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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.
Date: 03/01/2011
Type: News
GE "Power Your Home" challenge logo
GE Announces “Power Your Home” Challenge
GE has launched the second phase of its Ecomagination Challenge with the aim of finding the best ideas in energy efficiency and integrating renewables in the residential sector.
Date: 01/18/2011
Type: Article, News
Technologies: General Information
Tags: energy challenge, energy efficiency, GE, grid, investment, renewables, research funding, residential
Unite to Light
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.
Date: 01/17/2011
Type: Article, News, Video
Technologies: Lighting & Displays
Tags: LED lighting, solar photovoltaic, Unite to Light
Two Institute Faculty Members Receive the AAAS Fellowship Award
Institute faculty members Chris Van de Walle and Arthur Gossard have been designated Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Date: 01/11/2011
Type: News
Tags: electrical engineering, materials, quantum wells, semiconductors
Clouds
Cloud Computing Could Slash Data Center Energy Use by Over One-Third
According to a new report by Pike Research, the rapid growth of cloud computing could reduce energy usage in the global information technology industry by 38 percent by 2020.
Date: 12/07/2010
Type: News, Report
Technologies: Computing and Networks, Data Centers
Tags: cloud computing, data center energy use, energy savings, energy-efficient computing, greenhouse gas emissions
DOE seal
Sharing Super Computing for Energy Innovation
The Department of Energy has rolled out a program to donate billions of supercomputing hours to projects that are working on energy innovation, including a GE effort to design more energy-efficient propulsion systems.
Date: 12/01/2010
Type: News
Technologies: Computing and Networks, General Information
Tags: computing, DOE, energy innovation, supercomputers
Boeing solar cell efficiency
Boeing Shatters Solar Power Record with 39.2% Cell Efficiency
Boeing subsidiary Spectrolab's solar panels supply power to over 60% of orbiting satellites, but the company may soon be known for another achievement: their new "terrestrial" solar cells beat the old record for solar conversion efficiency by 15%.
Date: 11/22/2010
Type: News
Technologies: Solar/Photovoltaics, Energy Conversion
Tags: Boeing, high-efficiency solar, solar conversion efficiency, solar panels
green construction
Energy-Efficient Construction Adds $820 to Cost of Home
A new study from the Building Codes Assistance Project reveals that the average incremental cost of constructing a new home to meet the current energy efficiency building code is relatively small, and that owners will recoup those costs through energy savings in less than four years.
Date: 11/20/2010
Type: News
Technologies: Buildings, HVAC, Materials, Economic Impact
Tags: economics, energy costs, energy retrofits, energy savings, energy-efficient construction, green building, paybackm
EnerNOC
Beyond Demand Response: EnerNOC Expands
Demand response company EnerNOC has launched EfficiencySMART, a line of business software designed to help companies better control their spending on energy. EnerNOC’s move comes as part of a general shift among demand response aggregators into the broader fields of energy efficiency and management.
Date: 11/17/2010
Type: News
Technologies: Buildings, Control Systems, Smart Grid
Tags: building energy use, demand response, energy efficiency, energy management, energy management software

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