Repurposing Legacy Infrastructure for Decarbonization Solutions: Opportunities for Seasonal Energy Storage and Clean Heat
DATE: September 25th, 2026 || 10:30am Join Meeting Clean energy transitions in many jurisdictions involve dramatic increases in shares of variable wind and solar power in their electricity grids, supplemented by clean firm power to provide reliability. To plan a resilient, clean energy future, we will need to account for natural resource constraints as we […]
Liquid Cooling Could Cut Data Center Secondary Loop Cooling Energy Use by 93%, UC Davis Study Finds
The paper, published this month in the ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, compares seven cooling strategies — from traditional air systems to direct-to-chip (D2C) liquid cooling and full immersion tanks — across energy efficiency, compute density, retrofit difficulty, cost, and environmental impact.
EGG Graduate Student Receives Prestigious Award
Congratulations to EGG student, Afshan Qamar on being selected as a recipient of the
2026 Director’s Award in Exceptional Scientific Achievement.
No Chiller, No Water, No Problem: A New Way to Cool AI’s Hottest Chips
Researchers at UC Davis’s Western Cooling Efficiency Center (WCEC) have designed a modular data center for AI computing that packs 1.5 megawatts of computing power into the volume of a standard 40-foot shipping container—and keeps it cool without energy-intensive compressor-based systems. Better still, the sealed-loop design rejects heat directly to the air, consuming no water at all.
UC Davis Energy News: July 2026
Special Seminar: Resource Demand and Supply Chain Drivers in Concrete Production Wednesday August 5th, 2026 / 1pm PDT Sabbie Miller, Faculty Director, Materials Decarbonization and Sustainability Center Societal demand for concrete is enormous, with estimates suggesting it is the most widely consumed engineered material in the world. Meeting this demand requires substantial natural resources, including […]
Field Testing Results for a Ventilation Controller That Knows What’s in the Air
Typical ventilation controllers are programmed only for energy savings. For example, a demand-control ventilation system with economizer cooling will pull in outdoor air whenever it’s cool enough to give the compressor a break—but it has no idea what’s in that air. On a smoky day, the system will do its job and lower indoor temperatures while filling the building with PM2.5 from wildfire smoke. Traditional controllers simply can’t tell the difference.
UC Davis Energy News – June 2026
Congratulations to the Energy Graduate Group Class of 2026! We are proud to congratulate our 12 Masters and 6 Ph.D graduates! We’re excited to see how your talents will shape the future of energy. Wishing you continued growth and meaningful impact in the future. See Photos New UC Davis Tool Lets Anyone Trace the Causes Behind America’s […]
Special Seminar: Resource Demand and Supply Chain Drivers in Concrete Production
Wednesday August 5th, 2026 / 1pm PDT Sabbie Miller, Faculty Director, Materials Decarbonization and Sustainability Center Societal demand for concrete is enormous, with estimates suggesting it is the most widely consumed engineered material in the world. Meeting this demand requires substantial natural resources, including minerals, water used both in the concrete itself and throughout its […]
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