Understanding how effectively new technologies can save energy, water, and materials—as well as reduce energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions—is the goal of the Carbon Cycle 2.0 Energy and Environmental Analysis Team, a new team at the Environmental Energy Technologies Division. In a pair of articles, you'll learn more about how they combine economic modeling, life-cycle analysis, climate models, and other methods to understand the potential beneficial impacts of technologies still in the laboratory.
Also in this issue: a new technology that removes formaldehyde (a carcinogen) and other volatile organic compounds from indoor air with extremely high efficiency, cool coatings for cars, a new simulation tool for predicting the properties of materials from first principles, a project to help military base buildings achieve greater energy efficiency in lighting, and the latest on the solar PV market.
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EETD News reports on research conducted at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Environmental Energy Technologies Division, whose mission is to perform research and development leading to better energy technologies that reduce adverse energy-related environmental impacts. The Division's staff of nearly 400 conducts research on energy efficiency in buildings, indoor environmental quality, U.S. and international energy issues, and advanced energy technologies. The newsletter is published online once a quarter. For more information, contact Allan ChenAllan Chen, (510) 486-4210.
The Center for Building Science News was published between 1993 and 1998. It covered news of the Division's research in energy efficiency and buildings, the indoor environment, and energy analysis. You'll find all back issues, from Winter 1993 through Summer 1998, available here.