/ Center Content for 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis en /news/scientists-test-solutions-energy-efficient-grow-houses <p>If Colorado’s experience is any indication, energy use is expected to spike with the recent legalization of recreational marijuana in California, much as it did when data centers sprang up throughout the state.</p> <p>For example, just two years after Colorado legalized recreational marijuana in 2012, grow houses consumed about 2 percent of the power supply in Denver alone.</p> December 21, 2016 - 3:58pm Katherine E Kerlin /news/scientists-test-solutions-energy-efficient-grow-houses /news/14-million-federal-grant-sustainable-transportation-research <p>The U.S. Department of Transportation selected the National Center for Sustainable Transportation, led by the 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis Institute of Transportation Studies, to receive a five-year grant totaling about $14 million&nbsp;to advance a more sustainable transportation system.</p> December 05, 2016 - 1:37pm Katherine E Kerlin /news/14-million-federal-grant-sustainable-transportation-research