Research

Since the National Academy of Environmental Design’s (NAED) creation in May 2007, the organization has made great strides toward its goals of establishing itself to eventually exist as a parallel structure to the existing National Academies. Very quickly the NAED formed a steering committee, which now comprises more than 20 organizations representing over 500,000 individuals in the environmental design disciplines of architecture, engineering, interior design, landscape architecture, planning, and communications design. Together, these experts, in areas of scientific and technological endeavor, have begun devising research programs to address critical issues that affect the flourishing of individuals, communities, and the natural world.

Universities Host First Set of Research Symposia
This past summer, the steering committee met in Washington, D.C., to discuss the NAED’s governance structure and research agenda. As a result, the NAED was able to incorporate in early November and is currently finalizing the bylaws and a governing council to represent the founding organizations. This governing council will eventually create a Research Committee charged with overseeing research directions and reports.

In early spring of 2009, an initial set of research symposiums were held at major universities around the United States, with the purpose of identifying key questions and issues in areas such as water quality, sustainable materials, and sustainable sites. The outcomes of these symposiums are linked below:

• Sustainable Sites Symposium
• Water Symposium
• Sustainable Materials Symposium

NAED Publishes White Paper on Climate Change
"A Rationale for a National Organization to Leverage the Expertise of the Design and Planning Professions and Institutions to Address the Impending Catastrophic Impacts of Climate Change"

Download the white paper (8.5.08)

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