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SB County Science Fair

The 56th Annual Santa Barbara County Science Fair

Held on Friday, March 4, 2011 in UCSB’s Corwin Pavilion, the 2011 fair brought together over 140 students from across Santa Barbara…

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A Roadmap to Green IT

Startups and established companies are working to make computers and data centers more energy-efficient through seven main avenues: (1)…

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Smart Windows Automatically Adjust to Outdoor Temperature to Save Energy

A new nanomaterial coating from RavenBrick Windows allows windows to regulate the solar energy passing through them in response to…

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The Top Ten Green Giants for 2011

Greentech Media's annual list of large companies that will make a difference in green in the coming year includes some big energy…

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A New Rotary Engine Design

A start-up, Liquid Piston, aims to greatly improve the efficiency of internal combustion.

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US at Top Worldwide in EE Innovation

According to a report from the Pew Charitable Trusts, although the US comes in second to China in terms of clean energy investments, the…

Industry and Business

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Will Waste Heat Be Our Next Power Source?

UC Berkeley researchers estimate that over half of U.S. energy consumption is dissipated as waste heat; can such a ubiquitous energy…

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Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, University of Melbourne and Victoria State Government open Centre for Energy-Efficient Telecommunications

The Centre for Energy-Efficient Telecommunications will be devoted to innovation in energy-efficient networks and technologies with the…

Industry and Business

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Using Heat to Cool Buildings

New materials developed at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory improve adsorption chilling and could make practical air…

Research

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Digital Lumens Wins More Cold Storage

Digital Lumens' LED Lighting Systems--which save up to 90 percent of lighting energy--have been installed in Americold facilities in…

Industry and Business

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General Electric Buys Converteam For $3.2B

Industrial equipment uses more than 25 percent of all the energy in the U.S. and industry players are using various techniques to…

Industry and Business

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Santa Barbara Summit on Energy Efficiency will showcase technologies and opportunities for a sustainable energy future

Leaders from industry, academia and government from around the country will gather to discuss the latest advances and opportunities in…

Research

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Grid-Scale Energy Storage Breakthrough? Upgrading Vanadium Redox Batteries

A new development in vanadium redox batteries from DOE's Pacific Northwest Regional Laboratory could make them a promising option for…

Research

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2011 Trends in Cleantech: Corporate Actors Are Seriously Coming to the Table

The Cleantech Forum highlighted two recent trends: (1) big corporations have become increasingly active by opening their infrastructure…

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Entrepreneur Creates Energy-Efficient Air Conditioner to Help Consumers Save Money

The Mojave Breeze hybrid air cooler uses indirect evaporative cooling without bringing humid air into homes and requires 80% less…

Industry and Business

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Wildcat’s Advance in Rechargeable Battery Materials

Wildcat Discovery Technologies' combinatorial chemistry tools give the company the capability to rapidly synthesize inorganic materials…

Industry and Business