UC Davis Energy News – January 2024

WCEC Well Represented at This Year’s ASHRAE Conference The Western Cooling Efficiency Center (WCEC) has an impressive seven presentations at this year’s ASHRAE Winter Conference in Chicago. Christy GreenLoad Flexibility of a Residential Multi-Function Heat Pump Using Dynamic Pricing Caton MandeModel-Based Hot Water Draw Estimation in Heat Pump Water Heaters Fredrick MeyersLaboratory Evaluation of High-Efficiency Motor and Drive […]
Piloting a Distributional Equity Analysis Framework with Puget Sound Energy

What is energy justice and why is it vital to achieve?
Energy Justice and Research as Movement Work

What is energy justice and why is it vital to achieve?
Seed Thoughts on Equity and Justice in Climate Policy

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Navigating the Future: Strategic Pathways to Sustainable, Equitable, and Resilient Energy in California

Navigating the Future: Strategic Pathways to Sustainable, Equitable, and Resilient Energy in California
Energy equity and justice in the global energy transition

Energy systems around the world are changing rapidly, accompanied by both new and ongoing economic, social, and justice challenges.
SMUD’s 2030 Zero Carbon Plan: Leaving No Community Behind

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Forgone Summertime Comfort – Energy Poverty in the Summer

Dr. Stasio discusses data-driven approaches to understanding equity and environmental justice in the energy sector.
Data-driven equity and environmental justice analysis

Dr. Stasio discusses data-driven approaches to understanding equity and environmental justice in the energy sector.
Community Engaged Research for Just Energy Services Transitions

People do not need kilowatts; instead, they need the multitude of services provided by access to energy, including thermal comfort, refrigeration of food and medicine, cooking, lighting, communication, and transportation. As socio-technological systems experience rapid transitions associated with addressing climate change, inequity in access, aging infrastructures, and the negative socio-environmental consequences of current energy systems, […]