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Smart on Water

Sustainability leader UCSB sets new goal to reduce potable water use by 12 percent by next spring.

Graduate, Undergraduate

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Engineered Hybrid Crystal Opens New Frontiers for High-Efficiency Lighting

Engineers have combined two promising solar cell materials together for the first time, creating a new platform for LED technology. The…

Research

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Airbus Electric Plane Makes History by Flying Over English Channel

The E-fan electric plane of European planemaker Airbus has made history by being the first battery-operated electric plane to fly over…

Industry and Business

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Solving the Energy Efficiency Quandary

New research showing dismal results for energy efficiency in homes highlights the need for performance-based measures.

Research

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California's Distributed Energy Grid Plans: The Next Steps

The DRPs are in. Now comes the hard part: building DERs into business-as-usual for the grid.

Industry and Business

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The Challenges of Pitching Water-Saving Technology to Farmers

If California is going to find a technological exit from its perpetual water crises,the next generation of precision agriculture will…

Industry and Business

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Farm Waste and Animal Fats Will Help Power a United Jet

This summer a United Airlines flight will travel from Los Angeles to San Francisco using fuel generated from farm waste and oils derived…

Industry and Business

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New Tool to Improve Building Energy Efficiency Fits In Backpack

A group of scientists from University of California, Berkeley, have developed a new tool that measures a building’s dimensions, locates…

Research

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Supreme Court Blocks Obama's Limits on Power Plants

One of the administration’s most ambitious initiatives for controlling toxic emissions was stopped in its tracks by the Supreme Court.…

Industry and Business

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First Certified Efficiency of 15% in Perovskite Solar Cells with Area of Over 1 Square Centimeter

The research group at the NIMS Photovoltaic Materials Unit achieved 15% energy conversion efficiency in perovskite solar cells for the…

Research

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Chemists Devise Technology that Could Transform Solar Energy Storage

Chemists at UCLA have discovered a way to store energy from sunlight for up to several weeks, instead of the microseconds found in today…

Research

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Pope Francis, in Sweeping Encyclical, Calls for Swift Action on Climate Change

Pope Francis called for a radical transformation of politics, economics and individual lifestyles to confront environmental degradation…

Industry and Business

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CEC Funded Water & Energy Savings Project: From Data to Tomato

UCSB'S Institute for Energy Efficiency, UC Davis, and PowWow Energy receive funding from the CEC to measure groundwater use and to help…

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The Better Buildings Challenge Has Saved $1B in Energy Costs

The White House Better Buildings Challenge has already saved participants over $1 billion in the first two years of the ten year program…

Industry and Business

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The LED Lighting Revolution Is On

A revolution is occurring in the lighting aisle: long-lasting, energy-saving light bulbs that cost more than $25 each when introduced…

Industry and Business

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Fuel Cells: Opening New Markets for Today's Energy Resources

America’s clean energy future is now. Fuel cells are no longer an “if” technology, but a “when”, and that “when” is today.

Industry and Business