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Smart Window Coating Lets You Control How Much Light and Heat Get Through

Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab designed a new material for windows that could lead to "smart windows" that let people…

Research

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Swiss Researchers Have Developed an 80-mpg Hybrid Engine

Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich have developed an ultra-efficient new engine that runs on a…

Research

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DOE Head Ernest Moniz Delivers First Major Policy Address

The new Secretary of Energy, Ernest Moniz, delivers his first big policy address. Secretary Moniz uses the Obama administration's…

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New Report Outlines How Network Technology Must Increase Efficiency to Meet Rising Energy Demands

Phys.org features an article on the Institute's ICT Technology Roundtable report detailing the needed efficiency increases in network…

Research

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6 Things One Utility Now Knows About Electric Vehicles

Southern California Edison released a white paper that shares insights to its electric vehicle readiness program as the utility prepares…

Industry and Business

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LED Uptake Drives Lighting Controls Segment

LED prices have dramatically fallen causing an increase in LED sales. According to Navigant Research, this will promote the adoption of…

Industry and Business

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Rechargeable Flow Batteries Could Be Cheaper Solution To Renewable Energy Storage

Researchers at MIT have developed a battery that could bring us reliable and cheap large scale energy storage.

Research

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White House Goes Solar

The White House has begun installing American-made solar panels as part of a commitment to renewable energy. The installations will also…

Industry and Business

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Electric Cars May Threathen the Grid

Residential charging of electric cars may draw more power than local neighborhood grids are set up to handle. The popularity of electric…

Industry and Business

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7% of Vehicles Sold in California So Far This Year Are Hybrid Cars, 1.8% Are Plug-Ins

A Treehugger article details some interesting facts on car sales in California. Hybrid cars now represent 7% of the market in California…

Industry and Business

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News Release: UC Santa Barbara Report Outlines How Network Technology Must Increase Efficiency to Meet Rising Energy Demands

A report is now available for download from the ICT Technology Roundtable hosted by the Institute for Energy Efficiency earlier this…

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Summit Video: Innovations in Solid-State Lighting

Institute for Energy Efficiency Summit video from Solid-State Lighting session featured on Energy Manager Today.

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UC Santa Barbara Ranks 10th Nationally on List of Greenest Colleges

UC Santa Barbara is ranked 10th on Sierra Magazine's list of the greenest universities & colleges in the United States.

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Global Air Conditioning Needs Could Grow 50 Times Greater Than US Demand

Currently, the United States uses more air conditioning than all other countries combined. This can soon change, as air conditioning…

Industry and Business

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Another Very Strong Year for U.S. Wind

The total United States wind capacity climbed to 60 gigawatts at the end of 2012. United States passed China and Germany as the global…

Industry and Business

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Summit Video: Energy Efficient Information & Communications Technology

ICT session video from the UC Santa Barbara Summit on Energy Efficiency was featured by Energy Manager Today.

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