Posted in The New York Times Wirecutter
Title: You Should Turn on Your Ceiling Fan Every Time You Use Your AC
Author: Rose Maura Lorre
Research Associate, Danny Parker, comments on temperature changes from a ceiling fan, stating that “circulating air from a fan close by will make you feel more comfortable more quickly than you will just by being submerged in 74-degree or 72-degree air”.
Posted in Florida Politics
Title: Florida emerges as national leader in solar energy workforce development
Author: Peter Schorsch
FSEC director, James Fenton, comments on the Florida Solar Apprenticeship Program and the successful energy workforce development in the state of Florida.
Posted in UCF Today
Title: Industry Innovation Program at UCF Distributes Inaugural Awards to Fund Research in Sustainable Energy and Energy Grid Resilience
Author: Florida High Tech Corridor
The collaboration between UCF, Florida High Tech Corridor and Duke Energy collectively awards $375,000 to advance five faculty and student research projects. Projects include that of FSEC staff Manjunath Matam and Yifan Wang, as well as FSEC secondary joint appointment, Wei Sun.
Posted in Tampa Bay Times
Title: Here’s why Florida utilities are building lots of solar farms
Author: Craig Pittman
In this opinion piece, Dr. James Fenton is quoted as saying that solar is, “kind of like printing money.”
Posted in UCFToday
Link: Making Homes Smarter, Cooler and Cleaner
Author: Robert Stephens
This article details how UCF researchers are exploring ways to retrofit air conditioning systems to help all of us reduce our costs and carbon output, comfortably. “This project fits the reason FSEC was established 50 years ago and the reason I joined them 15 years ago,” says Karen Fenaughty. “It would be satisfying to know we’ve created a win-win for homeowners and contractors, and a big win for the environment.”