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A conference focused on understanding the behavior and decision making of
individuals and organizations and using that knowledge to accelerate
our transition to an energy-efficient and low-carbon future.

The National Science Foundation now has an RFP out to provide $29
million in grants to academic institutions through two new engineering
research programs under its Emerging Frontiers In Research and
Innovation 2010 (EFRI-2010) program:
1. Renewable Energy Storage (RESTOR)
2. Science in Energy and Environmental Design (SEED): Engineering
Sustainable Buildings
Much more information and contacts are available at:
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The Department of Energy (DOE) has announced its intention to fund 8 new “Energy Innovation Hubs” from FY 2010 appropriations. One of the Hub areas is solar fuels research. The Research Triangle Energy Consortium (RTEC), a research collaboration of Duke, North Carolina State University, Research Triangle Institute, and UNC-Chapel Hill, is sponsoring a proposal for [...]

Join UCLA WINMEC (http://winmec.ucla.edu/) for its third Leadership Round Table of the UCLA WINSmartGrid Connection (http://winmec.ucla.edu/smartgrid) - a partnership between universities, industry and government. On November 4th, 2009, we are planning a thought leadership round table at UCLA on the state of the Transmission and Distribution Power Grid in the United States and the direction [...]

ACEEE’S 5th NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENERGY EFFICIENCY AS A RESOURCE

September 27–29, 2009
The Drake Hotel
Chicago, IL
Welcome - What Is the Energy Efficiency as a Resource Conference?
Energy Efficiency is [...]

DOE Announces $85 Million in Recovery Act Funding for Early Career
Scientists’ Research
Summary: U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today that up to $85
million in funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will be
awarded in early 2010 to support at least 50 early career researchers for
five years at U.S. academic institutions and DOE national laboratories.
“This [...]

Upcoming Conferences & Meetings
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2009 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry

July 28–31, 2009 • The Conference Center Niagara Falls • Niagara Falls, NY
Co-Chairs: Dana Levy, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, and [...]

Food and Energy from the Ground Up: Efficiency’s Role in Sustainable Agriculture

2010 ACEEE Forum on Energy Efficiency in Agriculture

February 7–10 , 2010 • Monona Terrace • Madison, WI

The American Council for an Energy-Efficient [...]

To help America overcome its dependence on cheap dirty coal, and to support innovative young leaders in building communities that want tobe a part of a clean energy future, Focus the Nation is pleased to announce the second year of *The Focus Roots Fellowships: “Coal and the Road to Copenhagen.”*
*Do you have an innovative, creative idea to accelerate your community past coal?* Are [...]