EETD 2012 Year in Review

Here are some highlights of research and events in 2012 at the Environmental Energy Technologies Division:

1. U.S. Department of Energy Announces Berkeley Lab Funding to Develop Energy-Efficient Window with Smart Automated Shading System
2. Greening of the insurance industry
3. The FLEXLAB^® Groundbreaking
4. Announcement of the Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR)
5. Installed Price of Photovoltaic Systems Continues to Decline
6. Industry preview of FLEXLAB^®
7. Supporting Energy Efficiency at the Department of Defense
8. Increased Carbon Dioxide Concentration Impacts Human Performance
9. The First FLEXLAB^® Testbed: Lighting and Controls
10. The Building as Energy Storage Device
11. Calculating the Properties of Materials from First Principles
12. Wind Power Market Riding a Wave
13. LAMIS Wins an R&D 100 Award
14. Ashok Gadgil Wins 2012 Lemelson-MIT Award
15. Cap and Trade Programs Effect on Innovation
16. Research Quantifies Effect of Soot on Snow and Ice
17. The LBNL Institute for Globally Transformative Technologies
18. Ashok Gadgil Wins Zayed Future Energy Prize Lifetime Achievement Award