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A Light Bulb that Breathes

At the Light Fair conference, General Electric introduced a LED light bulb that "breathes." The companies, GE and Nuventix, developed "…

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Calyxo’s CdTe Technology Claims 16.2% Cell Efficiency

Calyxo has revealed that its CdTe cell technology has reached 16.2% efficiency, a figure that has been verified by Germany’s SGS testing…

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Calyxo’s CdTe Technology Claims 16.2% Cell Efficiency

Calyxo has revealed that its CdTe cell technology has reached 16.2% efficiency, a figure that has been verified by Germany’s SGS testing…

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Operational Efficiency: A Hidden Energy Efficiency Opportunity for Commercial Building

The commercial building sector is the largest electric energy consumption segment in the U.S. It currently represents almost 20 percent…

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Wells Fargo to Make $30+ Billion in Environmental Investments by 2020

Wells Fargo Bank announced its goals to promote and support a greener economy.

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Heliatek’s Organic Tandem Solar Cell Verified at 10.7% Record Conversion Efficiency

Dresden, Germany-based OPV thin-film developer Heliatek has achieved a new organic tandem solar cell world record with 10.7% cell…

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Newsletter: Spring 2012

Greetings! 

Happy Spring from the Institute for Energy Efficiency! We are pleased to share with you some of our recent…

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Two Big Shifts Taking Us to More Resource-Efficient Computing

The tech industry is pushing toward more resource-efficient computing architectures in two ways: integrated systems and modular data…

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Energizing the Solar Market in India: How Government Policies Are Causing Rapid Growth in Clean Energy

In only two years under India’s National Solar Mission, prices for solar energy in India have dropped dramatically, approaching the…

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Bill Clinton on Scaling Sustainability

Former President, Bill Clinton, addresses the importance of retrofitting buildings to make them more energy efficient in both poor and…

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New Solar Panel System Could Double as a Tinted Window

A German startup (Heliatek) has developed a new type of lightweight solar panel its developers say can be integrated into the design of…

Industry and Business

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SunShot Program: Your Tax Dollars at Work Growing Solar

DOE’s SunShot Initiative is subsidizing research so it can stop subsidizing solar energy generation. DOE calls SunShot “the Apollo…

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Grid Storage Market Will Grow to $113.5 Billion, According to Lux Research

The demand for energy storage on the grid will grow to $113.5 billion and reach 184 GWh of capacity by 2017. Lux Research developed the…

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Nanotube Electrodes Improve Solar Cells

Forests of carbon nanotubes are an efficient alternative for platinum electrodes in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSC), according to new…

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Solar Power Fastest Growing Utility Generation Source in 2011

In 2011, utilities interconnected more than 62,000 PV systems, according to new findings by the Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA…

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Clean Car Calculator

Find out how much money you could save by purchasing a hybrid vehicle with our new Clean Car Calculator, developed by Institute faculty…

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