Theme: Energy Efficiency & Conservation

These projects focus on reducing energy usage, providing novel solutions to campus energy usage, or otherwise help us to move to cleaner power sources. 

UC Berkeley Campus Dashboard

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Developed a centralized database, website, and visualizations that aggregate resource consumption data at UC Berkeley.

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GIF Haas Rechargeable Battery program

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In an effort to continuously make significant strides towards true zero waste and in line with the university’s “Non-Essential Single Use Plastic Elimination by 2030 Policy”, Haas would like to implement a rechargeable battery program that would be available to all Haas students, staff and faculty. The impact of eliminating single use batteries and plastic packaging from the waste stream would make a huge impact not only on Haas’ carbon footprint, but on the university as a whole.

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Cal Greeks Energy Competition- Green Cup

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Use an energy competition as a way to implement small scale retrofits, reinforce sustainable behavior, and gain visibility for sustainable practices within the Greek system.

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Air Handling Unit Transmitters

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Pilot program to install differential pressure transmitters on air handling units in eight buildings on campus.

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Retrofitting the RSF into a Human Powered Gym

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Retrofit a stationary bike and 28 ellipticals at the RSF to derive power from human use.

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Wurster Hall Sub-Metering

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Install energy sub-meters in five floors of Wurster Hall to help achieve LEED-EBOM.

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CLAS Carbon Smart and LEED-EB Certification Project

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Help CLAS achieve LEED-EB Certification.

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Building Sustainability at Cal

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Trains students to reduce environmental footprint in service learning classes and internships.

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SMART for Campus Construction

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The SMART (Sustainable Monitoring with Advanced Remote Techniques for Campus Construction) project is dedicated to addressing environmental challenges resulting from intensive construction on the Berkeley campus. Through the utilization of cutting-edge additive manufacturing and intelligent sensing techniques, the project aims to markedly mitigate issues like dust pollution and noise impact, empowering the construction team with effective management and mitigation strategies. This initiative will ultimately advance sustainability efforts on campus by developing a...

Sustainable Housing at California Solar Decathlon 2023

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The Solar Decathlon Build Challenge 2023 (henceforth SD23) marks SHAC’s third entry into the Solar Decathlon competition, an international green building challenge hosted by the US Department of Energy. This project aims to address Alameda County’s lack of affordable housing and growing youth homelessness through innovative, sustainable engineering with heavy community involvement from the underserved target market. Over 8000 individuals in Alameda County alone experience homelessness daily, with youth (ages 18-24) comprising up to 9% of that population (753...