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How Gallium Nitride Could Help Power the World

Institute Faculty Umesh Mishra is featured in a Pacific Standard article discussing Mishra's work on power conversion. “When gallium-…

Industry and Business

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Technology Can Turn Waste Heat Into Electricity at Temperatures As Low As 86 Degrees

Roughly 20 to 50 percent of energy consumed in the world is dispersed as heat. A company has come up with a way to harness waste heat as…

Industry and Business

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Moth Eyes Inspire More Efficient Thin-Film Solar Cells

Researchers study moths' eyes to solve one of thin-film solar technology's biggest problems: light reflection between films that causes…

Research

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Ernest Moniz Gives His First Speech as Energy Secretary

Ernest Moniz of MIT gets sworn in as U.S. Secretary of Energy. In his first speech as Secretary of Energy, Moniz makes it clear that…

Industry and Business

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Closing the Climate Science Gap

Although over 97 percent of scientific papers point to humans as the cause of climate change, surveys show that Americans are pretty…

Research

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Which States Use the Most Green Energy?

Mother Jones features an interactive map and article showing the 2011 renewable energy consumption in each of the 50 U.S. states.

Industry and Business

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UK to Match Funds for Commercial Energy Efficiency

The British government is encouraging UK businesses to invest in energy-efficient technologies with their matching funds incentive,…

Industry and Business

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Carbon Dioxide levels in the Atmosphere Hit 400 PPM

On May 3rd, the carbon-dioxide concentration in the atmosphere around the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii hit 400 parts per million,…

Research

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This ‘Monumental Shift’ in the US Buildings Sector May Surprise You

New analysis shows that the US building sector has made tremendous improvements in energy efficiency over the last six years --…

Industry and Business

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Can Carbon Capture Clean Up Canada’s Oil Sands?

Alberta will serve as a test bed for large-scale carbon capture and sequestration.

Industry and Business

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News Release: John Bowers Receives UCSB Faculty’s Top Honor

Institute Director John Bowers has been named Faculty Research Lecturer for 2013. The highest honor bestowed upon UC Santa Barbara…

Awards and Accolades

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DOE Launches $100 Electric Submeter Challenge

The Department of Energy's Building Technologies Program launches its latest challenge on Wednesday: an initiative to develop a $100…

Industry and Business

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Former Secretary of Energy Calls for Manufacturing Renaissance

Steven Chu spoke at the UC Santa Barbara Summit on Energy Efficiency urging scientists "not to leave their best work in the lab and wait…

Industry and Business

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News Release: UCSB Institute for Energy Efficiency's Summit Focuses on a Sustainable Future

The Institute for Energy Efficiency held its 2013 UC Santa Barbara Summit on Energy Efficiency last week. The event brought together the…

Research

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Outgoing Energy Czar Speaks at Efficiency Summit

Santa Barbara Independent features an article about the UC Santa Barbara Summit on Energy Efficiency with keynote speaker Steven Chu.…

Industry and Business

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News Release: Cause of LED Efficiency Droop Finally Revealed

UC Santa Barbara researchers, lead by Institute faculty James Speck and Claude Weisbuch, in collaboration with colleagues at CNRS-École…

Research