UC Million LED Challenge The University of California has initiated the Million LED Challenge, to provide high-quality LED bulbs to students, staff, faculty, alumni, and retirees at affordable prices! The bulbs sold through the challenge are roughly 46% less than the same bulbs from online competitors. The goal of this challenge is to replace at least 1 million inefficient [...]
Announcing New Paid Student Opportunities in Food, Climate, and Energy The UCI Global Sustainability Resource Center is now accepting applications for the 2017-18 Global Food and Carbon Neutrality Student Fellowships and Energize Colleges Internships. These paid opportunities are sponsored by the UC President’s Global Food and Carbon Neutrality Initiatives and Strategic Energy Innovations (SEI). The internships are [...]
Energize Colleges Is Coming to UCI The UCI Global Sustainability Resource Center is partnering with Strategic Energy Innovations (SEI) to bring the Energize Colleges Climate Corps program to campus. Together with universities across California, SEI designs innovative solutions to address community climate, energy, and resource efficiency goals. Energize Colleges includes opportunities for UCI faculty, staff, [...]
Going Deep with Energy Efficiency at UC Irvine MAY 12, 2016 BLOG SBERENS The University of California, Irvine has doubled in size over two decades, but it’s still using the same amount of energy, thanks to a series of deep energy efficiency initiatives. “And the curve is still going down,” said Wendell Brase in his presentation “Deep Energy Efficiency: The [...]