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The EPA announced that instead of mandating specific control technologies when it begins regulating greenhouse gas emissions next year,…

The Department of Energy plans to roll out a new "Most Efficient" Energy Star rating for products in the top of their categories. The…

Researchers at Georgia Tech have used piezoelectric materials to make the first nanowire-based generators that can harvest enough…

Michael Kanellos of Greentech Media argues that clean, green, efficient energy is a popular bi-partisan issue nationwide and that the…

Boston-based Conservation Services Group is working on a metric to describe a home’s energy efficiency value. The metric would be…

CALMAC's ICEBANK technology provides an energy-efficient alternative for cooling buildings by freezing ice at night (when energy costs…

A new report from Microsoft suggests that large businesses could reduce their direct energy consumption and carbon emissions by up to 30…

Institute faculty members Shuji Nakamura and Steven DenBaars are featured in a CNN video on L.A.'s investment in energy-efficient LEDs…

A new report by the National Research Council reveals that UCSB's graduate programs are among the best in the country: nearly one third…

Institute faculty member Larry Coldren will direct UCSB's new research consortium: Photonic Integration for Coherent Optics (PICO). The…

Institute faculty member Larry Coldren will direct UCSB's new research consortium: Photonic Integration for Coherent Optics (PICO). The…

The Institute for Energy Efficiency announces its second cohort of graduate student fellows.

The Institute's Acting Executive Director Dave Auston was recently featured in a two-part interview on The Daily Energy Report.

The Institute's Acting Executive Director Dave Auston was recently featured in a two-part interview on The Daily Energy Report.

UCSB's Igor Mezic has developed a new method for predicting how oil will flow and mix in the ocean. Using this new method, Mezic…