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Is a net-zero energy building really the right target?

Buildings must emit radically less CO2 during construction and occupation. This often leads to the assumption that we should be…

Industry and Business

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Cree Engineers a Cheaper LED Bulb by Losing the Heat Sink

LED maker Cree on Tuesday is introducing a new consumer bulb that does away with the metal heat sink seen on most LED bulbs.

Industry and Business

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Norway Wants to Be Europe’s Battery

A new HVDC line will let Europe store more wind energy in Norway’s hydropower system

Industry and Business

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IEE Hosts Carbon Neutrality Workshop with UCOP

Representatives from all 10 UC Campuses, 3 National Labs, and ANR collaborated to discuss how to reach the UC President's 2025 Carbon…

Industry and Business

Carbon Neutrality Panel

IEE Hosts Carbon Neutrality Workshop with UCOP

Representatives from all 10 UC Campuses, 3 National Labs, and ANR collaborated to discuss how to reach the UC President's 2025 Carbon…

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Energy Efficiency: A Smart Way to Finance Smart Infrastructure

Jigar Shah invented the concept of Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) while at SunEdison, profoundly impacting the growth of the solar…

Industry and Business

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Will We Have Nuclear Fusion Reactors Within a Decade?

Lockheed Martin Corp. on Wednesday said its engineers had made a breakthrough in the race to build a nuclear fusion reactor.

Industry and Business

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A Thermoelectric Generator That Runs on Exhaust Fumes

Alphabet Energy has designed a generator that uses no fuel. Instead, it uses racks of thermoelectric modules to convert the waste heat…

Industry and Business

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2014 Nobel Prize Winner: Shuji Nakamura

Shuji Nakamura, member of the IEE Lighting Solutions Group, has been awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize for Physics. Nakamura was honored for…

Awards and Accolades, In the News

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John Bowers GRIT Talk: The Promise of Silicon Photonics

IEE Director, John Bowers, will give a GRIT Talk Wednesday, July 2nd on The Promise of Silicon Photonics.

Industry and Business

John Bowers

John Bowers GRIT Talk: The Promise of Silicon Photonics

IEE Director, John Bowers, will give a GRIT Talk Wednesday, July 2nd on The Promise of Silicon Photonics.

Research

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Newsletter: June 2014

Recent Research Findings

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Clustered Systems is Hot Property in Chill Off 2

The Chill Off 2 spent 18 months evaluating cooling technologies from many of the data center industry’s largest vendors. But in the end…

Industry and Business

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Royal Recognition

UCSB Professor Galen Stucky is a recipient of the 2014 Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research.

Awards and Accolades, In the News

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Technology Roundtable Report on Standards for GaN Power Electronics Just Released

A report that details the outcomes of the Institute's Standards for GaN Power Electronics Technology Roundtable, held on March 11-12 at…

Research

Small Particles

Using Small Particles to Reap Colossal Benefits

UC Santa Barbara researchers have created a unique semiconductor with coherently embedded metallic nanostructures, paving the way for…

Research