Research Bio
Arpad Horvath is the L. E. Peirano Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, head of the Energy, Civil Infrastructure and Climate Graduate Program, Director of the Transportation Sustainability Research Center, and Director of the Engineering and Business for Sustainability Certificate Program.
His research focuses on life-cycle environmental and economic assessment of products, processes, and services, particularly answering important questions posed about civil infrastructure systems and the built environment. He has conducted studies on the environmental implications of various products, processes and services, in particular, transportation systems, water and wastewater systems, buildings, concrete and other construction materials, pavements, and biofuels.
Research Expertise and Interest
life cycle assessment, LCA, sustainability, green design, buildings, transportation, water, construction, biofuels, energy, environmental management, infrastructure systems
In the News
Three UC Berkeley Professors Named to NAE
Professor Horvath Elected to National Academy of Construction
ARPA-E Announces Funding for Project "Carbon Negative Materials Assessment (CaNMA)"
NSF award to Horvath and research team for a study of environmental impacts of food-energy-water systems in and around cities
Olga Kavvada, lead-author of ES&T article
Arpad Horvath co-authors report on graywater
Future of California high-speed rail looks green
A new analysis gives Californians good reason to be optimistic about the green credentials of the state’s proposed high-speed rail project, due to begin construction in 2013 thanks to funding recently approved by state legislators. Arpad Horvath at the University of California, Berkeley, and Mikhail Chester at Arizona State University compared the future sustainability of California high-speed rail with that of competing modes of transportation, namely automobile and air travel.