Tag: Carbon Emissions

Professor Zuo Discusses Data Center to Grid Integration on the Datacenter Dynamics Podcast

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SBS Lab professor Wangda Zuo had the amazing opportunity to discuss many interesting topics with Charlotte Trueman at the Datacenter Dynamics (DCD) broadcast. The episode titles “Enhancing grid independence and energy resilience” covered a variety of pertinent and interesting topics. Some of the ideas and questions discussed were “How can data centers meet the booming demand of AI while reducing carbon emissions?”, “Can we achieve ‘data center to grid integration?’, and “Can data centers help improve the resilience of power grids?” We really appreciate this opportunity to discuss and exchange ideas on the future of data centers and their impact on carbon emissions, grid demand, and energy consumption.

The full broadcast can be viewed here.

SBS Lab Member Julia Ho Receives IBUILD Fellowship

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Congratulations to SBS lab member Julia Ho on becoming the first Penn State student selected for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Innovation in Buildings (IBUILD) Graduate Research Fellowship. Julia’s research focuses improving modeling and design of low-carbon heating and cooling systems. She will use this fellowship to evaluate the feasibility of low-carbon heating and cooling for rural communities using advanced modeling tools such as Modelica. More information can be found here.

Prof. Zuo Gives Talk on Carbon Emissions as part of the EarthTalks Series

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This past Monday, February 9, 2024, Prof. Wangda Zuo was joined by Professor Rahman Azari from the Architecture Department, and Dr. Jiazhen Ling from NREL titled “The Economic Impacts of Carbon Emission Trading Scheme on Building Retrofits”. The three speakers talked about different aspects of their Baltimore Social-Environmental Collaborative Integrated Field Laboratory (BSEC). Professor Zuo discussed our findings from research focused on a systematic economic evaluation method investigating the economic impacts of emission trading scheme (ETS) on building retrofits for four locations in the U.S. Their results show that carbon prices have a significant economic impact on building retrofits for medium-sized office buildings.

We thank the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences at Pennsylvania State University for the opportunity to share our work on carbon emissions with their students as part of the Spring 2024 EarthTalks series “Urban Systems Science”.