Efficiency Content

Leaks an Untapped Opportunity for Water Savings

Katherine E Kerlin — March 07, 2022 - 11:00am

Before a drop of treated water in California ever reaches a consumer’s faucet, about 8% of it has already been wasted due to leaks in the delivery system. Nationally, the waste is even higher, at 17%. This represents an untapped opportunity for water savings, according to a study from the University of California, Davis.

Climate Change Experts: Energy and Transportation

Katherine E Kerlin — August 30, 2018 - 2:46pm

The following sources from the University of California, Davis, are available to talk with media about climate change impacts and solutions related to energy and transportation.

Find more energy and transportation experts and their research at the 51�ԹϺ�� Davis Institute of Transportation Studies and Energy and Efficiency Institute websites.

51�ԹϺ�� Launches Million Light Bulb Challenge Community Buy Program

Katherine E Kerlin — July 02, 2018 - 10:36am

The University of California is spearheading a statewide effort to advance the purchase of 1 million high-quality, energy-efficient light bulbs for campus buildings and residences across the state.

Under the Community Buy Program, all 51�ԹϺ�� students, staff, faculty, retirees and alumni can purchase light bulbs at nearly half the price of online competitors.

Helping Water Utilities Reduce California’s Energy Use and Emissions

Katherine E Kerlin — October 19, 2017 - 1:48pm

Over the next three and a half years, researchers at the University of California, Davis, will work with the Moulton Niguel Water District and Helio Energy Solutions to better understand how water utilities can reduce California’s energy use as the state works to meet its ambitious greenhouse-gas reduction goals.

The Diet Soda Effect of Buying a Fuel-Efficient Vehicle

Katherine E Kerlin — September 26, 2017 - 2:28pm

Like ordering a diet soda with a side of fries, households who buy a fuel-efficient vehicle tend to buy a bigger, more powerful second car to compensate. This tendency, combined with the changes in driving behavior that result, may reduce up to 60 percent of the expected future gas savings from increased fuel economy in two-car households. That is according to a recent white paper from the University of California, Davis, MIT and Yale.

Keeping Cows Cool With Less Water and Energy

Katherine E Kerlin — September 06, 2017 - 1:34pm

Innovative cooling technologies tested on dairy cows at the University of California, Davis, are addressing the long-standing challenge of keeping dairy cows cool in heat-stressed California.

Zen and the Art of Color Quality

Katherine E Kerlin — March 02, 2017 - 2:48pm

Lighting experts at the California Lighting Technology Center at 51�ԹϺ�� Davis are ushering in a new era of lighting that merges color quality with energy efficiency.

Scientists Test Solutions for Energy-Efficient Grow Houses

Katherine E Kerlin — December 21, 2016 - 3:58pm

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.

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.