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From cool roofs to more efficient lighting, UC researchers are advancing technologies to save energy and money. See video of how students at the University of California, San Diego, are using a network of weather-monitoring stations to help make smarter decisions about how to design and operate buildings, manage water use for irrigation, and monitor air pollution exposure.
“The world looks to California as the testing ground for next-generation automobile technologies. The shift to a hydrogen economy is not an incremental change, but rather a dramatic and fundamental shift in the way that individuals will operate their vehicles in the future.”
-- Scott Samuelsen, director, UC Irvine National Fuel Cell Research Center
From hydrogen fuel cell vehicles to plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, UC researchers are studying ways to improve next-generation automobiles and reduce our dependence on oil.
As interest grows in using energy from the sun, UC researchers are studying ways to produce solar power more cheaply and efficiently, including a nanostructured thin film at UC Santa Cruz.
Find out more about what UC is doing in green technology research.