environmental Protection Agency awarded UIC's Institute for
Environmental Science and Policy a five-year, $750,000 grant
to identify best management practices for redeveloping sites
sustainably, gauge the benefits and get the information to the
public and policymakers. The
UIC research team of Susan Kaplan,
Thomas Theis, Joshua Linn and Serap Erdal will work with Urbana
campus researchers John Braden and Marilyn Ruiz and other collaborators
to define what it means to turn a brownfield into a
new green development in a way that sustains the site as eco-friendly
— and the value of doing so. A website detailing best
management practices will be among the first public offerings,
along with an easy-to-use guidebook.
View all in the sampling of the articles in the 2008-09 Annual Report.