University of Oregon

Research

Faculty, students, and scholars at the University of Oregon participate in research projects that range from green design and building, alternative energy, environmental issues and policy, social and environmental justice, sustainable materials and chemistry, to community development.

Researchers at the Institute for a Sustainable Environment (ISE) are dedicated to assisting natural resource based communities find sustainable solutions, while the Solar Radiation Monitoring Lab has developed a program that shows the sun's path across the sky at any given latitude and longitude. These projects and others at the UO are sources of innovation that help us move toward a sustainable future.

For specific information on UO sustainability research projects visit the Sustainability Database.

Researchers from the UO Energy Studies in Building Laboratory
at a heliodon demonstration.