Institute News
Google awards $1 million research grant aimed at slashing energy usage in large Internet data centersFeb 4 2010- Institute Newsletter Issue Four. In This Issue: David Auston Appointed as Associate Director of CEEM, Summit on Energy Efficiency Featured on UCTV, The California Experiment, Gui Bazan and Group Make Major AdvancesNov 4 2009
The Institute's Summit has been selected to feature on UCTV, whose programming can be seen in over 22 million households nationwide via cable and worldwide on the internet.Oct 30 2009
Production and Storage Solutions Group Head Guillermo Bazan made a break through in reducing the reaction time and increasing the average molecular weight of organic polymer solar cells.Oct 18 2009- UC Santa Barbara has teamed with the Institute of Microelectronics (IME) of Singapore to develop ultra-efficient nanoscale transistors.Oct 12 2009
Institute Newsletter Issue Three. In This Issue: Energy Frontier Research Center Launched, White Room Launched, Graduate Student Fellowships Announced, Research Insights: What are the Real Energy Savings of Efficiency?, Faculty News: Coldren recognized by IEEESep 16 2009
The Institute for Energy Efficiency announces its first cohort of graduate student fellows.Sep 1 2009
New website feature is a one-stop shop for news, blog postings, events and video about technologies for energy efficiency and the policy and economic issues relating to themAug 31 2009
Center for Energy Efficient Materials (CEEM), has been officially launchedAug 27 2009- BSST is collaborating with academic and industrial researchers to further accelerate material advancements.Aug 27 2009
Institute for Energy Efficiency Director John E. Bowers is the first scholar appointed to the Fred Kavli Chair in Nanotechnology.Jul 15 2009
Institute Newsletter Issue Two. In This Issue: New UCSB Energy Research Center, Sejal Hall Joins Staff, Research Insights: Energy Star Ratings for Servers, The Optical Society Honors John E. Bowers, and Fredrickson Leads New Global Research InstituteJun 2 2009
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The Institute In the News
Steven Chu spoke at the UC Santa Barbara Summit on Energy Efficiency urging scientists "not to leave their best work in the lab and wait for others to take over commercialization," an article by the Pacific Coast Business Times.May 1 2013
Santa Barbara Independent features an article about the UC Santa Barbara Summit on Energy Efficiency with keynote speaker Steven Chu.May 1 2013
CNBC has shared the UCSB press release on the 2013 Summit on Energy Efficiency, to be held on May 1-2 2013. Keynote speakers at the event that is focused on "Materials for a sustainable future" include Steve Chu, Michael McQuade, George Crabtree and Kateri Callahan.Mar 28 2013
The Institute for Energy Efficiency is being featured in the winter edition of LoaLiving Magazine. The coverage recognizes the solution-driven research and innovation carried out at the Institute.Mar 27 2013
An interdisciplinary team of UCSB students has taken a top prize at the 2013 Better Building Case Competition, part of President Obama's Better Buildings Initiative. Several Institute faculty and graduate students were involved with this team.Mar 22 2013
