October 5, 2023
Gadgets and vehicles powered by the very materials they’re built from may soon be possible, thanks to a new structural supercapacitor developed by UC San Diego engineers. The device doubles as structural support and energy storage, potentially adding more energy capacity without adding weight.
September 19, 2023
The new Franklin Antonio Hall collaborative research building was engineered to incorporate the latest sustainability and efficiency tools, and was recently awarded LEED Platinum certification by the US Green Building Council – the highest level of recognition.
February 21, 2013
…about Sustainable Food and Energy Issues Solar panels in Spain, Credit: Wikimedia A free online course is being developed at UC San Diego to educate students and anyone else around the world with a computer and an internet connection about the challenges and potential solutions for meeting the global demands…
April 5, 2018
…for the Center for Energy Research: “With these partnerships, we learn practical lessons and can demonstrate how these things will operate in the real world.” Photos by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications UC San Diego’s Center for Energy Research, which helped to develop the innovative power grid that allows the…
August 1, 2013
Don’t hire someone to wash your dirty solar panels. That’s the conclusion of a study recently conducted by a team of engineers at the University of California, San Diego. Their findings were published in the July 25 online issue of Solar Energy.
November 8, 2011
…the shadows they create, impact power output in California’s solar grid.
May 16, 2013
The University of California, San Diego and Lānaʻi Resorts, LLC, announced today that Byron Washom, director of Strategic Energy Initiatives at UC San Diego, will lead a new initiative to transform the Hawaiian island of Lānaʻi into a model for sustainable energy.
August 10, 2022
A perovskite solar cell developed by engineers at the University of California San Diego brings researchers closer to breaking the ceiling on solar cell efficiency, suggests a study published Aug. 10 in Nature.
October 13, 2016
Solar panels can be found atop many buildings and parking structures throughout the UC San Diego campus. Photos by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications UC San Diego’s Path to Carbon Neutrality Known for being one of the greenest universities in the nation, UC San Diego has been committed to sustainability…
October 29, 2014
The University of California, San Diego today announced that it has received an APCD-IEA Blue Sky Leadership Award. Created by the San Diego County Air Pollution Control District and the Industrial Environmental Association, the annual awards recognize three companies or organizations that have made positive contributions to the regional environment…
