NEWS - 2009
December 6, 2009 - Local Actions, Global Impact
Last month, the City of Berkeley wrapped up a 1-year experiment where 13 residents installed solar panels with little out-of-pocket expense.
November 25, 2009 - Cutting Greenhouse Pollutants Could Directly Save Millions of Lives Worldwide
Tackling climate change by reducing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse emissions will have major direct health benefits in addition to reducing the risk of climate change, especially in low-income countries, according to a series of six papers appearing today in the British journal The Lancet.
November 1, 2009 - $645,000 Rebate Check from PG&E
UC Berkeley implemented a HVAC Retrofit projects under the 2006–08 UC/CSU/IOU Energy Efficiency Partnership Program. The total cost for completing the four energy efficiency measures listed below was $873,000. PG&E pro-vided an incentive amount of $645,000 for the project that is estimated to save 2.3 Million kWhs and 90,000 therms per year.
October 25, 2009 - Clean Energy and Climate Policy for U.S. Growth and Job Creation
Climate change is the greatest challenge facing humanity in the 21st century. Without determined global action to reduce atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gas emissions over the next four decades, scientific evidence suggests that carbon-intensive patterns of economic growth run a high risk of dangerously altering the earth’s climate
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October 10, 2009 - Steering A Course to Sustainable Green Chemistry
The College of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, is making major new commitments to advance research and education in sustianble, green chemistry.
September 30, 2009 - Two New Green Departments: UCPD and California Hall
This past summer, UC berkeley Poilce Department and California Hall became newly certified as Green Departments.
September 24, 2009 - Obama Nominates New “Green Czar” from Berkeley Labs
Arun Majumdar, who currently heads a project at Lawrence Berkeley National Labs to help India reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, has been nominated by President Barack Obama to head the newly-created Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy at the Department of Energy.
September 10, 2009 - Berkeley Lab Partners with Local High Schools in “Green Academy”
Students at two East Bay high schools will be well prepared to ride the “green collar” job wave. Berkeley Lab is partnering with Oakland Technical High School and El Cerrito High School in their Green Academies.
September 9, 2009 - Berkeley Lab Receives $1.8 Million in Recovery Act Funding
Through the ARRA funding, Berkeley Lab scientists will provide technical expertise to help federal energy managers with advanced energy-efficient technologies in lighting, HVAC and control systems.
August 19, 2009 - Green Manufacturing is Essential to a Viable Business Strategy
David Dornfeld, Department Head of UC Berkeley's Laboratory for Manufacturing and Sustainbility, emphasizes the importance of green manufacturing in business and commerce and of analyzing business holistically. It also promises tools for those interested in taking the next step.
August 12, 2009 - Berkeley Lab and Tsinghua University Tackles Building Energy Efficiency
Berkeley Lab and China’s Tsinghua University forged ties to promote the development and implementation of building energy efficiency, a move intended to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S and China.
August 2009 - UC Berkeley Extension Launches New Sustainable Studies Initiative
President Obama's commitment to a new clean energy economy is beginning to produce thousands of new jobs in solar and wind energy, while new “green” industries are emerging across the country; hopeful signs in tough economic times. UC Berkeley Extension is responding to the demand for comprehensive sustainability education by launching a new Sustainable Studies initiative.
July 27, 2009 - Lisa Bauer honored as UC’s 2009 ‘Sustainability Champion’
Lisa Bauer has cast a long shadow as manager of Campus Recycling and Refuse Services at Berkeley for more than a decade. When she landed in Bear Territory in 1997, Bauer brought a ton of energy, not an iota of timidity, and an ambitious vision for raising funds, building a campus constituency, maybe even launching an environmental center for teaching and student activities.
July 2, 2009 - East Bay Corridor Boosts Green Job Market
From installing water-saving faucet aerators to energy–efficient showerheads, youth are joining the green job market through the help of programs such as the Berkeley-based Rising Sun Energy Center.
May 2009 - UCB Sustainability Summit
The 6th Annual Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Sustainaiblity (CACS) Sustainability Summit was held on Earth Day in the International House. Chancellor Birgeneau stated his commitment to "greening" Cal's campus and recognized 2009 Sustainability Awards to campus members who presented extraordinary contribution to sustainabiltiy.
April 6, 2009 - Now Banned on Campus: Bottled Water
Universities around the nation have begun ending bottle water sales from vending machines and campus stores.
March 19, 2009 - A New Garden Grows at Berkeley
Berkeley students are building a Victory Garden just downhill from Evans Hall and near Memorial Glade. The garden will be done just in time for celebration of Earth day.