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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Wins 2014 ACEEE Champions of Energy Efficiency Award

August 20, 2014

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) was named a 2014 Champion of Energy Efficiency at the 18^th biennial Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE).

Berkeley Lab was cited for “four decades of leadership on energy efficiency R&D, helping to improve buildings technology and systems in extensive collaboration with industry and states.” Energy efficiency research and development at Berkeley Lab is based in its Environmental Energy Technologies Division (EETD).

The Environmental Energy Technologies Division was founded in 1973, and celebrated its 40^th anniversary in the November 2013. Its mission is “to be a global innovation hub for science, technology, and policy solutions to the world’s most critical energy and environment challenges.” EETD has developed energy-efficient technologies that today are routine elements of buildings such as energy-efficient windows with low-e coatings, electronic ballasts for fluorescent lighting systems, cool roofing materials that save on air conditioning energy use, and energy simulation programs that help architects and engineers design more efficient buildings.

EETD’s energy analysis activities include providing technical assistance to the U.S. Department of Energy’s appliance efficiency standards process, and EETD researchers also give technical assistance to the states and to governments around the world developing energy efficiency programs and standards. Its other research activities include the environmental impacts of energy use, advanced energy storage technology development, and Smart Grid technologies. EETD is the home of FLEXLAB^®, the world’s most advanced building efficiency testbed.

ACEEE is a Washington D.C.-based organization whose mission is to “act as a catalyst to advance energy efficiency policies, programs, technologies, investments and behaviors.”

According to the Council, the Champions of Energy Efficiency awards “recognize leadership and accomplishment in the energy efficiency field. Winners are selected based on demonstrated excellence in program implementation, research and development, energy policy, or private sector initiatives.”

The two other winners of this year’s Champions awards are the Massachusetts Energy Efficiency Advisory Council, and Sheldon Strom, the founder of the Center for Energy and the Environment, Minnesota.

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Allan Chen