Presentation Year

2019

Depreciated Participant

Aneika Perez Social Science- Environment and Community Graduate Student,Melissa Savage Environmental Resource Engineering Undergraduate Student,Alex EckertEnergy Technology and Policy Graduate Student

College or Department

Short Description of your Research or Creative Project (700 characters or less)

Humboldt State University current HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning) system relies on the use of natural gas boilers. This project proposes to switch HSU's current HVAC system to electric air source heat pumps. Unlike natural gas broilers, electric heat pumps do not burn fuel onsite to generate and move heat. Transitioning building heating systems from natural gas to electrically powered systems would reduce the GHG emissions for HSU. In the HSU Climate Action Plan, it was reported that natural gas usage contributed to at least 60% of HSU’s 2014 carbon emissions.

Permission to Publish Work

Yes

Node ID

559

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