Project Tools

The research and tools created to date by both faculty and students working on S-Lab teams and via additional sustainability-based initiatives could have impact in the world of business and manufacturing for years to come. Tools created to date include a model for calculating CO2 emission reductions from carpooling; the development of an effective sustainability strategy for a company's capital facilities; a first draft tool designed to help health care organizations calculate the benefits — and the return on investment — associated with incorporating healthy building systems into health care facilities, to name but a few.

Sustainability Tools:

Two tools for calculating CO2 emission reductions from carpooling (one for individuals, one for organizations), developed by the S-Lab team working with GoLoco. Students in this team are Kate Sydney, Ken Weinstein, Tejus Kothari.
- GoLoco Driver Calculator (Excel file)
- GoLoco Parking Costs and Carbon Emissions Calculator (Excel file)
Designed to help companies' develop an effective sustainability strategy (based on current tools and cases) for their capital facilities (i.e., infrastructure and built facilities). The students on the S-Lab team are Sylvia Dizon, Sharlene Leurig, Elizabeth Prior, Stephen Rockwell.
- Sustainability toolkit for capital facilities (Excel file)
Sustainability tool developed by the S-Lab team of Jessica Harrington, Kaushal Challa, and Viara Nedeva for Health Care Without Harm. It is a first version/draft of a tool designed to help health care organizations calculate the benefits, and specifically the Return on Investment, associated with incorporating healthy building systems into their health care facilities (such as hospitals). The students reviewed the current research literature to identify the strongest studies that established a clear link between building characteristics (such as an increase in daylighting) with measurable benefits (such as a decrease in average patient stays).

Health Care Without Harm plans to update the tool as additional research studies provide further data on the quantified impacts of healthy building elements on patient and faculty health.
- Green ROI Tool for Hospitals (Excel file)

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