http://newscenter.berkeley.edu News from the University of California, Berkeley Thu, 23 May 2013 19:16:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/21/architecture-student-among-11-us-recipients-of-new-sustainability-fellowship/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/21/architecture-student-among-11-us-recipients-of-new-sustainability-fellowship/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 22:30:00 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34835 By updating and expanding California’s utility-allowance calculator, Berkeley grad student Antony Kim hopes to make sustainable architecture more available to low-cost housing developers. He and his faculty mentor, Galen Cranz, are winners of the first-ever Schmidt-MacArthur Fellowship, which encourages the design of sustainable products and processes.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/21/architecture-student-among-11-us-recipients-of-new-sustainability-fellowship/feed/ 0 http://www.bikeleague.org/programs/bicyclefriendlyamerica/bicyclefriendlyuniversity/ http://www.bikeleague.org/programs/bicyclefriendlyamerica/bicyclefriendlyuniversity/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:00:03 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34544 The Bicycle Friendly University program recognizes institutions of higher education for promoting and providing a more bicycle-friendly campus for students, staff and visitors. ]]> http://www.bikeleague.org/programs/bicyclefriendlyamerica/bicyclefriendlyuniversity/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/19/uc-berkeley-sustainability-at-10/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/19/uc-berkeley-sustainability-at-10/#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:31:08 +0000 Cathy Cockrell http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33989 Over the past decade, environmentally minded students have championed an ambitious effort to green UC Berkeley. From aggressive climate action to organic dining options and a zero-waste goal, campus sustainability today has an army of participants and deep institutional support.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/19/uc-berkeley-sustainability-at-10/feed/ 0 http://newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/article/haas-faculty-launch-crowdfunding-campaign-solar-light-research-uganda http://newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/article/haas-faculty-launch-crowdfunding-campaign-solar-light-research-uganda#comments Fri, 19 Apr 2013 08:00:40 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34491 Three Haas professors are bypassing traditional grants and going straight to crowdfunding to raise money for a study on how to get people in rural Uganda to replace dangerous kerosene lanterns with life-changing solar lamps.]]> http://newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/article/haas-faculty-launch-crowdfunding-campaign-solar-light-research-uganda/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/03/19/recycling-and-trash-bins/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/03/19/recycling-and-trash-bins/#comments Fri, 25 Jan 2013 23:58:54 +0000 Cathy Cockrell http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33830 A spate of workplace injuries, along with too much landfill, prompted Berkeley staff and students to go back to the drawing board. Their unique trash and recycling receptacles are now making their debut on campus, along with a one-of-a-kind electric trash-collection vehicle.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/03/19/recycling-and-trash-bins/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/03/13/energy-tech-workshop/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/03/13/energy-tech-workshop/#comments Wed, 13 Mar 2013 20:46:27 +0000 Steve Hockensmith http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34131 Just three miles from the site of the future Richmond Bay Campus, the Northern California Workshop for Energy Technologies underscored the need for partnerships, and featured a keynote address from former Michigan governor (and current Berkeley faculty member) Jennifer Granholm.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/03/13/energy-tech-workshop/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/02/26/energy-office-roller-derbyist/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/02/26/energy-office-roller-derbyist/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:00:17 +0000 Cathy Cockrell http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33940 After staffing the campus's myPower program by day, Erin Fenley dons quad speed skates, protective gear and the signature tie-dye T of Berkeley Resistance, a roller-derby team in a highly ranked all-female league. "You can’t do it timidly," she says of the intense sport of choice for a "strange sorority of women from all over the world."]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/02/26/energy-office-roller-derbyist/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/01/25/100-pitch-in-to-reforest-a-bare-hillside-near-lawrence-hall/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/01/25/100-pitch-in-to-reforest-a-bare-hillside-near-lawrence-hall/#comments Fri, 25 Jan 2013 18:09:50 +0000 Carol Ness http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33905 A forest-to-be of redwood trees and red-berried toyon shrubs sprouted on a hillside near Lawrence Hall of Science over the weekend, thanks to the hard work of 100 volunteers from the UC Berkeley campus and community. The project improves fire safety and sustainability in the Berkeley hills.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/01/25/100-pitch-in-to-reforest-a-bare-hillside-near-lawrence-hall/feed/ 0 http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/28937 http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/28937#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:54:23 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33870 The University of California has saved $91 million in energy costs since 2004, and it expects even greater dividends ahead as it ramps up its sustainability practices.]]> http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/28937/feed/ 0 http://www.i2sl.org/labs21/conference/awards.html#const4 http://www.i2sl.org/labs21/conference/awards.html#const4#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2013 21:23:11 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33842 The Li Ka Shing Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences has garnered a "Going Beyond Award" from the International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories. The award recognizes the architect, engineer, builder, and project teams that best exemplify a whole-building approach to sustainable design.]]