Past / Published Environment & Energy Projects

The Haath Mein Sehat Project... - Pairs technology and education - Run by student volunteers from Mumbai, India and Berkeley, CA - Partners with local NGOs for sustainability - Focuses on point-of-use household water treatment for urban slums - Bridges the gap in between research and development in practice - Works in Behrampada (Bandra East) and Panchsheel Nagar (Sion) - Developing a process model to scale to other urban slums Learn more

provide a forum for discussion regarding appropriate engineering on campus, coordinate collaborations for field work, and to promote awareness on sustainability issues Learn more

• Drastically reduce the carbon dioxide associated with kit homes through local production. • Implement a pilot scale plant that would allow for the local production of sustainable building materials. • Work with the local government, builders and policy makers to further develop the support for locally produced materials. • The improvement of the dwelling comfort, by the incorporation of sustainable techniques. • Identification of the ways that imported construction materials can be replaced by local resources. (Completed) • The acquisition of data on climatic performance of the existing MTR construction (Completed) • Usage of these data for the research of the modifications to improve the existing MTR with focus on consumer savings of energy and water. (Completed) Learn more

Determine if the Payment for Environmental Services (PES) model is an effective means of reducing the cost of improving drinking water and supporting economic development in rural areas of China. This summer, both researchers will be hosted by the Chinese Academy of Sciences' State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology based in Beijing to explore the effectiveness of PES in the Hai River watershed. Learn more

I. To help students gain experience in the field of public health, poverty alleviation and economic development through research, education, action, and leadership. II. To collaborate professionally and mutually with the Shuar communities we work with and for. This means an unconditional promise to self-determination and an appropriate implementation of technologies that allows Shuar health to improve and therefore greater autonomy in their communities. II. To secure funding and increase the long-term sustainability goals of the project, in order that we can fully develop the first two goals into a working model of North-South relations through student involvement. Learn more

The environmental challenges we face as a society today are driving increased interest, research, and investment in new energy solutions. As one of the world’s leading science and technology universities and home to one of the nation's leading business schools, UC Berkeley is positioned to take a leadership role in the future of the energy industry. Interdisciplinary practitioners are needed. We are proposing a program that will connect current resources and attract these practitioners through courses, scholarships, fellowships, internships, speakers series, field trips, and community building events. The program will produce a new kind of leader and accelerate the pace of energy innovation. Learn more