http://eetd.lbl.gov/eetd-news-what.html Research and development of better energy technologies, reduced environmental impacts and technical advice to developing nations en-us Tue, 5 Dec 2006 11:25:00 PST Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:00:00 PST eetdwebmaster@lbl.gov eetdwebmaster@lbl.gov http://eetd.lbl.gov/eetd-news-what.html#univ-research Solar energy has long captured the hearts and minds of U.S. university students, with the Solar Decathlon biennially celebrating their achievements on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. But what of energy efficiency, the workhorse for cost-effective carbon emission reductions? eetdwebmaster@lbl.gov Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:00:00 PST id_10 http://eetd.lbl.gov/eetd-news-what.html#ligtt The Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) is establishing the new LBNL Institute for Globally Transformative Technologies (LIGTT) to close the innovation gap for developing countries and create a pipeline of demand-driven technologies in the key areas for international development, including fuel-efficient cook-stoves, safe drinking water and access to electricity. eetdwebmaster@lbl.gov Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:00:00 PST id_11 http://eetd.lbl.gov/eetd-news-what.html#lithium-conf Widespread adoption of electric vehicles could greatly reduce dependence on finite petroleum resources, reduce CO2 emissions and provide new scenarios for grid operation. eetdwebmaster@lbl.gov Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:00:00 PST id_12 http://eetd.lbl.gov/eetd-news-what.html#gg-standards One of the quickest, most inexpensive paths to increasing gas mileage and reducing vehicle carbon dioxide emissions is to reduce vehicle weight, rather than investing in new, expensive vehicle technologies. Concerns that reducing vehicle weight will result in increased fatalities from vehicle accidents have hindered past efforts... eetdwebmaster@lbl.gov Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:00:00 PST id_13 http://eetd.lbl.gov/eetd-news-what.html#gadgil-laaward Ashok Gadgil, the Director of the Environmental Energy Technologies Division of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), has won the Lifetime Achievement award of the Zayed Future Energy Prize. The award was announced in Abu Dhabi at the Zayed award ceremony today. eetdwebmaster@lbl.gov Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:00:00 PST id_14 http://eetd.lbl.gov/eetd-news-what.html#energy-is-handbook Call it the bright side of globalization: progressive solutions midwifed by transnational interconnections. From her office in Berkeley, Calif., Andree Sosler, executive director of the Darfur Stoves Project, coordinates the distribution of cheap, clean, super fuel-efficient cooking stoves to women in the Darfur region of Sudan. eetdwebmaster@lbl.gov Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:00:00 PST id_15 http://eetd.lbl.gov/eetd-news-what.html#heart-to-hearth Call it the bright side of globalization: progressive solutions midwifed by transnational interconnections. From her office in Berkeley, Calif., Andree Sosler, executive director of the Darfur Stoves Project, coordinates the distribution of cheap, clean, super fuel-efficient cooking stoves to women in the Darfur region of Sudan. eetdwebmaster@lbl.gov Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:00:00 PST id_16 http://eetd.lbl.gov/eetd-news-what.html#journal-editor Ed Vine, a scientist in the Environmental Energy Technologies Division is the editor of a special issue of the journal Energy Efficiency focusing solely on the evaluation of energy efficiency (2012: volume 5 number 1). The papers published in the issue are a subset of those delivered at the International Energy Program Evaluation Conference held in Europe in 2010. eetdwebmaster@lbl.gov Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:00:00 PST id_17 http://eetd.lbl.gov/eetd-news-what.html#ethiopia-stove The Darfur Stoves Project began in 2005 after a trip by Lab researchers. They were looking at existing wood-burning stoves and what could be done to make them more efficient, requiring less firewood. On this latest trip, Debra found that the idea of U.S.-based researchers thinking about helping an African country came as a surprise: "The group was pleased that I was sharing my first coffee ceremony experience with them and astounded when they learned that scientists in the U.S. had tailor made a stove for Ethiopia." eetdwebmaster@lbl.gov Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:00:00 PST id_18 http://eetd.lbl.gov/news-archives/news-archives-2011.html#energy-bills A study released today by researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) identifies steps that energy efficiency program managers can take to deliver significant savings on home energy bills to middle-income households. eetdwebmaster@lbl.gov Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:00:00 PST id_19