All 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

Pass a student fee referendum ($5/student/semester) to raise funds for campus environmental sustainability projects. Learn more

Berkeley has the capacity to lead the world in science, technology, business, and regulatory innovation in the energy sector, and BERC seeks to highlight and catalyze this leadership. 1. Inventory the people and initiatives at Berkeley in the energy, resource, and clean technology sectors (AccessBerkeley.com) 2. Connect these people and initiatives through events, communication channels, and collaborative projects. 3. Harness the massive knowledge base that exists at Berkeley to address key challenges in the energy and natural resource arenas. 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