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All News: Sarah Billington

Why is climate change at the center of a $2.3 trillion federal plan?
April 29, 2021 | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
When President Joe Biden addressed a joint session of Congress, a common thread ran through much of his narrative: resilience.
Designing Buildings to Improve Health
January 31, 2020 | SCOPE Blog
Are the buildings that we live and work in stressing us out? The answer is probably yes, according to Stanford engineer Sarah Billington, PhD, and... Read More
How Do We Design Buildings That Enable People to Thrive?
July 24, 2019 | Stanford School of Engineering
The design of many buildings contributes to depression, stress, poor health and absenteeism. A new project aims to change that by brining the... Read More
A child sorts through plastic trash in Nicaragua.
The History and Future of the Plastics Economy
October 25, 2017
Plastics are inexpensive and pervasive, but also degrade slowly and damage critical ecosystems. Stanford chemist Robert Waymouth discusses changes in... Read More