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CIEE’s Art Rosenfeld Award recognizes graduate students pushing the field of energy efficiency forward. This year, the $10,000 award goes to two UC Berkeley fellows whose research asks uncomfortable questions about programs we thought we understood.

Researchers at CIEE and UC Berkeley are developing low-power personal comfort devices that allow office workers to control their immediate thermal environment while helping buildings reduce HVAC energy use.

CIEE is looking to identify and recommend Technical Advisors to conduct research and/or provide expertise in support of CPUC Energy Division staff in the new Demand Response rulemaking proceeding activities.

CIEE is partnering with the Maryland Department of the Environment to provide the analysis necessary to implement the state’s Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS) under the Climate Solutions Now Act.

After nearly two decades leading UC Berkeley’s Cool Climate Network, Dr. Chris Jones joins CIEE to expand people-centered environmental research that turns data into community engagement and climate action.

At the 2025 Behavior, Energy, and Climate Change Conference, participants explored how local action, behavioral science, accessible program design, and equity can shape a cleaner energy future.

Since receiving the 2025 Art Rosenfeld Award, CBE PhD student Aoyu Zou has continued developing standardized retrofit frameworks alongside new methods for measuring and verifying building performance.

Emilio Camacho joins the California Institute for Energy and Environment as a Research Analyst, where he will support the institute’s research projects.

CIEE postdoctoral researcher and Fulbright scholar Dr. Isabel Méndez is working with Dr. Therese Peffer to develop AI-powered thermostats that use language and empathy to make smart energy technology more intuitive and human-centered.

The BEST Center hosted its fourteenth Building Automation Systems workshop in Milwaukee, bringing instructors from across the country together for five days of training, peer collaboration, and ideation for the future of energy-efficient building design.