Sustainable Development Goal: 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Industrial Ecology

This report summarizes the work done by students in the Industrial Ecology class at the University of Oregon during fall term 2010. The students explored industrial ecology concepts to evaluate opportunities in two business cases in the Salem area: the City of Salem’s Willow Lake Water Pollution Control Facility (Willow Lake) and NORPAC Foods, Inc. […]

Exploring the Use of the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Program for Multifamily Buildings

This project was completed as part of the 2018-2019 Resilient Communities Project (rcp.umn.edu) partnership with Ramsey County. The Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Program is a loan program that provides financing for energy efficiency upgrades and renewable energy retrofits for commercial, industrial, and multifamily residential properties. PACE helps property owners overcome the challenge of gathering […]

Exploring the Use of the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Program for Multifamily Buildings

Opportunities for City and County Collaboration on Climate Resiliency

This project was completed as part of the 2018-2019 Resilient Communities Project (rcp.umn.edu) partnership with Ramsey County. In 2011, Ramsey County set goals to reduce energy use and incorporate renewable energy into its operations. In its most recent Strategic Energy Plan, Ramsey County formally established goals to reduce carbon emissions across county operations by 30 […]

Wind Energy Recommendations for Juda School District

The objective of this assessment was to provide the Juda School District, a small school district located in southern Wisconsin, with a sustainability analysis of installing a wind turbine. Considering the effect and impact of climate change, using more clean and renewable energy is a goal of the Juda School District. To get a better […]

Renewable Energy Analysis for New Glarus School District

The New Glarus School District desires to operate more sustainably, and has already made great strides in implementing energy saving methods such as new roofs, energy efficient lights, and better insulation throughout the past five years. Now, NGSD is ready to switch some of its energy sources to renewable technologies. Different renewable energy sources were […]

Improving Energy Efficiency at Juda School

The following document describes a project undertaken in conjunction with the UniverCity Year in which we, a group of 4 UW-Madison students, worked with the Juda School in order to improve their energy efficiency. Juda is a K through 12 school located in southern WI that is seeking to be more sustainable, an effort led […]

Energy and Climate Change: Recommendations for the City of Springfield Regarding Building, Electricity, and Transportation

The City of Springfield is interested in learning about its current environmental impacts and ways that it might improve its environmental footprint in the future. The students of University of Oregon course PPPM 607: Energy and Climate Change researched three topics—buildings, electricity, and transportation— related to the City of Springfield’s influence on energy use, climate […]

Analyzing Energy Efficiency Upgrades of Public Infrastructure

The City of Delano seeks to increase the energy efficiency of its public infrastructure to reduce energy use and costs. Students will collaborate on two projects: 1) a benchmarking study of public buildings and 2) an analysis for street lighting upgrades. Based on their analysis, students will propose potential improvements/upgrades to public buildings and evaluate […]

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