[CW-Grad] FW: looking for part-time student reporter

[Bryan G Bradford]

Via Tom Lutz:

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From: Sean M Nealon <sean.nealon at ucr.edu<mailto:sean.nealon at ucr.edu>>
Date: February 17, 2012 11:02:51 AM PST
To: Tom Lutz <tom.lutz at ucr.edu<mailto:tom.lutz at ucr.edu>>
Subject: looking for part-time student reporter
Tom--

My co-worker, Bettye Miller, recommended e-mailing you. Below, you will see an e-mail from an editor I know at The Press-Enterprise. He is looking for a part-time reporter to work weekends. He is open to that person being a student. I'd love to be able to recommend someone from UCR. I'm wondering if there is anyone you know of that might be a good fit. If so, let me know ASAP. I'm guessing they will want to fill this spot soon.

Thanks,
Sean

Sean Nealon
Senior Public Information Officer
University of California, Riverside
900 University Avenue
1156 Hinderaker Hall
Riverside, CA 92521
Tel: 951 827 1287
Fax: 951 827 5248
sean.nealon at ucr.edu<mailto:sean.nealon at ucr.edu>
Twitter: seannealon
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From: Coast, Mark [mcoast at pe.com<mailto:mcoast at pe.com>]
Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 12:43 PM
To: Sean M Nealon
Subject: RE: Making Motors More Energy Efficient
Hi Sean,

I have an opening for an entry-level, part-time weekend reporter and wondered whether you might have run across any students there in journalism and ready for a newsroom?


Mark Coast
Metro/Business Editor
The Press-Enterprise/PE.com

On Twitter @MCoast

3450 14th Street
Riverside, CA 92501
(951) 368-9556

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From: Sean Nealon [mailto:sean.nealon at ucr.edu]<mailto:[mailto:sean.nealon at ucr.edu]>
Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 6:01 AM
To: Coast, Mark
Subject: Making Motors More Energy Efficient

Media Contact

Sean Nealon<http://ucrtoday.ucr.edu/author/snealon>
Tel: (951) 827-1287
E-mail: sean.nealon at ucr.edu<mailto:sean.nealon at ucr.edu>
Twitter: seannealon<http://twitter.com/#%21/seannealon>

Making Motors More Energy Efficient

Grant will allow researcher to test energy efficiency of large-scale motors and build lab to conduct testing

By Sean Nealon<http://ucrtoday.ucr.edu/author/snealon>

February 16, 2012
[energy_savings_short]<http://ucrtoday.ucr.edu/3078/energy_savings_short-2>

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (www.ucr.edu<http://www.ucr.edu>) - Energy efficiency efforts tend to focus on things such as lighting and insulation. But, in fact, motors that run heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems are the largest user of energy in buildings.

At the same time, motor related efficiency requirements are relatively lax. There is no independent verification of motor efficiency, the equivalent of cutting out the Environmental Protection Agency and allowing car makers to say how many miles per gallon their vehicles get.

Sadrul Ula<http://mediasources.ucr.edu/expertprofile.html?id=304>, who is research faculty at the University of California, Riverside's Bourns College of Engineering Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT)<http://www.cert.ucr.edu/>, is trying to change that. He recently received a $385,000 grant from the California Energy Commission to evaluate the efficiency of HVAC motors in building through testing on-site and in a soon-to-be built facility at CE-CERT.

"Everyone turns off lights or bathroom fans," said Ula, who is also managing director of the Winston Chung Global Energy Center at CE-CERT. "But, no one turns off motors. The awareness is not there."

In recent years, large-scale clean energy projects, such as solar and wind farms, have generated many headlines, pushing energy efficiency efforts to the side. But those relatively simple energy efficiency steps can have a large impact. A 2009 report by McKinsey & Company<http://www.mckinsey.com/Client_Service/Electric_Power_and_Natural_Gas/Latest_thinking/Unlocking_energy_efficiency_in_the_US_economy> found the United States could reduce annual energy consumption by 23 percent by 2020 by deploying energy efficiency measures.

In California, nearly 47 percent of electrical energy consumption was used by commercial buildings. Motors that create that energy tend to operate at 5 to 10 percent below optimal efficiency, Ula said. Increasing that efficiency can have enormous implications.

To view full press release and downloadable illustration and photo visit: http://ucrtoday.ucr.edu/3078



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