Cornell University Sustainable Design promotes education through action, empowerment and innovation with several design-build projects.
We utilize an interdisciplinary, research based approach to create resilient structures in the built environment and realize a future of ecological, social and economic sustainability.
The Sustainability Research Facility Project brings together students and faculty to design and build a "Living Laboratory" on Cornell's Ithaca campus.
Team Leader: Jeremy Blum (contact)
Schoolhouse: South Africa is a partnership with Education Africa, a non-profit that provides education infrastructure to developing communities in South Africa.
Team Leader: Barry Beagen (contact)
Formerly Cornell's Solar Decathlon team, CUSD has completed three entries into the biannual Solar Decathlon competition.
