Who We Are
CIEE is a dedicated group of experts who define, conduct, and manage public-interest energy research. Based in the University of California, at CITRIS, CIEE puts its experts and other leading researchers to work on energy challenges, yielding new ideas and technologies to meet California’s pace-setting energy goals.
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Research Spotlight
Browse our Library to see the breadth and depth of CIEE's research projects, like these featured here.
EcoBlock: Grid Impacts, Scaling, and Resilience
EcoBlocks has the potential to transform today's electricity system into one that is more resilient, flexible, efficient and sustainable. This report is intended as an independent analysis of the potential relationships, both constructive and adverse, between EcoBlocks and the grid.
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A Review of Energy Reduction Competitions: What Have We Learned
This innovative report reviews a representative selection of completed and ongoing energy reduction competitions and uses the lessons learned to provide best practice guidance on the design, implementation, and evaluation of future programs.
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Open Software-Architecture for Building Monitoring and Control
Presented at the Sustainable Places 2015 Conference in Savona, Italy, this paper discusses eXtensible Building Operating System (XBOS), a promising avenue in technology development with the potential to cause a rapid increase in the pace of adoption of improved control of energy-using devices and systems.
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CIEE Joins CITRIS as a Core Research Center
As of July 1, 2018, CIEE joined CITRIS as a core research center. CIEE will continue pursuing its unique mission while leveraging the resources and synergies within the CITRIS ecosystem and especially the CITRIS Sustainable Infrastructures Initiative. Learn more about CITRIS »
TripAware Travel Habits and Sustainable Transportation Study
CIEE’s partner researchers at CITRIS have developed a mobile phone app to study travel and transit behavior in order to encourage low carbon means of travel. Join the study »
BECI Consolidated with CIEE
To increase efficiency and open up new opportunities, the Berkeley Energy & Climate Institute (BECI) has consolidated operations with CIEE. Learn more »
UC's Scalable Climate Solutions
UC's Climate Solutions Group, composed of 50 top experts from all 10 UC campuses and the associated national laboratories, announced 10 scalable solutions for moving the world towards carbon neutrality, a practical framework that outlines both immediate and longer-term actions for staving off catastrophic climate change, and stressed the moral implications of climate change in their report, "Bending the Curve: Ten scalable solutions for carbon neutrality and climate stability". Learn more »
13th Annual, 2019 BECC Conference,
Nov 17-20
The premier event focused on understanding individual and organizational behavior and decision-making related to energy, climate change, and sustainability, comes to Sacramento, CA.
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