UCI joins national challenge to improve energy efficiency of buildings

Aided by Smart Labs program, campus seeks to exceed initiative’s savings goal.

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What’s gobbling energy in your home?

Pilot “smart home” program shows UCI homeowners how they use energy and aims to change their habits.

Reginald Penner and Reza Davari Ardakani

U.S., Iranian solar energy scientists convene at UCI

Meeting provides a collegial counterpoint to stormy political environment.

UCI to become living renewable energy lab

The UC Irvine campus will become a living renewable energy laboratory under a statewide program designed to make electricity generation and transportation safer, cleaner and more affordable for Californians.

Energy lab

The UC Irvine campus will become a living renewable energy laboratory under a statewide program designed to make electricity generation and transportation safer, cleaner and more affordable for Californians.

Wind Turbines

Wind + water = untapped energy

Wind energy over the planet’s oceans is a vastly underutilized renewable resource, according to UC Irvine researchers.

UCI awarded grant for nuclear energy research

UC Irvine has been awarded up to $300,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy for nuclear energy research. Mikael Nilsson,…

Reg Penner

Solar energy center aids product development

UC Irvine scientists believe sunlight is the fuel of the future.

Hemminger to brief national policymakers on energy/environment report

On Tuesday, Feb. 3, John Hemminger, UC Irvine physical sciences dean, and colleagues will brief the U.S. Senate Energy and…

National energy report encourages basic science research

John Hemminger (pictured), UC Irvine physical sciences dean, chaired a national committee that recently released a report on the energy/environment…