Energy efficiency is one of the easiest and most cost-effective ways to combat climate change, reduce energy costs for consumers, and improve the competitiveness of U.S. businesses. Energy efficiency is also a vital component in achieving net-zero emissions of carbon dioxide through decarbonization.
Undergraduate engineering student Jangho Yang '24 works with emerging heating and cooling technology in the lab.
Faculty are engaged in a wide variety of research and development in energy efficiency.
Additionally, the Daikin Energy Innovation Laboratory at UMD's Center for Environmental Energy Engineering (CEEE) is revolutionizing the energy-guzzling inner workings of forced air that contribute to greenhouse gas emissions—like heat pumps, compressors, heat exchangers, and refrigerants—making them smaller, lighter, more efficient, and renewable.
The Center for Sustainability in the Built Environment was established in 2019 to revolutionize the physical infrastructure in cities through sustainable distributed systems providing healthy and comfortable environments, energy efficiency, and clean water.