Berkeley Lab and China’s Tsinghua University forged ties on August 12 to promote the development and implementation of building energy efficiency, a move intended to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S and China.
http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2009/08/13/energy-efficiency-china/
Jim Gunshinan blogs about electronic vampires on KQED Quest’s site.
http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2009/08/27/is-your-house-haunted-by-electronic-vampires
Several current and former EETD energy efficiency researchers are discussed in this article in the journal Science. A great overview of energy efficiency research.
Smart grid software and hardware technology developed by the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) helped Northern California power utility Pacific Gas and Electric Company and several of its commercial and industrial customers demonstrate that they can reduce power usage automatically and quickly—in less than 10 minutes—in support of grid reliability. This approach is sometimes called Fast-DR (fast demand response).
http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2009/08/19/smart-grid-success/
We have just posted a new web page about jobs in energy efficiency, with links to some job listings. Please look it over, and send us your suggestions for additional links. Email the webmaster of that page. As more employers become aware of energy efficiency as a source of job creation, we hope to offer more links with listings, as well as reports outlining the staffing needs of energy-efficiency related industries.