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MAIN GOALS - GENERAL ACTIVITIES - FIELD OF EXPERTISES
The Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability is the hub of collaborative sustainability research at Cornell University, forging vital connections among researchers, students, staff, and external partners. The center’s funding and programming accelerate groundbreaking research within and across all of Cornell’s colleges and schools. In turn, the center is the university’s home to bold ideas and powerful new models that ensure people and the planet not only survive, but thrive.
Cornell Atkinson provides you with the opportunity to connect with passionate experts and innovators, theorists and practitioners, business leaders and philanthropists. Join us in catalyzing extraordinary change.
ACTIVITY RELATED TO LOW GHG AND ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND RESILIENT BUILDINGS
The Center's work focuses on urban-to-rural connections and ranges from accelerating the energy transition to advancing the health of people and nature to reducing climate risk. Cornell Atkinson advocates for decarbonization and resilience in the building and construction sector by forming and supporting facultyled research partnerships on building materials, passive and active systems, technologies, and sustainable development. The Center likewise supports the creation of frameworks and guidance concerning land use conservation and restoration, zoning, and sustainable development. Cornell Atkinson's approach is inherently interdisciplinary, fostering collaborations with non-profits, companies, and government agencies to transform local and national sustainability policy, public opinion, products, and practices. Cornell Atkinson will launch the Built Environment Initiative in 2025, focused on urban climate adaptation, sustainability, and social justice, bridging work across architecture, art, community, regional planning, real estate development, engineering, human and environmental ecology, and public health.
