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Based in UC Berkeley, at CITRIS and the Banatao Institute, California Institute for Energy and Environment (CIEE) leverages innovative & unique collaborative research, engaging influential stakeholders, partners & donors, while offering hands-on experience for the next generation.

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Announcement of Alanna Cooney as the 2022 Winner of the Art Rosenfeld Award for Energy Efficiency

Announcing the 2022 Art Rosenfeld Award Winner: Alanna Cooney

We are excited to announce Alanna Cooney as the winner of the 2022 Art Rosenfeld Award for Energy Efficiency!

Sascha von Meier speaking on a conference panel

Sascha von Meier Talks Breakthrough Energy Technologies at 2022 Milken Institute Global Conference

The CIEE Electric Grid Director and EcoBlock Principal Investigator (PI) discusses breakthough innovations in energy technology at the 2022 Milken Institute Global Conference.

Job Opportunity: Project/Program Coordinator

CIEE is seeking a project/program coordinator to help further our mission of advancing new ideas and technologies to meet California’s pace-setting energy goals.

Book Review: Miriam Aczel on Confronting Climate Injustice

CIEE’s Miriam Aczel, a postdoctoral researcher on the Oakland EcoBlock project, recently had book reviews she wrote on What Climate Justice Means and Why We Should Care by Elizabeth Cripps and Is Science Enough? Forty Critical Questions about Climate Justice by Aviva Chomsky published in Science Magazine!

Register: 2022 Behavior, Energy, and Climate Change (BECC) Conference

Save the date for the 2022 Behavior, Energy, and Climate Change (BECC) Conference! BECC 2022 will take place from November 13-16 at the Capital Hilton in Washington, DC, with a pre-conference virtual component on November 9.

CIEE’s Research Publications

Access CIEE’s archive of reports and research papers in eScholarship.

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Oakland EcoBlock

A radical retrofit of existing residential homes to improve resilience, sustainability, and quality of life for all community members, this project aims to demonstrate technical, social, legal, and financial methods for radically reducing the environmental footprint of buildings through cost-effective retrofits at the block scale.