The following 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis experts are available to talk about the bold targets outlined in the governor鈥檚 green building order issued April 25. The executive order (B-18-12) aims to ensure that state facilities waste less energy on lighting, water, air-conditioning and heating.
新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis leadership in California energy savings
Nicole Woolsey Biggart, director of the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Energy Efficiency Center, holder of the Chevron Chair in Energy Efficiency, and professor at the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Graduate School of Management, is an expert in organizational theory and management of innovation, and can discuss the barriers to implementation of energy efficient technologies in the commercial building industry. The Energy Efficiency Center works with inventors, utilities and investors to propel promising energy efficiency solutions to the market, with a focus on lighting, heating, ventilation and air conditioning, and water use and transport. Contact: Nicole Woolsey Biggart, Energy Efficiency Center, (530) 304-5052, nwbiggart@ucdavis.edu.
How to slash lighting energy use
When the California Public Utilities Commission called for a 60 to 80 percent statewide reduction in electrical lighting consumption by 2020, 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis was the first large institution in the state to act. Guided by 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis鈥 California Lighting Technology Center, campus administrators began a Smart Lighting Initiative to reduce the campus's electricity use for all lighting by 60 percent by the end of 2015. Already, some campus facilities have achieved greater than 70 percent savings with the latest technologies. Contact: Michael Siminovitch, CLTC, (530) 747-3835, mjsiminovitch@ucdavis.edu. Also reach Siminovitch through Kelly Cunningham, CLTC outreach director, (530) 747-3824, kcunning@ucdavis.edu.
How California purchasing power can drive change
鈥淭he governor鈥檚 new executive order provides an opportunity for the state to further demonstrate leadership by using its purchasing power to drive innovation and adoption of efficiency technologies and strategies,鈥 said Anthony Eggert, executive director of the new 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Policy Institute for Energy, Environment and the Economy. Before Eggert came to 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis in January, he advised Gov. Brown on clean energy and efficiency policy. Contact: Anthony Eggert, 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Policy Institute for Energy, Environment and the Economy, (530) 752-1083, areggert@ucdavis.edu. (Traveling in China until April 29; use e-mail, expect delay.)
Curbing lighting鈥檚 big energy appetite
Lighting accounts for nearly 30 percent of California's electricity use. Due to continued use of inefficient lighting, much of this energy is wasted. The California Public Utilities Commission has called for a 60 to 80 percent statewide reduction in electrical lighting consumption by 2020. The California Lighting Technology Center at 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis works closely with state agencies, manufacturing partners, and the research community to add new requirements in the pending state building code. 鈥淯pgrades for state facilities represent a significant opportunity to achieve our energy efficiency goals, provide green jobs, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions statewide,鈥 said Michael Siminovitch, director of the California Lighting Technology Center and holder of the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Rosenfeld Chair in Energy Efficiency. Contact: Michael Siminovitch, CLTC, (530) 747-3835, mjsiminovitch@ucdavis.edu. Also reach Siminovitch through Kelly Cunningham, CLTC outreach director, (530) 747-3824, kcunning@ucdavis.edu.
Making rooms comfortable with less energy
Energy-efficient heating, ventilation and air-conditioning/cooling (HVAC) is the mission of 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis鈥 Western Cooling Efficiency Center. The center is supported by the California Energy Commission, as well as industry affiliates including utilities, manufacturers and contractors. Its research has changed California Title 24 policy to make rooftop packaged cooling units more efficient. The center has also installed and evaluated energy-saving strategies for the CEC鈥檚 Public Interest Energy Research program, such as 鈥渄emand control鈥 kitchen ventilation. Western Cooling Efficiency Center director Mark Modera developed Aeroseal, for sealing HVAC ducts in homes, recently named the 鈥渂est home improvement鈥 product by This Old House Magazine and currently under study in a Stockton home. Modera holds the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Sempra Energy Chair in Energy Efficiency. Contact: Mark Modera, Western Cooling Efficiency Center, (530) 754-7671, mpmodera@ucdavis.edu.
Less energy to use and move water
Almost 20 percent of electricity used in California is spent moving, using and treating water. Frank Loge, director of the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Center for Water-Energy Efficiency said, "Public policy and business practice have treated water and energy as separate resources, but they are inexorably linked.鈥 The center鈥檚 researchers have worked with the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Child Family Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship to commercialize water- and energy-conservation technologies, such as a system to convert wastewater into biodegradable plastic (being developed by Micromidas in West Sacramento). Center researchers have also begun work on a statewide strategic plan for water-energy conservation. Loge is a professor of civil and environmental engineering. Contact: Frank Loge, Center for Water-Energy Efficiency, (530) 754-2297, fjloge@ucdavis.edu.
Media Resources
Kat Kerlin, Research news (emphasis on environmental sciences), 530-750-9195, kekerlin@ucdavis.edu
Sylvia Wright, Energy Efficiency Center, (530) 752-7704, swright@ucdavis.edu