Kaarle Strailey Brings Passion on Sustainability to the ACEP Team

Kaarle Strailey has recently joined ACEP. While working toward his master’s degree in interdisciplinary studies at UAF, he works as assistant to ACEP’s Tom Marsik on the active vacuum insulation project.

Specifically, Strailey will work on advancing development of an active vacuum insulation system. This includes researching and testing to identify and/or modify commercially available components optimized for the system, reviewing vacuum science that is applicable to this fairly unique application, and navigating logistics of obtaining materials from overseas. His interdisciplinary research will cover the influence that social factors, policy and economics might have on successful deployment of this system in rural Alaska.

Strailey is passionate about sustainability and solving the energy sustainability problems our society has. He has been pursuing this passion since early in his studies. He earned his bachelor’s degrees in environmental sciences and Earth and planetary science from University of California, Berkeley in 2004 and completed a UAF occupational endorsement in sustainable energy in 2014. Upon graduation from Berkeley, he moved to Alaska and since then has worked briefly at the UAF Institute of Arctic Biology as well as for Alaska-based advocacy groups that promote sustainable energy and for fisheries management agencies.

Strailey is a familiar face to many ACEP team members, having crossed paths over the years while working on energy issues in Fairbanks and Anchorage/Mat-Su areas or while enjoying the beautiful Alaska outdoors.

Currently residing in Palmer, Strailey is interested in all aspects of sustainability (did we mention he is passionate about sustainability?) and enjoys gardening, tinkering and nonpowered recreation on the land, on the water and in the sky.

For more information on the vacuum insulation project, please contact Tom Marsik at tmarsik@alaska.edu.

 

Kaarle Strailey is working with Tom Marsik on the active vacuum insulation project while working toward a master’s degree in interdisciplinary studies at UAF. Photo courtesy of Kaarle Strailey.