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Best of Energy Star Rating Coming in 2011

The Department of Energy plans to roll out a new "Most Efficient" Energy Star rating for products in the top of their categories. The…

Industry and Business

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Nanogenerator Powers Up

Researchers at Georgia Tech have used piezoelectric materials to make the first nanowire-based generators that can harvest enough…

Research

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Why the Election Could be Good For Green Tech

Michael Kanellos of Greentech Media argues that clean, green, efficient energy is a popular bi-partisan issue nationwide and that the…

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Energy Efficiency: Real Estate’s Next Granite Counter Top?

Boston-based Conservation Services Group is working on a metric to describe a home’s energy efficiency value. The metric would be…

Industry and Business

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Nice Ice, Baby: Ice-Rink Maker Finds Following with Thermal Energy Storage

CALMAC's ICEBANK technology provides an energy-efficient alternative for cooling buildings by freezing ice at night (when energy costs…

Industry and Business

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Microsoft-Backed Research Suggests Big Energy Reductions from Cloud

A new report from Microsoft suggests that large businesses could reduce their direct energy consumption and carbon emissions by up to 30…

Industry and Business

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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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UCSB Graduate Programs Among Top in U.S., According to New NRC Assessment

A new report by the National Research Council reveals that UCSB's graduate programs are among the best in the country: nearly one third…

Awards and Accolades, Graduate

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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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Institute for Energy Efficiency Announces Graduate Student Fellows

The Institute for Energy Efficiency announces its second cohort of graduate student fellows.

Graduate

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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.

In the News

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New Method Predicts How Oil Flows After Drilling Disaster

UCSB's Igor Mezic has developed a new method for predicting how oil will flow and mix in the ocean. Using this new method, Mezic…

Research

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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…

Research