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How effective are carbon offsets at advancing net-zero goals?  Not very, says CIEE’s Dr. Barbara Haya in a story by the Financial Times.

CIEE research fellow Dr. Barbara Haya explains the problem with airline carbon offsets in a recent article by the NY Times.  

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

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!

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.

Mark your calendars for ACEEE’s 2022 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings. The theme for this year’s event is “Climate Solutions: Efficiency, Equity, and Decarbonization.”

How can technology tackle the climate crisis? Dr. Alexandra “Sascha” von Meier, Director of Electric Grid research at CIEE, weighs in on the transformative potential of solar microgrids to address climate mitigation and adaptation in a recent article by the Wall Street Journal. 

CIEE’s Dr. Alexandra “Sascha” von Meier discusses how community microgrids can improve resilience and tackle climate change in a recent California Council on Science and Technology (CCST) expert briefing.

CIEE Electric Grid Director Dr. Alexandra “Sascha” von Meier shares how the effects of climate change are affecting the aging power grid in a recent article by the Associated Press.

Join CIEE Electric Grid Director Dr. Alexandra “Sascha” von Meier and experts from Marin Clean Energy, Mynt Systems, Smarter Grid Solutions, and Schneider Electric in their panel discussion on “Optimizing Smart Buildings and the Grid” at the 2022 USGBC Smart Building Summit on May 12 at 10:40 AM PDT.