Event Recap: Strategies for Buildings and Technician Education at the 2024 National Institute
Co-hosted by the Building Efficiency for a Sustainable Tomorrow (BEST) Center and the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL), this year’s conference centered on the theme, “Less Carbon, More Action! Strategies for Buildings & Technician Education.”
Surles Makes Case for Sustainable Energy Transitions
CIEE Senior Advisor Dr. Terry Surles and co-author Joachim Monkelbaan propose an integrated approach to implementing the global energy transition in the latest issue of the Journal of International Business and Diplomacy.
Research Updates from 2023 Art Rosenfeld Award Winner Eleanor Adachi
Eleanor Adachi, a dual-degree Master’s student at UC Berkeley and recipient of the 2023 Art Rosenfeld Award, shares how the award has helped further her research on dynamic electricity pricing and beyond.
Sustainable Systems for Energy: Supporting the CPUC on Multi-Attribute Energy and Environmental Decision-Making
CIEE manages a program for supporting the California Public Utilities Commission’s (CPUC) goals, with tasks spanning energy efficiency, energy storage, electric vehicles, financial and behavioral studies, and lifecycle analysis.
Eight Key Challenges for California’s Energy Future
CIEE Postdoctoral Scholar Dr. Miriam Aczel recently co-published a report titled “Key Challenges for California’s Energy Future.”
Building Energy Resilience: Miriam Aczel and Therese Peffer on a New Community Microgrid Framework
CIEE Postdoctoral Scholar Dr. Miriam Aczel and CIEE Associate Director Dr. Therese Peffer recently co-published a research article in Frontiers in Climate titled, “Advancing California’s Microgrid Communities Through Anticipatory Energy Resilience.”
Dr. Phillippe Phanivong Joins CIEE
The California Institute for Energy and Environment (CIEE) is pleased to welcome Dr. Phillippe Phanivong as a Postdoctoral Scholar.
BEST Center Building Automation Workshop: Advancing Technician Education Through Immersive Learning
Last month, CIEE’s partner program, the Building Efficiency for a Sustainable Tomorrow (BEST) Center, hosted a Building Automation Systems (BAS) workshop at the Metropolitan Community College in Omaha, Nebraska.
Involve the Youth: Miriam Aczel on Citizen Science and Climate Change
CIEE Postdoctoral Scholar Dr. Miriam Aczel recently co-published a commentary in Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene that highlights the potential benefits of youth-oriented citizen science research in informing climate change research.
Announcing Request for Proposal: California’s Fifth Climate Change Assessment
CIEE, in partnership with the California Natural Resources Agency and the Fifth Assessment team, is pleased to announce a new solicitation to fund a suite of research products that fill demonstrable gaps in the scientific literature related to understanding and adapting to climate change impacts in California.
