This national collaborative promotes state-of-the-art building technician education in managing building systems and energy use. The Center provides model curricula, professional development for instructors, career pathways for students & career-changers, and dissemination of research to advance building technician education for sustainable building performance.
Building Efficiency for a Sustainable Tomorrow (BEST) CenterRead More »
Leveraging diverse expertise throughout the state, the Fifth Assessment will contribute to the scientific foundation for understanding climate-related vulnerability throughout California. It will support on-the-ground implementation and decision-making at the local, regional, tribal, and state levels, focusing on the needs of communities most vulnerable to climate change impacts. CIEE is assisting the state with the selection, project management and administration of the core climate research studies.
California’s Fifth Climate Change Assessment – Core Climate ResearchRead More »
California is warming faster than the global average, and addressing the climate crisis requires more than policy alone. It requires individuals, businesses, and communities to understand their impact and take meaningful action. The CoolClimate Network at CIEE and UC Berkeley develops cutting-edge carbon footprint tools, behavior change programs, and policy research to make that possible at scale.
CIEE, the BEST Center, and LBNL are transforming clean energy education at California community colleges by turning campuses into labs for applied research and workforce training.
CREL/CIEE Bakersfield College High-Performance Building Assessment Project PageRead More »
This project will demonstrate how hospitals can cost-effectively reduce carbon emissions using heat recovery chiller retrofits, and apply these findings to other existing large commercial buildings.
Decarbonizing Large Commercial Buildings Through Heat Recovery and StorageRead More »
Since 2015 CIEE has been assisting the California Public Utilities Commission in the analysis of the potential for demand response (DR) in California. As part of a continuing effort, CIEE is now managing a $5,000,000 prime contract. CIEE’s primary role is to identify and subcontract with researchers who can perform the work needed by the CPUC.
The University of California (UC) system has committed to reducing its net GHGs to 1990 levels by 2020 (all scopes), and to zero by 2025 under its Carbon Neutrality Initiative (scopes 1 & 2). UC campuses are reducing their direct emissions using all affordable strategies, and also anticipate needing to procure offsets to get all the way to zero. The purpose of this project is to develop UC’s strategy for procuring offsets that are high quality, support scalable climate solutions, and fulfill the University’s research, education, and public service missions.
Developing University of California’s Carbon Offset Procurement StrategyRead More »
This project aims to overcome barriers to mainstreaming personal comfort devices in commercial buildings to improve comfort, save energy, and provide resilience.
Mainstreaming Personal Comfort Devices with Modular ControlsRead More »
CIEE is partnering with the Maryland Department of the Environment to model how Maryland’s BEPS policy pathways affect emissions, energy use, retrofit costs, and peak demand across the state’s building stock, informing equitable, cost-effective decarbonization regulations.
The goal of the EcoBlock research project is to explore strategies for resilience and the rapid, equitable, and affordable reduction of greenhouse gas emissions through urban block-scale retrofitting.
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