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UCSB Summit on Energy Efficiency, May 1-2, 2013  

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Mining by Moonlight to Save Energy
The Ontario government has asked nickel-mining company XStrada to operate its mines at night in order to minimize peak energy demand during the day. The government is providing incentives through price structures that discount off-peak energy.
Date: 09/26/2010
Type: News
Technologies: Economic Impact, General Information
Tags: incentives, off-peak production, peak load, power plants, pricing structures
Kids giving thumbs-up.
Making Energy Tech As Cool As Facebook
Building the next-generation of energy-focused entrepreneurs will require a whole generation of inspired, science-focused kids who think energy tech is "cool." Federal agencies including the DOE and the White House are pushing energy literacy and education in the hopes of upping that "cool" factor.
Date: 10/18/2010
Type: Blog
Technologies: General Information
Tags: ARPA-E, DOE, energy education, energy efficiency technologies, entrepreneurs, White House
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Learn your Lumens, New Light Bulb Labeling in 2011
New labels for light bulb packaging will arrive in 2011 with the emphasis on Lumens instead of Watts as the measure of brightness. The effort will help in the marketing and comparison of CFLs and LEDs to the old incandescent bulbs that are being phased out.
Date: 09/28/2010
Type: Blog
Technologies: General Information, Lighting & Displays
Tags: CFLs, FTC, incandescent bulbs, LEDs, lumens, watts
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Is Energy Efficiency Blue, Red or Both?
A new scorecard indicates that the top 10 energy-efficient states voted Democratic in the last presidential election. The bottom 10 voted Republican.
Date: 10/25/2010
Type: Blog
Technologies: General Information
Tags: American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, energy infrastructure, energy policy, energy-efficiency, politics
Institute for Energy Efficiency logo
Institute Newsletter: Fall 2010
In this issue: Institute announces 2010-2011 graduate fellowships; Institute welcomes new staff members; revolutionary Intel chip uses light to send data; Santa Barbara Summit on Energy Efficiency -- 2010 videos and 2011 dates; upcoming seminars.
Date: 10/06/2010
Type: News
Technologies: General Information
Tags: Institute for Energy Efficiency, Intel, John Bowers, Santa Barbara Summit on Energy Efficiency, silicon photonics
India, US Agree on Climate Change
President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh affirm their countries' commitment to building a clean energy economy that will drive investment, job creation, and economic growth.
Date: 11/25/2009
Type: News
Technologies: Climate Change, Economic Impact, General Information
Tags: clean energy economy, India, US
IEA: Copenhagen Summit Must Spur Energy Efficiency
The head of the IEA stressed the importance of energy efficiency in solving the global energy issues, saying that energy efficiency can do more that all other solutions combined.
Date: 12/14/2009
Type: Blog
Technologies: General Information, Energy Efficiency Policy
Tags: energy efficiency, energy policy, global energy demand, IEA
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IceCode Wants to Melt Your Ice
Startup IceCode won GE's Ecomagination Challenge last month for a technology that instantly removes ice from wind turbines. Now they want to incorporate thin-film pulse electrothermal de-icing (PETD) into refrigerators, saving up to 35% of the energy used.
Date: 12/07/2010
Type: Article
Technologies: General Information
Tags: energy-efficient appliances, PETD
Infrared scan of a retrofitted building.
Hot Water, Lights and AC as a Service
A new crop of startups such as Skyline Innovations and Metrus Energy hope to transform energy efficiency and building management through creative financing, service contracts and software.
Date: 08/30/2010
Type: Article
Technologies: Buildings, General Information
Tags: building energy use, energy efficiency, energy efficiency service companies (ESCOs), energy retrofit
Green Tech Seeks its 'Netscape Moment'
The ARPA-E Summit showcased breakthrough clean-energy technologies and involved discussion on the need for financing and cohesive energy policy to bring these technologies to the mainstream.
Date: 03/03/2010
Type: Blog
Technologies: General Information, Energy Efficiency Policy
Tags: ARPA-E, clean tech

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