Julie Bert: A window of opportunity


Julie Bert’s lab transformed innovative window insulation material into CO2-absorbent sponges.


Julie Bert, director of SRI’s Hardware Research and Technology Lab, works with a diverse group of scientists and engineers in her lab to explore new climate technologies. In this video, Bert discusses one technology that is poised to play a role in addressing climate change.

Learn more about the Hardware Research and Technology Lab here.

“Given the impacts of climate change and the fact that we are putting more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, there’s a growing need to remove it from the atmosphere.” — Julie Bert


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