Campus efforts help clear the air
UC Irvine cuts greenhouse gas emissions from the (efficiently irrigated) ground up.
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The future of transportation
Professor Jan Brueckner discusses the future of plane, train and automobile travel.
Clearing the air
In ways that have altered nearly every aspect of campus life, UC Irvine has reduced the energy needed to keep the place humming, serving as a model for other large organizations seeking to shrink their carbon footprints. “Environmental stewardship at UCI began long before we even heard the words ‘green,’ ‘LEED,’ or ‘carbon-neutrality,’” says Wendell […]
Hydrogen Road Tour
UC Irvine’s Hydrogen Fueling Station is the first fueling stop on Hydrogen Road Tour 2009, a nine-day road rally from Chula Vista, Calif., to Vancouver, British Columbia.
Fueling the hydrogen highway
Scott Samuelsen is UC Irvine’s go-to guy on fuel cell and hydrogen technology.
Kicking the oil habit
Can the U.S. cure its addiction to oil? To help wean the country from its petroleum habit, UC Irvine researchers have been working to find viable sources of alternative energy – from deep in the earth to the sun. Here, researchers Scott Samuelsen, Reg Penner and Derek Dunn-Rankin discuss their work on transforming solar power, […]
Driving innovation
A number of initiatives under way at UC Irvine that aim to lessen dependency on individual cars and uncertain oil supplies directly benefit the environment and consumer budgets.