Environmental Energy Technologies Division
Awards
2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006
Past Awards (1979-2005)
2012
Lifetime Achievement Award of the Zayed Future Energy Prize
Ashok Gadgil
For his pioneering efforts as one of the leading modern inventors in the US for the Darfur stove.
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Zayed Future Energy Prize website
2011
Elected ASHRAE Fellow
Iain Walker
Iain Walker, Deputy of the Residential Building Systems Group, has been elected a Fellow of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers.
BuildSys 2011 Best Paper Award
Francis Rubinstein and Dennis DiBartolomeo
For their paper, Co-simulation Based Building Controls Implementation with Networked Sensors and Actuators.
This Old House Magazine's Top 100 Home Products
Mark Modera and Aeroseal LLC
Aerosol-based duct sealing technology developed by an EETD team led by Mark Modera, and commercialized by Aeroseal LLC.
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Berkeley Lab Success Story: Aeroseal
University of California 2011 Discovery Grant
Gao Liu and Vince Battaglia
For a conductive polymer binder that significantly improves the performance of electrodes in silicon composite electrodes.
R&D 100
Sam Mao, Vasileia Zormpa and Xiabo Chen
For a technology that provides a durable, nontoxic, antifogging and self-cleaning coating for architectural glass, windshields, eyewear and solar panels.
Global International Energy Prize
Art Rosenfeld
For his contributions to energy efficiency.
Indoor Air Award to Berkeley Lab Researchers
William Fisk, Anna Mirer, and Mark Mendell
A paper by William Fisk, Anna Mirer, and Mark Mendell has received a "best paper award" from the editors of the journal Indoor Air.
According to the citation, "Quantitative relationship of sick building syndrome symptoms with ventilation rates," was "one of the top papers published in the journal during the years 2008-2010."
The authors were honored at one of the plenary sessions of the Indoor Air 2011 conference, which takes place this week in Austin.
"Quantitative relationship of sick building syndrome symptoms with ventilation rates", (Indoor Air 19: 159-165, June 2009).
Download this paper as an LBNL report.
European Inventor Award 2011: Non-European Countries
Ashok Gadgil and Vikas Garud
For UV Waterworks, an innovative portable water purification device based on ultraviolet light.
Padden Award, Division of Polymer Physics of the American Physical Society
Scott Mullin
For the student presentation "Electric Field Induced Ordering of a Battery Electrolyte."
The award, in honor of Frank J. Padden Jr., is given to a graduate student at the annual March meeting of the American Physical Society, and cites "Excellence in Polymer Physics Research."
Olympus Innovation Award
Ashok Gadgil
The Olympus Lifetime of Educational Innovation Award recognizes "faculty members who have demonstrated a sustained contribution throughout their careers to stimulating and inspiring innovative thinking in students in their own universities and throughout academia."
2010
American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
Electricity Markets and Policy Group led by Charles Goldman, Art Rosenfeld
The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy gave two of its 30th Anniversary Awards to (1) Charles Goldman and the Electricity Markets and Policy Group, in recognition of the the group's critical achievements and leadership in the energy efficiency field, and to Art Rosenfeld, one of two visionaries in the field of energy efficiency, along with Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute.
Center for Environmental Innovation and Leadership (CEIL) Award
Bill Tschudi
Paul Scheihing of the Industrial Technologies Program, U.S. Department of Energy, Bill Tschudi, of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Environmental Energy Technologies Division, and Enesta Jones, of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's ENERGY STAR program has received the Center for Environmental Innovation and Leadership (CEIL) Award for Success Through Collaboration. They received the award for their work onthe National Data Center Energy Efficiency Information Program, a partnership between EPA and DOE, which developed and launched the ENERGY STAR label for data centers and buildings that house large data centers. The award was announced at the 2010 GOVgreen Conference and Exposition.
GridWeek Award
Sila Kiliccote
Sila Kiliccote, a researcher in the Environmental Energy Technologies Division, has received the 2010 GridWeek Award for Leadership in Smart Grid Acceleration. GridWeek cited Kiliccote for her "leadership, vision, non-traditional approach, ability to create step function vs. incremental change, and willingness to take risk." Gridweek is an annual gathering of Smart Grid stakeholders whose goal is "to explore Smart Grid's impact on the economy, utility infrastructure, consumers and the environment while answeringthe industry's most pressing questions." Gridweek is takes place the week of October 18 in Washington D.C.
