A new Institute for Energy Efficiency has been launched.

The research institute, under the direction of Professor John Bowers, will involve more than 50 faculty members from multiple disciplines across the campus.

See the press release for more information.

Listen to the KCLU feature on the institute.

McCain, Schwarzenegger Push Energy Agendas in Santa Barbara

McCain Energy Panel College of Engineering Dean Matthew Tirrell appeared recently on a panel with Republican presumptive presidential nominee John McCain, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, former CIA director James Woolsey, and Michael Feeney, executive director of the Land Trust for Santa Barbara County. McCain advocated a range of energy programs and incentives spanning conventional and alternative energy sources, to which Dean Tirrell responded with agreement but also with a request that McCain consider energy efficiency technologies beyond the obvious…. more

Energy Leadership Lecture

Robert Socolow, Technologies for Living in a Greenhouse

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Watch the new video highlighting the Institute which was recently premiered for the UC Santa Barbara Foundation Board of Trustees meeting… watch larger video
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