Weber's research focuses on the integration of sustainability and architecture through applied research, exploring and developing tools to evaluate and compare the often disparate aesthetic, economic, and environmental goals. He is a primary investigator and project manager of the Minnesota Sustainable Housing Initiative; a McKnight Foundation funded knowledge base of tools and case studies to advance sustainability in affordable housing. Former projects include technical assistance for The Rose a Living Building Challenge inspired multifamily affordable housing development; facilitation and tool development for Aeon’s Learning Laboratory; the EnergyScoreCards Minnesota Pilot Project; the Green Rehabilitation of Elder Apartment Treatments: The GREAT Study with the National Center for Healthy Housing; and the HUD Community Partnership Outreach Center’s Affordable Housing Initiatives Case Study Prototypes.

At the School of Architecture Weber bridges teaching and research embedding the issue of sustainable performance-based design in both studio and technical courses. Past courses have connected students with local non-profits working on affordable housing and foreclosure impacted neighborhoods in Minneapolis. Student projects have explored a diversity of topics including 21st-century infrastructure, access to food, air quality, affordable housing, and neighborhood-scale renewable energy.