Partnerships

University Partnerships

The following is a list of potential participants in a UC collaborative on port and freight decarbonization.  This collaborative would focus on a combination of research, policy reform and convening activities and would be supported by a combination of foundation and government grants.

Environmental Resilience Accelerator (ERA), UC Berkeley

Philomathia Forum Sponsor

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory:  Adam Weber, Energy Technology Area

Renewable Hydrogen Production Feasibility Study

UC Berkeley Civil and Environmental Engineering:   Thomas Kirchstetter, Director Energy Analysis & Environmental Impacts Divisions

Emission monitoring – Mobile Sources; and Community Air Quality Monitoring

UC Berkeley Chemistry Department:  Ron Cohen, Director, Berkeley Atmospheric Science Center, Professor of Chemistry and of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Community Air Quality Monitoring

UC Berkeley Engineering and Computer Sciences, and LBL:  Alex Bayen, Director, Institute for Transportation Studies

Recruit and design an industry/campus consortium with electric truck manufacturers to facilitate market transformation toward electric drive technology for transport sector in CA.

UC Davis, Institute for Transportation Studies, Sustainable Freight Center  

Research on operational cost of alternative fueled heavy-duty transport;

Spatial analysis of transportation systems, including freight demand, truck travel patterns, refueling infrastructure needs and locations

UC Berkeley Civil & Environmental Engineering, Mark Hansen & Jane MacFarlane

Research on que coordination, freight logistics and geospatial modeling to identify opportunities for idling reduction, and niche markets for truck electrification

Institute of Transportation Studies and Transportation Sustainability Research Center:  Tim Lipman; Susan Shaheen, Elliot Martin

Research on alternative fuels for transportation (renewable gas, hydrogen and ammonia)

Research on reduction of heavy duty truck idling.

UC Berkeley, Goldman School of Public Policy:  David Wooley, Director, Environmental Center

Air quality and clean energy policy research

UC Berkeley Law School:  Ethan Elkind and Ted Lamm

Port Decarbonization Research and Legislative analysis

Lawrence Berkeley Lab

Port renewable energy generation potential

UC Berkeley Energy Resources Group, Dan Kammen

Analysis to support analysis of GHG reduction potential and market transformation projections

Community Partnerships

West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project (WOEIP)

Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD)

Office of Mayor, City of Oakland

Port of Oakland and Terminal Operators

California Air Resources Board (CARB)

Alameda Public Health

CALSTART

East Bay Municipal Utility District