R&D 100 Award
Home Energy Saver Team, led by Evan Mills and Rich Brown, and Microsoft Corp.
For Home Energy Saver, a free online tool that helps consumers identify the best, most cost-effective ways to save energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from their homes, and Microsoft's implementation, Hohm.
Home Energy Saver
Microsoft Hohm
American Real Estate Society (ARES) 2010 Award
Ben Hoen, Ryan Wiser, and Peter Cappers of the Environmental Energy Technologies Division, Mark Thayer, San Diego State, and Gautam Sethi, Bard College
A conference paper, "Wind Energy Facilities and Residential Properties: The Effect of Proximity and View on Sales Prices," has won the American Real Estate Society (ARES) 2010 award for "Real Estate Sustainability" sponsored by the NAIOP Research Foundation. ARES is dedicated to producing and disseminating knowledge related to real estate decision making and the functioning of real estate markets.
The paper is based on an LBNL report. [PDF]
Buildy Implementation Award
Demand Response Research Center (DRRC) and Pacific Gas & Electric
For "a company or organization that has shown or used new and innovative ideas and technologies related to connectivity of smart grid."
Edward Goodrich Acheson Award of the Electrochemical Society
John Newman
For his distinguished contributions to the advancement of any of the objects, purposes or activities of The Electrochemical Society.
Fellow of Electrochemistry Society
Elton Cairns
For his research of a wide range of electrochemical energy conversion technologies, including the first fuel cells in space (Gemini Program), direct hydrocarbon fuel cells, high-temperature molten salt cells, zinc-nickel oxide cells for electric vehicles, lithium ion cells, lithium-sulfur cells, and electrocatalysts for direct methanol fuel cells.
Elected to National Academy of Engineering
Art Rosenfeld
The Academy cited him "for leadership in energy efficiency research, development, and technology deployment through the development of appliance and buildings standards and policy."
Sustainability Pioneer Award, Sustainability Asset Management Group
Ashok Gadgil
This award "acknowledges an outstanding individual working within or in close cooperation with the private sector, whose innovativeness represents a milestone in the promotion and implementation of sustainability principles in the business world."
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2009
Sackler Lecture
Elton Cairns
Elton Cairns, former Director of the Environmental Energy Technologies Division has been selected to deliver the 2009-2010 Sackler Lecture of Tel Aviv University, Israel. Sackler Lectureships are sponsored by the Mortimer and Raymond Sackler Institute of Advanced Studies. Cairns will deliver his lecture during the spring of 2010. His research in EETD addresses fundamental properties and behavior of electrodes employed in high-performance rechargeable batteries and fuel cells.
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Elton Cairns
Past Distinguished lecturers
Heinz Award
Ashok Gadgil
For his work as a researcher, inventor and humanitarian.
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The Heinz Award
World Technology Network Fellow
Robert Cheng
For "doing the innovative work of 'the greatest likely long-term significance'" in the "Environment" category.
2009 Appreciation Prize of the Architectural Institute of Japan
Mark Levine
For his "series of accomplishments on outstanding research works, promotion of energy projects and dissemination of energy efficiency technologies in the field of architecture for global warming protection."
Friend of the Program Award
Renewables Team
Presented to Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, in recognition of excellence and leadership in wind energy policy and market analysis, by The Wind Powering America Program at WINDPOWER 2009.
At the time of the award, the renewables team included: Ryan Wiser, Mark Bolinger, Galen Barbose, Andrew Mills, Ben Hoen, Naim Darghouth, Carla Peterman, and Anna Rosa.
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2008
Flex Your Power Honorable Mention for Peak Demand Response
Contra Costa County and Demand Response Research Center (DRRC)
Recognizing efforts to reduce peak power use and protect California's power grid during times of high demand by shifting loads, shutting down systems and taking immediate conservation action.
2008 Oronzio and Niccolò De Nora Foundation Prize of ISE on Applied Electrochemistry
Adam Weber
The International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE) award is presented to a scientist under 35 years of age based on publication record and impact in the field.
