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1. The United States of America and the People’s Republic of China have a critical role to play in combating global climate change, one of the greatest threats facing humanity. The seriousness of the challenge calls upon the two sides to work constructively together for the common good. 2. To this end, President Barack Obama and President Xi Jinping reaffirmed the importance of strengthening... Read more

Resources, Conservation and Recycling journal, which is a renown international journal published by Elsevier, is now accepting research articles for an upcoming Special Issue on Resource Efficiency in Chinese Industry. Please see the call for papers from the link below:... Read more

A new website intended to help architects, building engineers, and manufacturers develop and make better use of energy-efficient glazing and façade systems in commercial buildings is now available. Developed by the Windows and Envelope Materials Group of the Environmental Energy Technologies Division (EETD), at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), "Low Energy, High Performance... Read more

From the Department of Energy:The Energy Department has released a new resource, the Better Buildings Residential Program Solution Center, to help illustrate proven methods for reducing energy waste and carbon emissions in U.S. homes. Adding to the legacy of the Better Buildings Neighborhood Program, the Solution Center features insights on how to design, implement and evaluate efficiency programs... Read more

The following posting comes from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Read the entire article at the link below.The Department of Energy national laboratories are American science and engineering powerhouses. These national treasures are generating innovative solutions to the world's toughest energy challenges. However, promising solutions discovered at the laboratory bench... Read more

Researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have jointly released the briefing Photovoltaic System Pricing Trends: Historical, Recent, and Near-Term Projections (2014 Edition). This is the third edition of an annual briefing, which draws on several ongoing research activities at the two labs, including:Berkeley Lab's... Read more

By Michael Stadler Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has released DER-CAM 4.1.3, the latest version of the Distributed Energy Resources – Customer Adoption Model (DER-CAM). This new version, released on October 1, 2014, improves on previous DER-CAM versions by bringing new capabilities focused on some of the key issues pertaining to microgrids and to their planning process.... Read more

In conjunction with the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED), U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz traveled to Beijing and met with China's Minister of Science and Technology Wan Gang to chair the U.S. – China Clean Energy Research Center (CERC) Steering Committee Meeting on July 11, 2014. CERC, launched by President Obama and former Chinese President Hu Jintao in 2009, serves... Read more

The following is from the U.S. Department of Energy and the 2014 Fuel Cell Seminar and Energy Exposition:The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) announces the launch of the National Laboratory Tech-to-Market activities taking place at the 2014 Fuel Cell Seminar and Energy Exposition (FCS&EE) on November 11th. In an effort to foster... Read more

Adam Weber is the recipient of the 2014 Electrochemical Society’s Charles W. Tobias Young Investigator Award. The award, given at the Electrochemical Society annual meeting last week, was established to recognize outstanding scientific or engineering work, or both, in fundamental or applied electrochemistry by a young scientist or engineer, and is the top award the Electrochemical Society awards... Read more

October 11, 2014 – On behalf of the China Energy Group, Yao Yuan presented the Group’s labeling work titled “International Comparison of Standards and Labeling Programs and Key Success Factors” at the International Workshop of Energy Saving & Low Carbon Standards in Beijing, China. About 200 experts from key governmental agencies, non-governmental organizations, research institutes,... Read more

A delegation from China’s largest and most diverse research institution in building industry, China Academy of Building Research (CABR), visited Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory on October 13. Bo Song, head of the delegation and also head of the Building Performance Research Center of CABR Energy and Environment Institute, first introduced the institute’s work in building energy... Read more

2014 ITRI-Rosenfeld Postdoctoral Fellowship winners Chinmayee Subban and Zhenhua Liu were feted at a ceremony earlier this week. They received ITRI-Rosenfeld Postdoctoral Fellowship certificates, and had the opportunity to meet and discuss their research with Scientist Emeritus Art Rosenfeld, whose work starting in the 1970s gave rise to the field of energy efficiency. Associate Lab Director for... Read more