> http://www.i2sl.org/labs21/conference/awards.html#const4/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/12/19/year-in-review-2012/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/12/19/year-in-review-2012/#comments Wed, 19 Dec 2012 18:21:27 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33594 New faces, new vitality, reflection and celebration — 2012 brought all that, and more, to UC Berkeley. Here's a glance back at the year, in pictures.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/12/19/year-in-review-2012/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/11/15/america-recycles-day-epa-recognizes-campus-food-waste-reduction/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/11/15/america-recycles-day-epa-recognizes-campus-food-waste-reduction/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:20:29 +0000 Robert Sanders http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33390 On America Recycles Day, EPA regional administrator Jared Blumenfeld came to campus to laud Cal Dining's food waste reduction program. UC Berkeley was among the first universities in the nation to sign onto EPA's Food Recovery Challenge, which encourages everyone to reduce both pre-consumer and post-consumer food waste.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/11/15/america-recycles-day-epa-recognizes-campus-food-waste-reduction/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/24/food-day-report-on-how-minimum-wage-hike-would-impact-consumers-workers/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/24/food-day-report-on-how-minimum-wage-hike-would-impact-consumers-workers/#comments Wed, 24 Oct 2012 07:01:00 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33287 A new report released today, national Food Day 2012, says that a proposal pending in Congress to raise the minimum wage would increase retail food prices for American consumers by about 10 cents a day, while helping nearly 8 million food workers and 21 million other workers. Campus celebrates Food Day.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/24/food-day-report-on-how-minimum-wage-hike-would-impact-consumers-workers/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/22/sustainability-award-for-senior-thesis-in-campus-emissions/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/22/sustainability-award-for-senior-thesis-in-campus-emissions/#comments Mon, 22 Oct 2012 18:31:55 +0000 Carol Ness http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33282 A recent UC Berkeley graduate in environmental sciences has won a sustainability research award from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) for her senior thesis calculating the campus's greenhouse gas emissions based on its entire supply chain of goods and services.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/22/sustainability-award-for-senior-thesis-in-campus-emissions/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/11/usaid-chief-lauds-blum-center-as-a-model-in-search-for-global-solutions/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/11/usaid-chief-lauds-blum-center-as-a-model-in-search-for-global-solutions/#comments Thu, 11 Oct 2012 21:50:13 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33204 USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah visited campus and encouraged students to join the search for open source solutions to pressing global problems.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/11/usaid-chief-lauds-blum-center-as-a-model-in-search-for-global-solutions/feed/ 0 http://sustainability.berkeley.edu/os/pages/projects/workbright_green.shtml http://sustainability.berkeley.edu/os/pages/projects/workbright_green.shtml#comments Wed, 10 Oct 2012 22:28:19 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33199 Campus staff are invited to apply for WORKbright green, a free sustainability training on simple and feasible ways to reduce the environmental impacts of campus work. The 8-hour training, provided by the Office of Sustainability, consists of two 4-hour sessions Nov. 2 and 16; up to 20 will be accepted.]]> http://sustainability.berkeley.edu/os/pages/projects/workbright_green.shtml/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/24/cal-energy-corps-poster-session/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/24/cal-energy-corps-poster-session/#comments Mon, 24 Sep 2012 19:21:23 +0000 Roibín Ó hÉochaidh http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=32994 More than 30 Berkeley undergrads shared experiences, adventures and insights from their summer internships during the second annual Cal Energy Corps symposium at the David Brower Center Thursday.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/24/cal-energy-corps-poster-session/feed/ 0 http://coe.berkeley.edu/news-center/publications/forefront/archive/forefront-spring-2009/in-the-news/where-in-the-world-is-berkeley-engineering/student-design-embraced-by-pinoleville-pomo-nation http://coe.berkeley.edu/news-center/publications/forefront/archive/forefront-spring-2009/in-the-news/where-in-the-world-is-berkeley-engineering/student-design-embraced-by-pinoleville-pomo-nation#comments Fri, 21 Sep 2012 17:04:53 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33026 A yurt-style house design conceived in last spring’s E10, Engineering Design and Analysis, was used as the base concept for several successful housing grant applications by members of the Pinoleville Pomo Nation, who will use the funds to build up to 26 new homes in the Mendocino County community of Ukiah.]]> http://coe.berkeley.edu/news-center/publications/forefront/archive/forefront-spring-2009/in-the-news/where-in-the-world-is-berkeley-engineering/student-design-embraced-by-pinoleville-pomo-nation/feed/ 0 http://cbe.berkeley.edu/livablebuildings/index.htm http://cbe.berkeley.edu/livablebuildings/index.htm#comments Wed, 19 Sep 2012 19:52:51 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33008 The Center for the Built Environment announces its Livable Building Award for 2012.]]> http://cbe.berkeley.edu/livablebuildings/index.htm/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/11/energy-incentive-program-launches/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/11/energy-incentive-program-launches/#comments Wed, 22 Aug 2012 20:08:40 +0000 Cathy Cockrell http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=32592 There's little incentive to conserve when someone else pays the bill. So the new Energy Incentive Program aims to motivate building occupants and managers to bring down electricity usage. It's one part of Operational Excellence's energy program, and it's projected to save the campus a sizable chunk of change each year, as well as shrink its carbon footprint.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/11/energy-incentive-program-launches/feed/ 0