Agenda

Wednesday, November 6th

(Times listed below are PST.)

9:00am – 9:15am
Welcome and Introductions (Watch Video)

• Kurt Kornbluth, Director of the Program for International Energy Technologies & D-Lab, UC Davis
• Joshua Morejohn, Executive Director, Utilities & Engineering, UC Davis

9:15am – 10:00am
Keynote (Watch Video)

• Stacy Rebich-Hespanha, Environmental Data Visualization Lecturer, UC Santa Barbara
  • Collaborative Innovation for Campus Decarbonization: The Promise of Living Laboratories

     

10:00am – 11:20am
Session 1: UC Fossil Free Living Lab Examples (Watch Video)

Moderator

• Matt St. Clair, Chief Sustainability Officer, UC Office of the President

Speakers

• Joshua Morejohn, Executive Director, Utilities & Engineering, UC Davis
  • Campus Infrastructure: Real Problems and Real Solutions
• Kira Stoll, Chief Sustainability Officer, UC San Francisco
  • Leveraging energy decarbonization at two campuses to activate climate action learning and living labs
• Cathy Gere, Professor of History of Science and Medicine, UC San Diego
• Brenna Gormally, Associate Director of Project Based Learning, UC San Diego
• Jill Gladstein, Director of Synthesis Program, UC San Diego
  • Leveraging energy decarbonization at two campuses to activate climate action learning and living labs

11:20am – 11:25am
Short Feature: Energy Graduate Group Student Reflections on Danish Partnership (Watch Video)

• Maria Kanwal, PhD Candidate, UC Davis Energy Graduate Group
  • EGG Student Reflections on Danish Partnership
• Daphne Condon, PhD Candidate, UC Davis Energy Graduate Group

11:25am – 12:45pm

Session 2: Global Examples of Living Labs (Watch Video)

Moderator

• Alex Malm, Green Buildings Project Manager, UC Davis

Speakers

• Melody Baglione, Professor and George Clark Chair of Mechanical Engineering, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
  • Curricular Structures for Interdisciplinary Project-Based Learning
• Marco Pritoni, Research Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  • From the Lab to the Field: using living labs to test & deploy new emerging technologies
• Xavier Gabarrell, Professor of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
  • Transforming a 50 year old campus into a living lab to reduce emissions

12:45pm – 1:15pm
Lunch with Music

1:15pm – 1:25pm
Short Feature: Energy Product Evaluation Hub (Watch Video)

• Rob Kamisky, Program Manager, UC Davis Western Cooling Efficiency Center

1:25pm – 2:35pm
Session 3A: How to Incorporate Environmental Justice/DEI Into a Living Lab (interactive session)

Speakers

• Isabella Bianchi, Master’s Student, Fulbright Scholar, UC Davis Energy Graduate Group
• Stacy Rebich-Hespanha, Environmental Data Visualization Lecturer, UC Santa Barbara
• Kurt Kornbluth, Director of the Program for International Energy Technologies & D-Lab, UC Davis

Session 3B: University of California Case Studies on Energy Solutions Derived from Campus Oriented Research (Watch Video)

Moderator

• Ben Finkelor, Executive Director, UC Davis Energy and Efficiency Institute

Speakers

• Michael Siminovitch, Director, California Lighting Technology Center
  • Using UV & IR Blocking Window Film on Fleet Vehicles to Save Energy and Improve Health and Safety
• Theresa Pistochini, Co-Director of Engineering, UC Davis Energy Efficiency Institute and Western Cooling Efficiency Center
  • Low-cost Optimization of Ventilation and Filtration System Operation to Improve Indoor Air Quality and Reduce Energy – and-
    Quantifying Leaks From Schrader Valves in Air Conditioning Systems
• Paul Raftery, Researcher, UC Berkeley Center for the Built Environment
  • How to Cut Emissions in Existing Buildings Quickly and Cost-effectively

2:35pm – 2:45pm
Closing & Wrap Up (Watch Video)

• Kurt Kornbluth, Director of the Program for International Energy Technologies & D-Lab, UC Davis
• Joshua Morejohn, Executive Director, Utilities & Engineering, UC Davis