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Newsletter: October 2019

IEE has released it's quarterly newsletter featuring news, research and announcements from April 2019 through September 2019. View the…

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Institute for Energy Efficiency Announces 2019-2020 Excellence in Research and Szilagyi Energy Breakthrough Fellows

The Institute for Energy Efficiency announced this year’s Excellence in Research fellow and this year's Szilagyi Energy…

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IEE Announces Seed Funding to Spark Efficiency Innovation

Innovative approaches to make the world more energy efficient, proposed by UC Santa Barbara faculty, have received a significant boost…

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Institute for Energy Efficiency Announces 2019-2020 Peter J. Frenkel Foundation Fellows

The Institute for Energy Efficiency announced this year’s Peter J. Frenkel Foundation fellows. This award is made possible…

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The University of California Declares a Climate Emergency

"The University of California has joined forces with more than 7,000 colleges and universities around the globe to declare a climate…

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How Inexpensive Must Energy Storage Be for Utilities to Switch to 100 Percent Renewables?

Last week, the city of Los Angeles inked a deal for a solar-plus-storage system at a record-low price. The 400-MW Eland solar power…

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Making AI More Energy Efficient

Training artificial intelligence (AI), an activity that involves processing vast amounts of data, is an energy-intensive process. One…

Awards and Accolades

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Building a Photo-Battery to Boost the Grid

People tend to only think about energy storage when their laptop or cellphone batteries are running out of juice. However, energy…

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Collaborating to Protect the Citrus Industry

A bacterial disease, HLB, which is spread by the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) has reduced Florida’s citrus production by 50 percent from…

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Collaborating to Protect the Citrus Industry

A bacterial disease, HLB, which is spread by the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) has reduced Florida’s citrus production by 50 percent from…

Awards and Accolades

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Collaborating to Protect the Citrus Industry

A bacterial disease, HLB, which is spread by the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) has reduced Florida’s citrus production by 50 percent from…

Awards and Accolades

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​IEE to Announce Winners of Inaugural Research Seed Funding this Week

UC Santa Barbara’s Institute for Energy Efficiency (IEE) will announce the inaugural recipients of its Research Seed Funding Program in…

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Are Smart Speakers and Streaming Devices Energy Efficient?

The Institute for Energy Efficiency at UCSB is interested in making anything electronic and/or with electronics inside more energy…

In the News

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Roland Geyer Looks to Rewrite the Book on Plastics

The Institute for Energy Efficiency's faculty member Roland Geyer discusses recycling, plastic bans, and other efforts to reduce plastic…

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A Quarter of Humanity Faces Looming Water Crisis

This New York Times article is a timely reminder that lack of access to clean healthy water is an issue in many parts of the world and…

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Innovator Spotlight: PowWow, Water Management Made Easy

Olivier Jerphagnon, the founder and CEO of PowWow, and an Industry Partner to the Institute for Energy Efficiency, was interviewed by…

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