Mendonsa, Dan
Dan Mendonsa Energy Manager UC Davis Health Dan manages utilities for over 4-million sq. ft. of hospital and support facilities while pursuing aggressive energy, GHG and water reduction goals. Projects include retro-commissioning, implementing continuous commissioning software, retrofitting lights with LEDs and advanced lighting controls and investigating large-scale renewable energy projects and water efficiency projects.
Rolf Schreiber
Rolf Schreiber Energy Strategy Program Manager Real Estate & Workplace Services, Google Rolf is an Energy Strategy Program Manager at Google and oversees various energy programs for Google’s corporate operations in the Bay Area – including renewable energy projects, onsite energy storage systems and demand response initiatives. His past projects include the launch of the […]
Know the Facts About Alcohol and Climate Change
Know the Facts about Alcohol and Climate Change Outlet Full Name: New York Times (NYT) News Date: 02/19/2020 “The more concentrated they are, the less impact they have,” Alissa Kendall, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University…
The Supercool Materials That Send Heat to Space
The Supercool Materials That Send Heat to Space Outlet Full Name: Scientific American News Date: 02/17/2020 Paints, plastics and even wood can be engineered to stay cool in direct sunlight—but their role in displacing power-hungry air conditioners remains unclear.
Designing the Most Effective Heat Exchanger
Designing the Most Effective Heat Exchanger Outlet Full Name: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) News Date: 02/11/2020 High-temperature heat exchangers could reduce the amount of fuel needed to power many industrial processes, reducing costs and improving energy efficiency along the way. But first, researchers need to find the best way to create those high-temperature, […]
New ‘reverse solar panel’ generates power at night by radiating heat into space
New ‘reverse solar panel’ generates power at night by radiating heat into space Outlet Full Name: Digital Trends News Date: 02/04/2020 For obvious reasons, today’s sun-powered solar cells don’t work at night. But researchers from the University of California, Davis believe that they may have come up with a solution.
A researcher designed ‘anti-solar’ panels that generate electricity in the dark of night
A researcher designed ‘anti-solar’ panels that generate electricity in the dark of night Outlet Full Name: CNN News Date: 02/05/2020 Solar panels, true to their name, don’t technically work at night. But a California researcher claims he’s found a way to keep them generating power long after the sun sets. Jeremy Munday, a professor in […]
Could solar panels work at night? These researchers say yes
Could solar panels work at night? These researchers say yes Outlet Full Name: Electrek News Date: 02/03/2020 At night, if a panel is pointed toward Earth, then it could capture the Earth’s invisible infrared light. The paper claims an anti-solar panel could generate about 25% of the electricity at night that a solar panel generates […]
The super-cool materials that send heat to space
The super-cool materials that send heat to space Outlet Full Name: Nature News Date: 12/31/2019 Paints, plastics and even wood can be engineered to stay cool in direct sunlight — but their role in displacing power-hungry air conditioners remains unclear.
Davis joins list California cities pushing to make PG&E a customer-owned utility
Davis joins list California cities pushing to make PG&E a customer-owned utility Outlet Full Name: ABC 10 News Date: 12/17/2019 Following a vote Tuesday night at the Davis City Council meeting, the city joined at least 21 others in pushing for the state’s largest utility to become publicly owned.