The 5 Most Influential In Renewable Energy
Ryan Wiser
One of five individuals identified by Institutional Investor News that currently have a significant impact on and influence over the direction of the renewable energy field.
Federation of American Scientists Public Service Award
Mark Levine
For his extraordinary contributions to energy efficiency research and his work helping China build a strong energy program.
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Federation of American Scientists
One of the three best papers to appear in the journal Indoor Air in 2005-2007
Mark Mendell and Garvin Heath
"Do Indoor Pollutants and thermal conditions in schools influence student performance? A critical review of the literature", (Indoor Air 15(1): 27-52, January 2005).
Innovative Application of Commercial & Industrial Technology Award
Demand Response Research Center, Pacific Gas & Electric, Global Energy Partners LLC, and Akuacom
For its innovation in the use of technology to substantially improve the performance of its commercial and industrial demand response programs. Members of the development team included Mary Ann Piette, Francis Rubinstein, Sila Kiliccote, and Rish Ghatikar.
R&D 100 Award
Nitash Balsara of the Materials Sciences Division and EETD and Ilan Gur of Seeo Inc.
For Nanostructured Polymer Electrolyte for Rechargeable Lithium Batteries, a polymer electrolyte that enables the development of rechargeable lithium metal batteries with energy density that is at least a factor of two larger than that of existing technology.
Children's Environmental Health Article of the Month
Mark Mendell
Appearing in the refereed journal Indoor Air, "Indoor Residential Chemical Emissions as Risk Factors for Respiratory and Allergic Effects in Children: A Review," reports that evidence from a variety of studies in the research literature suggests many residential materials, such as particleboard and plastics, may be decreasing indoor air quality and increasing respiratory health problems such as asthma and allergies in children.
Most Excellent Poster Award
Gao Liu, H.H. Zheng and Vince Battaglia
At the 14th International Meeting on Lithium Ion Batteries in Tianjin, China in June, a poster titled "Particles and Binder Interaction in the Lithium-ion Cell Electrodes," was one of 12 posters that won "Most Excellent Poster Award" among 600 posters on lithium battery technology presented in this meeting. IMLB meeting is a major international conference on lithium battery technology. This is the only award presented at the conference.
The IMLB conference rotates among locations in Europe, Asian, and North American every two years.
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Buildy Implementation Award
Demand Response Research Center (DRRC)
DRRC received recognition May 22 at Connectivity Week in Santa Clara, CA for the development of the demand response automation server. The Connectivity Week meeting is a gathering of researchers and manufacturers of technology for intelligent buildings, green buildings, HVAC, lighting, IT, and the power grid. Connectivity Week's Buildy awards recognize the application of automated control technology.
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EPA's People Planet Prosperity (P3) Award
Susan Amrose and Kristin Kowolik
Susan Amrose and Kristin Kowolik won a $75,000 award from the Environmental Protection Agency's People Planet Prosperity (P3) competition. Their work is titled "Electrochemical Arsenic Remediation in Rural Bangladesh." Both students work with Ashok Gadgil of the Environmental Energy Technologies Division. The research goal is to develop an affordable and easily deployed technology to help Bangladesh reduce the amount of arsenic in drinking water. Sixty million Bangladeshis drink water that is contaminated by arsenic at levels well above the standards set by the World Health Organization. This work received guidance from Ashok Gadgil, Robert Kostecki and Venkat Srinivasan of EETD, and originated from an LDRD funded by the Director's office during 2005-2007.
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2007 Transactions Paper Award From the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
Bill Tschudi
The winning paper is titled "Best Practices for Energy Efficient Data Center Identified through Case Studies and Demonstration Projects." The paper reports on practical methods for reducing the energy consumption of data centers, a high-profile problem that has received considerable attention from the IT industry, Congress, and the mass media.
National Academy of Engineering
Robert Sawyer
For pioneering work in reducing energy consumption and improving the environment, and for contributions to our understanding of air pollution.
Obayashi Prize
Mark Levine
For his "many years of research on the global environment and global warming," and for "impressive achievements in research related to energy-efficient construction technologies, technology for control of indoor air pollution, and clean energy technologies."
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2007
Nobel Peace Prize
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and Al Gore
Scientists at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory were important contributors to the research on global climate change that has won this year's Nobel Peace Prize.
