Record of my PhD

E.B. White documents the invention in his 1937 letter to Katherine S. White: “I guess everyone has crazy brothers and sisters. I know I have. Stan, by the way, has taken out a patent on an invention of his called ‘Botanical Bricks,’ which are simply plant units capable of being built up to any height, for quick landscape effects, the vertical surfaces covered with flowering vines, or the like. He thinks that the idea has great possibilities for such things as world fairs, city yards, indoor gardens, and many other projects. I think perhaps he has got hold of something, and have written him for more information. He certainly deserves a break.”

urban-induced climate change depends on specific geographic factors that must be assessed when choosing optimal approaches, as opposed to one-size-fits-all solutions.

international green building conference

Singapore’s Building and Construction Authority (BCA) announced on Wednesday it is building the world’s first high-rise laboratory designed to help researchers test their energy-efficient technologies for tropical countries.

It also plans to develop a modelling tool that helps planners find ways to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions.

the Toba Volcano on the island of Sumatra erupted (Figure 1.19). It was one of Earth’s largest cataclysms, laying down several meters of ash over India and parts of South Asia and producing a six-year global volcanic win- ter.

One of the methods under study for solar irradiance forecasting is the use of sky cameras to track cloud motion throughout Singapore. The video here shows a time lapse of one day of clouds moving above the NUS campus.