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Starbucks has replaced every incandescent and halogen bulb in their US coffee stores with LEDs; company-wide, the switch has reduced…

Despite urgent calls from the White House and members of Congress this year about the need for more energy R&D, government funding…

According to a new report by Pike Research, the rapid growth of cloud computing could reduce energy usage in the global information…

Startup IceCode won GE's Ecomagination Challenge last month for a technology that instantly removes ice from wind turbines. Now they…

A new display technology that uses quantum dots for pixels could be easier to manufacture, brighter, and possibly more energy-efficient…

The Department of Energy has rolled out a program to donate billions of supercomputing hours to projects that are working on energy…

Start-up Qnovo intends to help customers get the most out of batteries through electronics. Qnovo’s is bypassing new production lines…

Nissan has unveiled a new gas pedal that uses resistance to discourage drivers from pressing the pedal to the metal. The new system is…

Boeing subsidiary Spectrolab's solar panels supply power to over 60% of orbiting satellites, but the company may soon be known for…

Energy-efficient LED bulbs have been improving in terms of brightness, color and price, but do the efficiency savings pay for themselves…

In an effort to reduce the cost of cooling microprocessor chips, data centers are looking to low-power chips used in cell phones and…

This blog entry provides a nice overview of today's electricity and transmission grid -- and tomorrow's "smarter" version. It includes…

A recent report from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy stresses the need for energy efficiency programs that change…

Three local tech CEOs talk on CNBC's power lunch clip about about why Santa Barbara is a great place for tech businesses; one asset is…

Demand response company EnerNOC has launched EfficiencySMART, a line of business software designed to help companies better control…

Co-generation of heat from coal power plants increases energy efficiency, but the resultant reliance on coal plants to supply heat…