The 2007 Peace Prize was awarded jointly to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and to former Vice President Al Gore, Jr., "for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change."
William Collins and Inez Fung of the Earth Sciences Division (ESD), and Mark Levine, Surabi Menon, Evan Mills, Lynn Price, Jayant Sathaye, and Ernst Worrell of the Environmental Energy Technologies Division (EETD) are among current members of Berkeley Lab who were leading authors of this year's IPCC working group reports.
For more information about Berkeley Lab winners.
United Nations Association—USA (East Bay) Global Citizen Award
Ashok Gadgil
For work in developing a low-cost method of purifying water, and especially for individual efforts to ensure that his invention is in place and functioning to provide potable water to those in need, thereby saving lives and improving the quality of life of the beneficiaries.
Popular Mechanics Magazine Breakthrough Award
Ashok Gadgil and Christina Galitsky
For the Berkeley Darfur Stove
R&D 100 Award
Robert Cheng
For Low Swirl Injector for Fuel-Flexible Near-Zero-Emission Gas Turbines, a technology that significantly reduces greenhouse gas emissions and pollution from gas turbines used to produce electricity, or from any stationary combustion system in which it is incorporated.
Flex Your Power
Hashem Akbari and Ronnen Levinson
For developing innovative cool roofing materials with solar reflecting pigments that will cut energy consumption in warm climates by 10-20%.
Flex Your Power Honorable Mention
EETD, EPRI and Ecos Consulting
For their work to reduce data center energy waste.
Chancellor's Awards for Public Service 2006/07
Ashok Gadgil
Ashok Gadgil has received the Faculty Service-Learning Leadership Award of the Chancellor's Awards for Public Service 2006/07, from the University of California, Berkeley.
Alliance to Save Energy (ASE) "Unsung Hero" of Energy Efficiency Award
Alan Meier
For his "unerring ability to identify important energy-saving opportunities that are so far ahead of their time...."
Outstanding Achievement in Marketing Research and Evaluation
Ed Vine
For developing the California Energy Program Evaluation Framework and the California Energy Efficiency Program Evaluation Protocols. The Association of Energy Services Professionals.
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2006
2006 Presidential Award for Leadership in Federal Energy Management
Alex Lekov and Bill Golove
For assisting the U.S. Postal Service Pacific Area Energy Program Committee with over $100 million of clean energy retrofits in their facilities during FY 2004 and 2005.
One of 35 Young Innovators Under 35, Technology Review magazine and Humanitarian of the Year Award
Christina Galitsky
Technology Review magazine honors 35 young scientists and engineers whose work it considers to be the most interesting and innovative of the year. The Humanitarian Award is given to one recipient for work that benefits the human race.
Recipient of the Charles Tobias Chair in Electrochemistry
John Newman
For bringing distinction to the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley and to the entire discipline of electrochemical engineering.
R&D 100 Award
Paul Ridgway and Rick Russo, EETD, and Emmanuel Lafond, Institute of Paper Science and Technology at Georgia Tech
For the Laser Ultrasonic Sensor, a sensor and control system to ensure optimum paper quality and efficient use of trees, chemicals, and energy by measuring stiffness and shear strength as paper speeds through the production web.
The Louise and Bill Holladay Distinguished Fellow Award
Max Sherman
For continuous preeminence in engineering or research work.
Energy Project of the Year Award (International)
Evan Mills
For work on alternatives to fuel-based lighting. Association of Energy Engineers.
"Modern-Day Leonardo"
Ashok Gadgil
In conjunction with the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry's tribute to Leonardo da Vinci and his inventions.
Outstanding Mentor Award
Tom Kirchstetter
DOE Secretary of Energy Outstanding Mentor Award for 2005
Enrico Fermi Award
Art Rosenfeld
In recognition of a career of scientific discoveries in particle physics, pioneering innovations for the efficient use of energy.
Benner Award, National Conference on Building Commissioning
Mary Ann Piette
For excellence in working to make commissioning "business as usual."
Mercator Professor of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Jeff Reimer
Jeff Reimer was named a Mercator Professor of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) at RWTH Aachen University in 2006.
Elected ASHRAE Fellow
William Fisk
William Fisk, Head of EETD's Indoor Environment Department, has been elected a Fellow of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers.
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