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Rewind: District Energy

University of California Merced

Lucas Hyman is the co-author of “Sustainable On Site CHP Systems: Design, Construction and Operations” published by McGraw-Hill 2010 ISBN 978-0-07-160317-1, Co-Editor Martin Meckler is a graduate of the University of Michigan. Mike Anthony contributed Chapter 23 — Government Mission Critical – A combined FMECA and time value of money study on Critical Operations Power Systems.

Goss Engineering was one of the engineers for the University of California Merced; the first university campus with an energy infrastructure begun from “scratch”. Here, Lucas offers his insight into the subtle energy economic trade-offs between centralized and de-centralized systems.

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Backgrounder from 2007 ASHRAE conference presentation by Goss Engineering: Designing Sustainable CHP Systems

Backflow

The University has a strong reputation for research and innovation in many fields related to the prevention of backflow incidents:

Viterbi School of Engineering has a dedicated Environmental Engineering program that focuses on water quality and management. This program has faculty members who are experts in water treatment and distribution systems, including backflow prevention technologies. The school also offers research opportunities for graduate students to work on water-related projects, including those related to backflow prevention.

Keck School of Medicine has a Department of Preventive Medicine that conducts research on environmental health, including waterborne diseases and contamination. This department has published research on the prevention of waterborne disease outbreaks and the importance of backflow prevention measures in protecting public health.

The USC Environmental Health and Safety department is responsible for overseeing the safety and compliance of the university’s facilities, including its water systems. EH&S works closely with the university’s Facilities Management Services to ensure that backflow prevention measures are in place and maintained.

The USC Foundation drafts definitions and specifications covering cross-connection control and the assemblies required for the prevention of backflow.

Protecting Animals When Disaster Strikes

New California Veterinary Emergency Team to Coordinate Training, Response

Gallery: Animal Care

Animal Safety

Animal Research in Portugal

Animal Welfare Act Research Facility Registration

Terrestrial Animal Health Code

Climate Psychosis

“The only thing worse than religion is lack of religion”

— Edmund Burke

U.S. Global Change Research Program: Overview and Considerations for Congress

IPCS New Comment on Climate Change

European Geosciences Union: The Scenario Model Intercomparison Project for CMIP7

A conversation with Bjorn Lomborg, a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution, the president of the Copenhagen Consensus Center, and one of the foremost climate experts in the world today. His new book — “False Alarm: How Climate Change Panic Costs Us Trillions, Hurts the Poor, and Fails to Fix the Planet” — is an argument for treating climate as a serious problem but not an extinction-level event requiring such severe and drastic steps as rewiring a large part of the culture and the economy.

Starting soon! https://t.co/JL03EIEMqo pic.twitter.com/Ttpp4TA8jr

— Wendy Bohon, PhD 🌏 (@DrWendyRocks) December 28, 2023

Dialectic: Climate Change

Mass Formation Psychosis

Centre for Studies of Climate Change Denialism

Readings

Brookings: Michael Crichton and Global Warming

The alarmist reddening of weather maps is a perfect visualisation of how 5th generational warfare works. We’re dealing with an information war and the battlefield is our mind. @RWMaloneMD pic.twitter.com/nTBv5yhYbS

— Eva Vlaardingerbroek (@EvaVlaar) May 23, 2023

Nighttime Walk

January 2026 Event Homepage

University of California Davis Facilities Management

Guide to California Lighting Regulations: Title 20

UCLA’s CSO Evening Escort Program

Readings:

UC Davis Adaptive Controls for Exterior Lighting

“The Best Spots to Get Coffee on Campus”

University of California System Net Position 2025: $11.06B

Retirement System Financial Report 2024-2025

The Cafe at Annenberg

Annenberg School for Communication Building

The Annenberg Family’s Philanthropy

The Annenberg family fortune, rooted in the gritty world of early 20th-century publishing, was transformed from controversial origins into a respected legacy through strategic and generous philanthropy, particularly at the University of Southern California.

Moses Annenberg built his wealth in the 1920s and 1930s through horse-racing publications like the Daily Racing Form, which served the gambling industry, and newspapers such as The Philadelphia Inquirer. His 1939 tax evasion conviction cast a long shadow. Walter Annenberg inherited and expanded this empire, launching TV Guide and Seventeen magazine before selling his holdings for billions in 1988.

Walter began “cleaning” the family name decades earlier. In 1971–1972, he donated $8 million to establish the Annenberg School for Communication at USC. Subsequent gifts, including over $100 million from the Annenberg Foundation and Wallis Annenberg’s $50 million lead gift for Wallis Annenberg Hall in 2014, brought the family’s total contributions to USC above $350 million.

These investments in education, communication, and public service reframed the Annenbergs as visionary benefactors. By attaching their name to gleaming campus buildings and cutting-edge programs, they distanced the fortune from its racing-and-tabloid roots and aligned it with knowledge, ethics, and civic good. In this way, philanthropy did not merely spend wealth—it laundered and elevated it into enduring institutional prestige.

Electricity Procurement

“University of California System makes bold commitment to 100 percent clean electricity”

USC Facilities Planning & Management

“University of Southern California – Jumping off the High Dive!”@USC_Athletics @USCswim
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— Standards Michigan (@StandardsMich) September 3, 2022

Stephen Kotkin

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Strawberry Iced Latte

Cal Poly: University Budget 2024-2025 *

Facilities Management & Development | $1.2B Student Housing Expansion

Scout Coffee

College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences

California’s Collapse Is Far Worse Than Reported | Douglas Murray

📢 Have you heard? Cal Poly has once again been named a top producer of Fulbright U.S. Scholars! Learn more about the three impressive faculty that are taking their expertise global 🌎

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— Cal Poly (@CalPoly) March 10, 2025

* Why is the Net Position number so elusive in college and university financial statements? Short answer: So goes the nature of non-profit organizations. More.

How students help to improve campus parking

CSUSB Transportation Services

Parking Lot Striping Standards

Incredible snow removal

#Snowstorms ❄️ are no match for our facilities team. Watch to see what it takes to keep our #Northeastern community safe and our #Boston campus clean. https://t.co/lDcjFRRhlw

— Northeastern U. (@Northeastern) January 20, 2023

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