GREEN ENGINEERING NEWS - eDesign Dynamics

25 Oct 2020

eDesign’s Work with MVVA at the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens

eDesign Dynamics’ work with landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh and his MVVA at the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens receives press attention from The New York Times.

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11 Jun 2020

EDD President Dr. Franco Montalto Appointed by Mayor De Blasio to Serve As Scientific Expert

Drexel Professor and EDD Founder and President Dr. Franco Montalto, P.E. was appointed by Mayor Bill de Blasio to serve as a Scientific Expert on the Fourth New York City Panel on Climate Change. In the City’s press release, he says “As the COVID-19 pandemic has clearly shown us yet again, risk exposure is highly uneven. I am grateful for this opportunity to apply my engineering skills to help conceptualize infrastructure and policies that will reduce climate risks, especially in the city’s most vulnerable communities.”

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Dr. Franco Montalto, eDesign Dynamics, Science of the Living City, Seminar, Green Infrastructure, Green Engineering, NYC Urban Field Station, the Arsenal, Enhancing the Resilience of Urban Landscapes

5 Jun 2020

EDD President Dr. Montalto Offers an Online Continuing Education Class

In his capacity as Professor at Drexel University, EDD president Dr. Franco Montalto is offering a new, online, continuing education class: Stormwater Planning in the Era of Climate Change at Drexel University. A maximum of 20 professional development hours (PDHs) can be obtained for the $600 registration fee. While learning the latest science on precipitation forecasting under climate change, students (both university and continuing ed) who are enrolled in the class will work directly with a set of cities and water utilities (or their own existing clients) to develop future design storms based on the latest climate projections for that region.

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12 May 2020

COVID-19 Reveals a Path Forward on Climate Change

Dr. Franco Montalto, President and Principal Engineer at EDD, collaborated with his Drexel colleagues Scott Knowles, Richardson Dilworth, and Mimi Sheller on a piece for the American Scientist, entitled “COVID-19 reveals a path forward on climate change.”

The key points are that social inequities represent a severe handicap in our efforts to adapt the human condition for the better, whether fighting a pandemic or mitigating climate change. However, the fact that billions around the world have accepted an abrupt and radical change to their lives, virtually overnight and amid profound uncertainty, in response to a scientific prescription is encouraging. It suggests that collaboration on global crises is possible, even in a highly polarized world.

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29 Apr 2020

KYW NEWSRADIO INTERVIEW OF DR FRANCO MONTALTO

15 Dec 2019

Ecological Design Work by EDD Featured in New Coastal Brooklyn Park

8 Dec 2019

EDD Project Wins Global Design Award

Nepal’s Bayalpata Hospital has won an international award in the Health Category at the Global Architecture Festival held in Amsterdam on Thursday.

The hospital in Nepal’s Achham district is a public-private partnership between the group Nyaya Health and the Nepal government, and is built almost entirely using rammed earth technology using locally available material with an ambitious zero carbon construction. eDesign Dynamics is responsible for all water related work on the project.