California now has 1 million solar roofs. Are 1 million batteries next?
California now has 1 million solar roofs. Are 1 million batteries next? Outlet Full Name: Los Angeles Times News Date: 12/12/2019 Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger greets his successor, former Gov. Jerry Brown, at an event at Buchanan High School in the Central Valley to celebrate California reaching its goal of 1 million solar roofs installed […]
Recycling: Turning Trash into Energy
Recycling: Turning Trash into Energy Outlet Full Name: Comstock’s Magazine News Date: 12/05/2019 Gasification is not new. Bryan Jenkins, a professor in UC Davis’ Biological and Agricultural Engineering department, notes that…
Ventilation issues persist in classrooms
Ventilation issues persist in classrooms Outlet Full Name: Davis Enterprise News Date: 12/01/2019 UC Davis researcher Theresa Pistochini estimates that roughly 85 percent of classrooms at K-12 schools in California with relatively new HVAC systems are not meeting state standards for indoor air quality…
Burned Out: One of the country’s largest utilities is a fiery mess. How can California fix it?
Burned Out: One of the country’s largest utilities is a fiery mess. How can California fix it? Outlet Full Name: Grist News Date: 11/21/2019 For the last 150 years, Pacific Gas & Electric has been playing political hardball to maintain its monopoly over California’s electricity…now infamous for its connection to wildfires and power outages…
California solar debate: Sacramento utility pitches alternative to rooftop mandate
California solar debate: Sacramento utility pitches alternative to rooftop mandate Outlet Full Name: San Francisco Chronicle News Date: 11/12/2019 Economics professor and co-director of the Davis Energy Economics Program at UC Davis, said the rooftop solar mandate is “taking the…
How California schools’ HVAC systems are ‘silently undermining’ your child’s chance at success
How California schools’ HVAC systems are ‘silently undermining’ your child’s chance at success Outlet Full Name: Sacramento Bee News Date: 11/06/2019 News Text: According to a study released this week by researchers at the University of California, Davis. “Even in … classrooms with…
Ventilation Issues Found In Majority Of California Classrooms With New HVAC Systems
Ventilation Issues Found In Majority Of California Classrooms With New HVAC Systems Outlet Full Name: CBS Sacramento News Date: 11/05/2019 News Text: K-12 schools do not provide adequate ventilation, according to research done at UC Davis and the Berkeley Lab, and it is up to schools,…
Are Students Getting Enough Air?
Many California Classrooms Don’t Have Sufficient Ventilation Roughly 85% of recently installed HVAC systems in K-12 classrooms investigated in California did not provide adequate ventilation, according to a study from the University of California, Davis, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). For the study, published in the journal Building and Environment, researchers visited 104 classrooms in 11 […]
Everyone wants to fix PG&E. And everyone—taxpayers—will be paying for it
Everyone wants to fix PG&E. And everyone — taxpayers — will be paying for it Outlet Full Name: SF Chronicle News Date: 10/30/2019 News Text: No matter what the eventual fate of embattled Pacific Gas and Electric, experts agree that California taxpayers likely will be asked to foot a good part of the bill for […]
Can California Save Itself From Burning?
Can California Save Itself From Burning? Outlet Full Name: New York Times News Date: 10/29/2019 News Text: Keith Taylor, an extension professor at the University of California, Davis, writes for The Mercury News: Why hasn’t PG&E been proactive in all…