2016 (February)
Building Green Infrastructure in Blair County, PA
EFC worked with a team led by the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay and American Rivers to accelerate the implementation of green infrastructure in Pennsylvania’s Juniata watershed. As a part of this effort, the EFC worked with more than a dozen MS4 communities in Blair County to develop a stormwater financing strategy that looks to improve efficiencies and reduce costs through a regional approach.PartnersAlliance for the Chesapeake Bay, American Rivers, Blair County Conservation District, and Blair County MS4 WorkgroupSponsors
2023 (April)
Broadford Lake Revenueshed Preliminary Report
The purpose of this project was to develop a preliminary revenueshed analysis to frame potential avenues to fund or finance projects that address excess phosphorus in Broadford Lake, located in Garrett County, Maryland. Revenuesheds, conceptualized by the University of North Carolina Environmental Finance Center (UNC EFC), seek to identify the full range of stakeholders that benefit from a healthy watershed. This approach expands the potential opportunities to implement projects that improve water quality.
2015 (July)
Berkeley County, WV Public Service Sewer District Stormwater Financing Feasibility Study
The EFC worked collaboratively with Berkeley County, West Virginia, to conduct a stormwater financing feasibility study. Berkeley County lies in the Potomac River watershed and, at the time of this study, was the only county in West Virginia to hold a stormwater MS4 permit. Under the County’s MS4 permit, the Berkeley County Public Service Sewer District (PSSD) is required to develop a stormwater management program to reduce stormwater from discharging in receiving waters.
2025 Sustainable Maryland Certified Awards
Sustainable Maryland honored 18 Maryland municipalities at the Maryland Municipal League’s annual Fall Conference on Tuesday, October 14 at the Wisp Resort in McHenry, Maryland. To date, 93 municipalities, or 59% of the state's 157 towns and cities, participate in the program, and 33% are currently ...
"I see the impact of my scholarship everywhere."
The elation Erin Nivison felt after completing two bathroom renovations in two weeks was tempered by her utter exhaustion. Nivison had stumbled into redesign work as a side-hustle to her career in the mortgage industry and was hooked on the creativity she could apply to transforming kitchens, bathro...
MAPP Students Take a Bite Out of the Big Apple
MAPP students traded their College Park classrooms for skyscrapers, construction sites and city streets, as part of a three-day trip to New York City. Alums and professionals leading the field took them on behind-the-scenes tours of the U.S.'s most enduring city and how it continues to change. Explo...
Housing, Reframed
This article originally appeared in TERP Magazine. Written by Karen Shih ’09.THE AMERICAN DREAM IS DEAD. Or it’s at least delayed, for recent college grads. According to a report earlier this year from mortgageresearch.com, they won’t be able to afford a house until 2034.To solve the nation’s housin...
Lunar Architecture
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
This event is open to the publicSpeaker: Dr. Caitlin AhrensAssistant Research Scientist,NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ; University of MarylandDr. Caitlin Ahrens, who is part of the Center for Research and Exploration in Space Science and Technology at NASA GSFC, will give a presentation involving...
2025-10-24T12:00:00
2025-10-24T12:00:00
Fall 2025 Celebration of Graduates
10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Come join us in celebrating our Fall 2025 Graduates! A short program will be held in the Architecture Building Auditorium, followed by a reception serving coffee, cookies and tea in the Great Space.Speaker:Tamir Ezzat, AIA, '08, M.Arch '13After earning a Bachelor of Science ('08) and Master of Archi...
2025-12-12T12:00:00
2025-12-12T12:00:00
Surviving a Sea Change
The biggest threat to the shorelines of Maryland’s Assateague State Park aren’t the throngs of tourists or galloping hooves of its wild horses: It’s climate change, the effects of which are eroding the island’s iconic beaches, dunes and diverse habitat.This summer, the first of two new design studio...