…“I kind of have this analogy where I imagine there’s little glitter particles all over the air and how are we going to get them out of the air,” Theresa Pistochini, UC Davis engineering manager, said. “We can replace them or we can filter them.”…
As many as 4.2 million Texans have suffered this week as a winter storm unplugged their power grid and the Lone Star State seemed unable to cope. Sonseeahray spoke to Keith Taylor, an expert in the energy industry from U.C. Davis, to talk about how Texas seemed so unprepared and how utilities in California may work differently.
This project developed and validated modeling tools for simulating a ground heat exchanger technology that provides a less expensive method for implementing ground-source heat pumps and significantly reduces energy use in many California climate zones, furthering attainment of California’s energy goals. It is well documented that properly sized and installed ground-source heat pumps enjoy higher system efficiencies than conventional air-source systems by exchanging heat with the ground rather than with ambient air. Ambient air temperatures are hottest when cooling is most required and coldest when heating is most required. Exchanging heat with the ground reduces the temperature extremes and improves heat pump performance.
“There are two things I’m worried about. One is using money wisely to best support school reopening,” said Theresa Pistochini, the engineering manager…
Carbon pollution is about to get a lot more expensive. Over the past 4 years, the Trump administration low-balled the “social cost of carbon”—a number representing the burden that carbon emissions place on present and future generations…
A professor of ecology and Earth system science at the University of California Davis who studies how solar energy interacts…
Outlet Full Name: Frontiers in Sustainability Academic Journal
News Date: December 18, 2020
A global energy transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy may mitigate climate change but may also undermine the capacity to achieve some or all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Date: 12/8/2020
Time: 10am to 11am PST
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Speaker: Catherine Wolfram, Professor, Associate Dean Academic Affairs for Haas Business School, University of California, Berkeley
Host: Energy Graduate Group
Date: 11/13/2020
Time: 10:30am to 11:50am
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Outlet Full Name: ABC News
News Date: November 2, 2020
Frances Moore, assistant professor in the department of environmental science and policy at the University of California, Davis, said she believes…
The Energy and Efficiency Institute (EEI) at UC Davis is a leading university institution advancing impactful energy and energy efficiency solutions.