FAS Public Interest Report

FAS Summer 2007 Public Interest Reports

• Woes for Three DOE Programs, Report Finds

The three major components of the Stockpile Stewardship Program (SSP) at the Department of Energy are all seri­ously over budget and seriously behind sched­ule, according to a report issued today by the Federation of American Scientists (FAS)…. read more

• A Response to Katrina: The Making of the Largest, Most Efficient Modular Building Order in US History

In August of 2005, Hurricane Katrina spawned the largest natural disaster in our nation’s history, decimating the hous­ing stock of the Gulf Coast. In the following two months, Hurricanes Rita and Wilma further extended the housing crisis. Since then, non-profits throughout the country have worked nonstop to develop economical, fast, and basic solutions to the extensive and com­plex challenge of providing communities with low income and affordable housing… read more

• FAS Housing Technology Project Reaches Turkey and Azerbaijan

FAS initiative to improve the quality of housing worldwide has led to construction of a demonstration house in Turkey and key roles in building conferenc­es in Turkey and Azerbaijan. The conferences have generated plans to transfer the FAS-initiative on energy-efficient, earthquake-resistant buildings to these countries….read more

• PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE: The Future of the Building Industry

The building industry has managed to dodge the innovation in materials, design, assembly methods, and qual­ity control management that has revolution­ized most other manufacturing businesses in the U.S. Automobiles are expected to use advanced composites to increase safety and performance, and we are used to the idea that there are more than 50 microprocessors in a car controlling everything from the win­dows to fuel injection. But there’s very little on a modern construction site that would surprise your grandfather…read more

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