The Community Assessment of Renewable Energy and Sustainability (CARES) is a multidisciplinary team of engineers, architects and environmental specialists at the University of California, Berkeley.
CARES was founded in 2007 with a grant from the NCIIA to address the disconnect between the creation of sustainability technological innovations by engineers and the needs of the end users.
The founding members of CARES include Dr. Alice Agogino, Ryan Shelby, and Yael Perez.
The mission of CARES is to enable end users to make informed decisions about sustainability and renewable energy technologies by giving them agency during the design, development, and implementation of sustainability best practices and renewable energy technologies.
Since March 2008, the Community Assessment of Renewable Energy and Sustainability (CARES) has been partnering with the Pinoleville Pomo Nation (PPN) near Ukiah, CA to co-design culturally-inspired, sustainable housing and renewable energy power systems that utilize sustainability best practices, renewable energy technology, and reflect the long-standing culture of the Pinoleville Pomo Nation.
2010-2011 CARES Team: (l to r): Ryan Shelby, Alex Kwon, Yael Perez, Tommy Liu, Cindy Bayley, Antonio Love, Stephanie Scott, Larissa Korach, Danny Wilson, and Stephen Appert
Publications, News Articles and Videos
- “Partnership for Sustainable Communities: Accomplishments Report 2009-2013”, US EPA, US HUD, US DOT, Download Article.
- “Indian Country Leading Green-Building Revolution”, Nate Seltenrich, Indian Country Today, May 2013. Download Article or View Online
- “Healthier Tribal Housing: Combining the Best of Old and New“, Nate Seltenrich, Environmental Health Perspectives, December 2012. Download Article.
- “Collaboration between students, California Indian nation culminates in development of new houses“, Ally Rondoni, DailyCal, September 2012
- “Engineering Design that CARES“, Gordy Slack, Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS), June 2011. Download Article
- ASMS Alumni Spotlight: Ryan Shelby, From small town to ASMS to Ph.D.“, The Alabama School of Math and Science, April 2010. Download Article
- “Cal’s newest generation forges ahead: Design Sensitivity“, University Relations, The Promise of Berkeley, pgs. 8-9, Fall 2009. Download Article
- “Filling the Sustainability Information Gap: The CARES Project“, The TriplePundit, August 2009
- “Student design embraced by Pinoleville Pomo Nation”, UC Berkeley College of Engineering’s ForeFront, Spring 2009
- “Real-life lessons in native design“, UC Berkeley College of Engineering’s Engineering News, December 2008
- “Real-life lessons in native design“, UC Berkeley College of Engineering’s Innovations, October 2008
- “Community Assessment of Renewable Energy and Sustainability“, National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance, March 2007
- Ryan Shelby’s CARES website
Presentations
- “Enabling the Adoption of ICT for Sustainable Business Transformations“, Ryan Shelby, Hewlett Packard, Open Innovation Office, October 2008