Focusing on Climate Change Solutions through Residential Energy Efficiency

EVAs, Tai Stillwater and Siva Gunda, calculate energy consumption using meters donated by ECOs Davis Net Impact is a student organization at the Graduate School of Management devoted to fostering positive social and environmental impact through business. They are winner of the 2007 Net Impact Network Challenge. Working in close coordination with the UC Davis Energy Efficiency Center, Davis Net Impact encourages Net Impact Network members to:

Conduct residential energy audits using free and accessible online tools (see below).

Implement cost effective measures to reduce energy consumption and your carbon footprint.

Track and report 2008 energy consumption and CO2 emissions savings via reductions in utility bills with the Four Step Home Carbon Tracker (Excel spreadsheet).

We encourage you to sign up and participate with us in "Focusing on Climate Change Solutions," a Net Impact online community, and hope you will pass on the knowledge!

Please see the links below for press coverage about Focus the Nation and Confront Carbon:

Dateline article

Sacramento Bee article

Graduate School of Management Net Impact article

UC Davis Sustainability article

Tracking documents to use to calculate carbon usage at home:

Four Step Home Carbon Tracker (Excel spreadsheet) - worksheet to be used to calculate residential energy consumption & carbon used over a years time, includes section for adding previous years usage as means of comparison over time.
Sample Utility Bill
A Time, Benchmark, and Comparative Analysis of Apartment Efficiency - report prepared with results of analysis done with carbon tracker (above) in an apartment complex.