Michael StadlerLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has released DER-CAM 4.1.3, the latest version of the Distributed Energy Resources – Customer Adoption Model (DER-CAM). This new version, released on October 1, 2014, improves on previous DER-CAM versions by bringing new capabilities focused on some of the key issues pertaining to microgrids and to their planning process.DER-CAM... Read more

The American Physical Society has awarded Ashok Gadgil the 2015 Leo Szilard Lectureship Award. Gadgil is the Director of the Environmental Energy Technologies Division (EETD) of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), and the Andrew and Virginia Rudd Family Foundation Distinguished Chair of Safe Water and Sanitation, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University... Read more

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has released DER-CAM 4.1.3, the latest version of the Distributed Energy Resources – Customer Adoption Model (DER-CAM). This new version, released on October 1, 2014, improves on previous DER-CAM versions by bringing new capabilities focused on some of the key issues pertaining to microgrids and to their planning process.DER-CAM 4.1.3... Read more

California has completed the highest number of goals to prepare for climate change, followed by Massachusetts and New York, according to a first-of-its-kind 50-state tracking tool unveiled Thursday.In the last five years, there's been a burst of state efforts to deal with already occurring climate impacts such as more frequent storms and rising sea levels. They've ranged from elevating wastewater... Read more

The Electrochemical Technologies Group of the Environmental Energy Technologies Division (EETD) has a new website.With partners from industry and academia, the Electrochemical Technologies Group conducts cutting edge research on the next generation of batteries, flow batteries, and fuel cells to reduce carbon emissions in transportation and the electric grid. The group’s work addresses batteries... Read more

Nan Zhou, the Deputy Group Leader of China Energy Group and the U.S. Director of the U.S.-China Clean Energy Center-Building Energy Efficiency (CERC-BEE) said in an interview with the Hong Kong-based television broadcaster, Phoenix Television, that the "CREC-BEE consortium accelerates innovation as participating researchers create market-driven technologies with industrial partners commercializing... Read more

Today's electric grid faces an array of threats and opportunities—threats from aging equipment, catastrophic weather and other factors, and opportunities from clean, customer-sourced of power such as solar and wind generation, and demand response (DR). A key to managing the new grid is to be able to measure its health in real-time—faster than second to second. Measuring a key grid parameter,... Read more

How cool is your roof? If you live in the California cities of Bakersfield, Long Beach, Los Angeles, San Francisco, or San Jose, you may be able to find out.Scientists from the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have created an interactive map that displays the solar reflectance (also known as albedo) of individual roofs in these five West Coast cities.You... Read more

Impacts to Utility Shareholder Earnings and Return on Equity Can Vary Greatly, and Can Be Mitigated through a Range of MeasuresBerkeley, CA — A new report prepared by analysts from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) examines the potential impacts of customer-sited solar photovoltaics (PV) on electric utility profitability and rates. The report,... Read more

Join CalCharge during the Energy Storage North America (ESNA) conference on October 2nd for a workshop on the National Electrical Installation Standards (NEIS) and the impact they will have on the energy storage industry.Thursday, October 2, 2014, 11:30am - 1:30pm, San Jose Convention Center, Ballroom 220B, 150 West San Carlos St., San Jose, CA 95113CalCharge and its partner member IBEW-NECA, have... Read more

How cool is your roof? If you live in the California cities of Bakersfield, Long Beach, Los Angeles, San Francisco, or San Jose, you may be able to find out.Scientists from the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have created an interactive map that displays the solar reflectance (also known as albedo) of individual roofs in these five West Coast cities.You... Read more

As part of its ongoing efforts to increase the adoption of its software tools for low-carbon eco-city development in Chinese cities, the China Energy Group of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory delivered a three-day training workshop on September 13-15 in Jinan City, China.Fourteen experts from 11 Chinese institutions from provinces across China attended the workshop led by the Group's... Read more