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Topics: Energy

Explore energy at UC Davis

What can you do to conserve energy? How can we engineer a more efficient cooling system? How do lights turn off when there’s no one in the room? Energy at UC Davis means everything from checking your building’s energy use on the campus-wide dashboard to developing efficient, low-cost solar cells and demonstrating smarter parking garage lights.

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  • California Lighting Technology Center

    The CLTC stimulates development and commercialization of energy efficient lighting and daylighting technologies.

  • Energy Efficiency Center

    A network of campus and industry partners working to develop and commercialize energy-efficient technologies.

  • Energy Institute

    Coordinates energy research and education on the campus and facilitates interactions with outside programs.

  • Western Cooling Efficiency Center

    Promotes programs that reduce cooling system electrical demand and energy consumption in the Western United States.

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