During the 2023-2024 academic year, the Synthesis Program and the UC San Diego Office of Resource Management and Planning partnered to created Living Laboratories in undergraduate courses in Seventh College. This website highlights the Living Laboratory sections of Synthesis 100 and 150 as part of the ongoing campus-wide decarbonization study. Through these general education and project-based courses, students learned extensively about campus energy systems, the context of the decarbonization study, and worked collaboratively to design and execute related proposals and projects. Students in the courses had the opportunity to connect with staff from the Office of Resource Management and Planning, Transportation Services, and Housing, Dining & Hospitality, as well as faculty from across the campus working on relevant topics.

Use the menus above to navigate to around the different topics and the proposals and projects that came out of the courses.