Washington State University is a partner in a grant to research, develop, and demonstrate technologies to create “smart” buildings, campuses, and cities to better manage energy use.
Researchers in the Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture are leading a five-year, $1.5 million initiative to develop a framework to monitor, predict, and control energy and air quality in an urban environment, and record resulting health impacts in Spokane’s University District.
Researchers simulate holes and weaknesses in the smart grid, then work out ways to manage the risk of hackers interrupting and subverting the electric power system.