Designing a Solar Home for Farmworkers

By Kat Kerlin, UC Davis Strategic Communications environmental writer If you would like to support TEAM AGGIE SOL with a monetary gift as they compete in the Solar Decathlon, please click here. When a team of UC Davis students packs up its house and travels to Irvine next year for the U.S. Department of Energy’s […]

University Lights Way for Hospital Energy Savings

By Kat Kerlin As ambulances at a Vacaville hospital speed off to their next patient, an ultrasmart, energy-efficient system is lighting the way. Installed in partnership with UC Davis, the lighting system now illuminates the emergency vehicle routes, parking lots and outdoor walkways of the NorthBay VacaValley Hospital. The system is reducing outdoor lighting energy […]

Honda Smart Home Releases Building Materials to Public

The Honda Smart Home on the UC Davis campus has garnered widespread attention for its innovative advanced zero net energy technologies. The house was also recently featured on modern design and architecture media outlet Dwell, which provides an in-depth look at the its many components. Many teams seeking to build their own smart homes have […]

Siminovitch Selected for Global Climate Leadership Council

Michael Siminovitch is the chair holder for the Arthur H. Rosenfeld Endowed Chair in Energy Efficiency. If you would like to support the work being done by Dr. Siminovitch, please follow this link to the online giving page. Michael Siminovitch, UC Davis professor of design and director of UC Davis’s California Lighting Technology Center (CLTC), […]