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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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Revolutionary Intel Chip Uses Light to Send Data

In collaboration with Institute Director John Bowers, Intel has developed a prototype high-speed optical data link, which is integrated…

Research

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Eucalyptus Chief Talks Future After $20 Million Infusion

Eucalyptus Systems, a private cloud software vendor founded by Institute faculty member Rich Wolski, recently received $20 million in…

Industry and Business

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Michael Grätzel is the 2010 Millennium Technology Prize Laureate

Michael Grätzel--who recently presented an IEE seminar and is a member of CEEM's Scientific Advisory Board--has been awarded the 2010…

Awards and Accolades

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The Changing Shape of Light

Steve DenBaars, head of the Lighting Solutions Group at the Institute for Energy Efficiency, discusses the inefficiency of the…

Industry and Business

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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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Leading Experts From Industry, Government, And Academia Make Recommendations To Accelerate LED Technology In Mainstream Lighting

New white paper summarizes the status of LED technology, evolving LED markets and options for greater market penetration.

Industry and Business

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Newsletter: Spring 2010

The Institute continues to build an exciting series of programs and events. In the past two months, we hosted an  Executive…

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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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Google Funds ‘Radical’ Efficiency Research

Fred Chong and Ricardo Bianchini discuss the importance of energy efficient servers and data centers.

Research

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Google Awards $1 Million For University Research Effort To Slash Energy Consumption In Internet Data Centers

Google awards $1 million research grant aimed at slashing energy usage in large Internet data centers.

Industry and Business

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Nakamura Wins 2009 Harvey Prize

Lighting pioneer Shuji Nakamura of UCSB receives the 2009 Harvey Prize for advancements in science and technology.

Awards and Accolades

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DoE Honcho Visits UCSB, Shares on Sustainability

Steve Koonin, Undersecretary for Science at the U.S. Department of Energy gives an Energy Leadership Lecture at UCSB presented by the…

Industry and Business

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Undersecretary for Science Talks Sustainability at UCSB

Department of Energy Undersecretary for Science gives talk in an Institute for Energy Efficiency sponsored lecture.

Industry and Business

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Newsletter: Winter 2010

Greetings! 

As the Institute for Energy Efficiency celebrates its second successful year this month, exciting news keeps…

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