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Two Institute Faculty Members Receive the AAAS Fellowship Award

Institute faculty members Chris Van de Walle and Arthur Gossard have been designated Fellows of the American Association for the…

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Energy Storage-as-Service Concept Expands With AES

Like software, energy storage is now increasingly sold as a service rather than a product. AES Energy Storage has begun to commercially…

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LED Efficiency at Half the Cost

New electron stimulated luminescence (ESL) bulbs that use phosphors are as efficient as LEDs but cost half as much.

Industry and Business

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Will CALGreen Building Codes Be Adopted in Other States?

Will California's statewide green building codes advance energy-efficient construction or undermine stricter standards like LEED? The…

Industry and Business

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Greentech Media LED Film Festival

Greentech Media provides a video roundup of its 2010 reviews and news on LEDs.

Industry and Business

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A Way to Make the Smart Grid Smarter

New solid-state power-management devices will charge cars fast and make the power grid more flexible and efficient.

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UCSB Institute Designs Energy-Efficient Lamps for Schoolchildren Around the World

UCSB's Institute for Energy Efficiency has designed high-efficiency solar-powered LED lamps for schoolchildren in developing countries…

Industry and Business

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Starbucks Saves Millions on Energy Bills with LED Lighting

Starbucks has replaced every incandescent and halogen bulb in their US coffee stores with LEDs; company-wide, the switch has reduced…

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Dim Prospects for Energy R&D Funding

Despite urgent calls from the White House and members of Congress this year about the need for more energy R&D, government funding…

Industry and Business

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An Energy Boost for Ultracapacitors

New graphene ultracapacitors have five times the energy density of current commercial devices, thanks to the increased surface area of…

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Cloud Computing Could Slash Data Center Energy Use by Over One-Third

According to a new report by Pike Research, the rapid growth of cloud computing could reduce energy usage in the global information…

Industry and Business

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IceCode Wants to Melt Your Ice

Startup IceCode won GE's Ecomagination Challenge last month for a technology that instantly removes ice from wind turbines. Now they…

Industry and Business

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Quantum Dot Displays Start to Shine

A new display technology that uses quantum dots for pixels could be easier to manufacture, brighter, and possibly more energy-efficient…

Industry and Business

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Sharing Super Computing for Energy Innovation

The Department of Energy has rolled out a program to donate billions of supercomputing hours to projects that are working on energy…

Industry and Business

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Qnovo: Not Your Average Battery Startup

Start-up Qnovo intends to help customers get the most out of batteries through electronics. Qnovo’s is bypassing new production lines…

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Newsletter: Fall 2010

Greetings! 

UC Santa Barbara is back in session and we have a full and exciting year ahead of us.  The Institute is…

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