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Cold Beer and Hot Showers

Distributed Energy reviews Dan Reicher's talk at the recent Santa Barbara Summit for Energy Efficiency.

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Leading Experts From Industry, Government, And Academia Make Recommendations To Accelerate LED Technology In Mainstream Lighting

New white paper summarizes the status of LED technology, evolving LED markets and options for greater market penetration.

Industry and Business

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Newsletter: Spring 2010

The Institute continues to build an exciting series of programs and events. In the past two months, we hosted an  Executive…

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Registration Open for the Second Annual Santa Barbara Summit on Energy Efficiency

Initial speaker lineup includes Dan Reicher, Director of Climate Change and Energy Initiatives at Google, Richard Newell, Administrator…

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Google Funds ‘Radical’ Efficiency Research

Fred Chong and Ricardo Bianchini discuss the importance of energy efficient servers and data centers.

Research

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Google Awards $1 Million For University Research Effort To Slash Energy Consumption In Internet Data Centers

Google awards $1 million research grant aimed at slashing energy usage in large Internet data centers.

Industry and Business

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Nakamura Wins 2009 Harvey Prize

Lighting pioneer Shuji Nakamura of UCSB receives the 2009 Harvey Prize for advancements in science and technology.

Awards and Accolades

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DoE Honcho Visits UCSB, Shares on Sustainability

Steve Koonin, Undersecretary for Science at the U.S. Department of Energy gives an Energy Leadership Lecture at UCSB presented by the…

Industry and Business

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Undersecretary for Science Talks Sustainability at UCSB

Department of Energy Undersecretary for Science gives talk in an Institute for Energy Efficiency sponsored lecture.

Industry and Business

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Newsletter: Winter 2010

Greetings! 

As the Institute for Energy Efficiency celebrates its second successful year this month, exciting news keeps…

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EFFICIENCY: Curbing the Energy Appetites of Big Computers

Fred Chong, Director of the Greenscale computing research group at IEE discusses the energy wasted by computers when they are not in use…

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Newsletter: November 2009

Greetings! 

To begin this newsletter, it is my pleasure to welcome David Auston as the new Associate Director of the Center…

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Newsletter: Summer 2009

Greetings! 

The start of the new academic year is just around the corner and we are excited to deliver another year of…

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Newsletter: June 2009

Greetings! 

In these newsletters, we hope to provide a resource that informs, stimulates, and keeps you apprised of the…

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Newsletter: April 2009

Greetings! 

Welcome to the inaugural issue of the Newsletter of the Institute for Energy Efficiency.  I'm joined by…

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