Arpad Horvath

Lawrence E. Peirano Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Faculty URL

https://ce.berkeley.edu/people/faculty/horvath

Contact

horvath@ce.berkeley.edu

(510) 642-7300

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ORCID

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1340-7099

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Research Expertise and Interest

life cycle assessment, LCA, sustainability, green design, buildings, transportation, water, construction, biofuels, energy, environmental management, infrastructure systems

Research Description

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.

In the News

Headshots of Arpad Horvath, Ravi Prasher and Ion Stoica

Three UC Berkeley Professors Named to NAE

Three UC Berkeley faculty members have been recently elected into The National Academy of Engineering, one of the highest professional honors for engineers.

Professor Horvath Elected to National Academy of Construction

Professor Arpad Horvath has been elected to the National Academy of Construction (NAC). Membership "is to be conferred with care on those few, most qualified... to share this reservoir of expertise as a service to the nation." NAC members are recognized for their extensive and diverse expertise, proven leadership, and trusted judgement.

The Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) announced $5 million in funding to two universities—the University of Washington and University of California, Davis—working to develop life cycle assessment tools and frameworks associated with transforming buildings into net carbon storage structures. (Credit: ARPA-E)

ARPA-E Announces Funding for Project "Carbon Negative Materials Assessment (CaNMA)"

Professor Arpad Horvath is part of the team that will develop novel models that integrate material properties and characteristics into greenhouse gas sequestration scenarios to inform technological breakthroughs in carbon storing building materials.

NSF award to Horvath and research team for a study of environmental impacts of food-energy-water systems in and around cities

The program seeks to address how we will continue to have a sustainable supply of food, energy and water, and protect the ecosystems that provide essential services for humans.

Centralized vs. decentralized options for nonpotable water reuse

Olga Kavvada, lead-author of ES&T article

The ES&T article is "Assessing Location and Scale of Urban Nonpotable Water Reuse Systems for Life-Cycle Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emission"

Arpad Horvath co-authors report on graywater

Arpad Horvath was part of a committee of knowledge experts convened by the Water Research Foundation to conduct a study of alternative water sources.

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.

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