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Registration Opens for the Third Annual Santa Barbara Summit on Energy Efficiency

Industry, academia, and government to address the latest in science and technology for a sustainable energy future.

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Eliminating the Laptop Charging Brick

Institute faculty member's start-up says gallium nitride could make power electronics more efficient.

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Institute Faculty Member's Startup Backed by Google Ventures

Institute faculty member Umesh Mishra's start-up company, Transphorm, has come up with a set of chips that could substantially curb…

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Institute for Energy Efficiency Designs Lamps for Schoolchildren Around the World

The Institute's Unite to Light Program is featured by the Santa Barbara Independent.

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CNN Video: LA's Lighting Revolution

Institute faculty members Shuji Nakamura and Steven DenBaars are featured in a CNN video on L.A.'s investment in energy-efficient LEDs…

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Larry Coldren

UCSB-led Consortium Picked for Photonic Chip Research

Institute faculty member Larry Coldren will direct UCSB's new research consortium: Photonic Integration for Coherent Optics (PICO). The…

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Larry Coldren

UCSB-led Consortium Picked for Photonic Chip Research

Institute faculty member Larry Coldren will direct UCSB's new research consortium: Photonic Integration for Coherent Optics (PICO). The…

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Dave Auston

The Daily Energy Report Interviews Dave Auston

The Institute's Acting Executive Director Dave Auston was recently featured in a two-part interview on The Daily Energy Report.

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Dave Auston

The Daily Energy Report Interviews Dave Auston

The Institute's Acting Executive Director Dave Auston was recently featured in a two-part interview on The Daily Energy Report.

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Chris Van de Walle

Green Laser Absorption Loss Culprit ID’d

A research team led by Institute faculty member Chris Van de Walle believes they have identified the source of absorption loss in green…

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Record-Breaking Research Funding

The Institute's research grant to establish the Center for Energy Efficient Materials helped boost UCSB's research funding levels to new…

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Cold Beer and Hot Showers

Distributed Energy reviews Dan Reicher's talk at the recent Santa Barbara Summit for Energy Efficiency.

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Registration Open for the Second Annual Santa Barbara Summit on Energy Efficiency

Initial speaker lineup includes Dan Reicher, Director of Climate Change and Energy Initiatives at Google, Richard Newell, Administrator…

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