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California Governor Orders New Target for Emissions Cuts

Gov. Jerry Brown issued an executive order dramatically ramping up this state’s already ambitious program aimed at curbing greenhouse…

Industry and Business

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A Global Laureate

Materials and electrical and computer engineering professor Shuji Nakamura is named a 2015 Global Energy Prize Laureate.

Awards and Accolades

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Refrigeration Battery Works as Energy Storage

Axiom Exergy has created the Refrigeration Battery, which enables facilities to store cooling for later use, thereby transforming their…

Research

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Congress Passes Bipartisan Bill to Improve Energy Efficiency

Congress on Tuesday passed a bill focused on improving energy efficiency in buildings and water heaters, a move celebrated by both…

Industry and Business

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South Korea Launches PV-Covered Bike Lane For Unused Infrastructure

Korea has created a PV-covered bike lane connecting Sejong and Daejeon which offers a clean transit option that utilizes unused median…

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New York Plans Upgrades for Housing Projects to Reduce Emissions and Utility Costs

New York City’s public housing projects are set to undertake a large-scale energy saving program to try to cut down on both greenhouse…

Industry and Business

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Mobilizing Public and Private Investments for New and Renewable Energy Projects

The energy market in the United States is undergoing a dramatic transformation, driven by technological advancement, market dynamics,…

Industry and Business

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Greenest Public University in the U.S.

UCSB ranked No. 3 in Princeton Review’s list of the Top 50 Green Colleges — and No. 1 among public universities.

Awards and Accolades

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Reducing Energy Use

Students at UCSB’s Bren School conducted a pilot for a behavior-based program aimed at lowering energy consumption on campus.

Graduate, Research

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The Geometry of Strength

Shape plays a fundamental role in the properties of a new high tech material developed by UCSB materials scientist Jonathan Berger.

Research

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A Reborn GridPoint Goes Deep Into Commercial Building Energy Efficiency

EnerNOC and ADT deals indicate progress for the startup’s new focus as a commercial property portfolio energy manager.

Industry and Business

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EPA and DOE Honor 2015 Energy Star Partners of the Year for Leadership on Energy Efficiency, Acting on Climate

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) are honoring 128 businesses and organizations…

Industry and Business

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The Path Toward a Low-Carbon California

Low-carbon leadership has not only paid dividends for California’s environment and citizens, but it has also transformed and…

Industry and Business

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Energy Storage Enabling Technology Market to Surpass $20B by 2024

Global installed revenue for the energy storage enabling technology (ESET) market is expected to grow from $605.8 million in 2015 to $21…

Industry and Business

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As California Loses Hydro Resources to Drought, Large-Scale Solar Fills in the Gap

New solar generation made up for four-fifths of California’s lost hydro production in 2014.

Industry and Business

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California's Shift Toward Renewables Makes Energy Harder to Manage

California's electrical grid has a problem -- a nice problem, but a problem nonetheless: The state often has too much power.

Industry and Business