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50 Years of LED Technology
WIRED Magazine features an article on the history of LEDs. Institute Faculty Shuji Nakamura's blue LED breakthrough is part of LED history.
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A Billion People in the Dark
1.5 billion people live in the dark. Solar-powered microgrids could help bring power to millions of the world's poorest.
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California, Florida, Washington Have Highest Hybrid, EV Sales
Hybrids and electric vehicles sales throughout the United States have increased. Car buyers in California, Florida and Washington state are the top consumers of hybrid and electric vehicles.
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Smart Grid Investments Pay-off After Sandy
After Hurricane Sandy, Washington DC electricity company, Pepco, was able to restore power to most of the area's residents the same day they lost it. The utility was able to do this by "pinging" meters...
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Building Owners ‘Slow Energy Retrofits’
US building owners are scaling back the pace of energy efficiency upgrades, according to Jones Lang LaSalle. Building owners not only need financing, but convincing that the improvements will increase...
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LG ‘Energy Star Most Efficient’ Sales Jump 75%
LG says its "Energy Star Most Efficient" sales have increased by 75%. According to the EPA, these purchases will save consumers more than $150 million in utility costs and reduce GHG by about 930...
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Institute Newsletter: Fall 2012
In this Issue: Save the date for the Santa Barbara Summit on Energy Efficiency; Announcement of 2012-2013 Holbrook and Frenkel Fellows; Introducing new Institute faculty member; Exciting breakthroughs...
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Americans (Still) Have No Idea What Drives Energy Use
A recent survey showed that many Americans do not know what drives their home energy bills or what it takes to cut it. Even with more efficient appliances American homes are consuming more energy every...
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Chevy Volt Batteries to Get Second Life in Grid Storage
What will happen to the old, expensive batteries from our electric cars when their useful life ends? A team of researchers from GM, Duke Energy, and grid hardware giant ABB are studying useful ways...
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All-Carbon Solar Cells Will Mean Cheap and Flexible Solar Panels
Researchers at Stanford have built the first all-carbon solar cell. These flexible photovoltaics promise low cost and durability, if their performance can be improved.
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Rooftop Solar Stood Up to Sandy
Big solar installers report almost no damage to their solar panels, even in hardest hit areas.
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Calif. Carbon Priced at $10.09 in First Auction
California had its first sale of greenhouse gas permits under the state’s new cap-and-trade system. Supporters of the cap-and-trade system believe it will reduce emissions and serve as a blueprint for...
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Ford Partners With GE on Electric Vehicles
Ford and General Electric are joining forces to push electric vehicle adoption. Their collaboration supports electric vehicles and charging stations and funds research projects to better understand...
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Global Warming & Climate Change | Doha Talks 2012
U.N. Climate Talks began today in Doha, Qatar. Though the last three rounds have been marked by tension, this year promises a much more stable environment.
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Are 1200 New Coal Power Plants on the Way?
A new paper from the World Resources Institute finds that 1199 coal plants are currently proposed in 59 countries. What would our world with 1200 new coal-fired power plants look like?
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ARPA-E Awards the Institute for Energy Efficiency $1.6 Million
The DOE's Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy awards UC Santa Barbara $1.6 million to develop an energy storage device for hybrid electric vehicles that combines the properties of capacitors and...
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UN Climate Talks Roundup: Credit Surplus, Finance Showcase, Rising Sea Levels
The latest news from the United Nations’ climate talks in Doha, Qatar, where representatives from nearly 200 countries are working on a second round of pledges to reduce emissions ahead of the Kyoto...
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News Release: Institute for Energy Efficiency Receives $1.6 Million from DOE...
Professor Galen Stucky's research group is developing an energy storage device for hybrid electric vehicles that combines the properties of batteries and capacitors into one technology.
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Tidal wave of money coming to make California schools greener
California voters overwhelmingly passed Proposition 39. Roughly $550 million a year will be spent on improving the energy efficiency for public schools and government buildings.
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Seeking to Start a Silicon Valley for Battery Science
DOE will establish a research hub for batteries and energy storage at Argonne National Laboratory. This is the fourth "innovation hub" proposed by Secretary of Energy Steven Chu. The battery hub is...
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