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��ɫ��Ƶ to Build 1st 50 Homes for Faculty and Staff at West Village by 2018

Andy Fell — July 12, 2016 - 3:05pm

��ɫ��Ƶ announced that it will re-engage with its plan to build housing units for faculty and staff in West Village, a planned zero-net-energy community that sits on university property. The project is designed to help recruit and retain employees faced with the high cost of housing in the Davis area while meeting ambitious energy saving and sustainability goals, Acting Chancellor Ralph J. Hexter said.

��ɫ��Ƶ to Compete in 2017 Solar Decathlon

Katherine E Kerlin — January 21, 2016 - 1:26pm

��ɫ��Ƶ students will again compete in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon in 2017, the federal agency announced today.

The ��ɫ��Ƶ team took home a first place win for affordability and commuting at the 2015 Decathlon held in Irvine this past October, where Team Aggie Sol showcased its zero net energy house designed for farmworkers.

��ɫ��Ƶ West Village Tracks Its Progress Toward Zero Net Energy

IET WebDev — September 30, 2015 - 9:12am

��ɫ��Ƶ West Village, the nation’s largest planned zero net energy community, continues to work toward its goal of producing 100 percent of the energy it uses.

A report released today by ��ɫ��Ƶ and the West Village Community Partnership LLC said the community is 82 percent of its way toward reaching zero net energy, or ZNE. The analysis covers the time period between September 2013 and August 2014.

Honda Smart Home at ��ɫ��Ƶ West Village Offers Vision For Zero Carbon Living

IET WebDev — March 25, 2014 - 12:00am

Honda and the University of California, Davis, today marked the opening of Honda Smart Home US, showcasing technologies that enable zero net energy living and transportation. The home in ��ɫ��Ƶ West Village is capable of producing more energy on-site from renewable sources than it consumes annually, including enough energy to power a Honda Fit EV for daily commuting.

A Year Later: Progress at ��ɫ��Ƶ West Village

IET WebDev — February 01, 2013 - 12:00am

Since officially opening in October 2011, ��ɫ��Ƶ West Village continues to grow both physically and academically, as a community and energy research hub for students, staff and faculty residents to live and learn.

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Nearly a year since the first solar panels were installed at ��ɫ��Ƶ West Village in March 2012, the nation’s largest planned zero net energy community appears to be on track to meet its goal of producing as much energy as it consumes.

��ɫ��Ƶ West Village a Global Model for Sustainable Urban Planning

IET WebDev — May 14, 2012 - 8:45am

��ɫ��Ƶ West Village overcame funding constraints, delays, regulatory changes, a housing market collapse and other challenges to become the nation’s largest planned zero-net energy community, according to a new report on sustainable, low-carbon developments.

The pioneering development is one of four case studies featured in the current issue of the journal Planning Theory & Practice.

��ɫ��Ƶ West Village Rising

IET WebDev — May 19, 2011 - 12:00am

The largest planned zero net energy development in the U.S. is readying for its debut this fall.

Under construction on the campus of the University of California, Davis, ��ɫ��Ƶ West Village is combining advanced energy-efficient design features with a high-efficiency solar power system to become the largest planned zero net energy development in the nation. (“Zero net energy” means that the community will put back into the electrical grid, annually, as much electricity as it consumes.)