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A pilot policy using smart meter data to enforce water-use restrictions led to reduced water use, but also increased community complaints. The policy didn’t survive.

Researchers, civic leaders, entrepreneurs, organizations and citizens from across India and throughout the world have submitted more than 170 ideas to address pressing environmental and energy challenges as part of the Bengaluru Innovation Challenge. A range of innovative proposals aimed...

The Energy & Environment Lab, a shared effort of the University of Chicago Urban Labs and Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC), has brought on Olga Rostapshova to serve as its new executive director. Rostapshova holds a...

The University of Chicago and the Urban Development Department of the Government of Karnataka launched the Bengaluru Innovation Challenge—an effort to improve air and water quality by crowdsourcing inventive ideas from citizens, civic leaders, academics, corporations, and other institutions across...

Cynthia Giles, who led the US EPA’s enforcement and compliance office, will work to advance evidence-based environmental policy research and connect it with practitioners in government.

Delhi, India – The University of Chicago Urban Labs and the Delhi government today launched the Urban Labs Innovation Challenge: Delhi, an effort to improve air and water quality in one of the world’s most polluted cities. The Challenge will...