Here are some highlights of research and events in 2012 at the Environmental Energy Technologies Division:

U.S. Department of Energy Announces Berkeley Lab Funding to Develop Energy-Efficient Window with Smart Automated Shading System

 http://eetd.lbl.gov/news/article/30490/us-department-of-energy-announces-berkeley-lab-funding-to-develop-energy-efficien

Greening of the insurance industry: http://eetd.lbl.gov/news/article/30482/berkeley-lab-research-finds-the-insurance-industry-paying-increasing-attention-to

The FLEXLAB Groundbreaking

http://eetd.lbl.gov/news/article/30482/berkeley-lab-research-finds-the-insurance-industry-paying-increasing-attention-to

Announcement of the Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR)

http://eetd.lbl.gov/news/article/30467/berkeley-lab-part-of-energy-department-team-selected-as-doe-s-batteries-and-energ

Installed Price of Photovoltaic Systems Continues to Decline:

http://eetd.lbl.gov/news/article/30464/the-installed-price-of-solar-photovoltaic-systems-in-the-us-continues-to-decline-

Industry preview of FLEXLAB:

http://eetd.lbl.gov/news/article/30459/berkeley-lab-hosts-industry-for-preview-of-first-phase-of-flexlab-a-new-laborator

Supporting Energy Efficiency at the Department of Defense

http://eetd.lbl.gov/news/article/30423/supporting-the-us-department-of-defense-a-history-of-energy-efficiency-and-nation

Increased Carbon Dioxide Concentration Impacts Human Performance

http://eetd.lbl.gov/news/article/15346/increased-carbon-dioxide-concentration-impacts-human-performance-paper-published-

The First FLEXLAB Testbed: Lighting and Controls

http://eetd.lbl.gov/news/article/15326/testing-efficient-lighting-and-building-control-solutions-at-berkeley-lab-the-fir

The Building as Energy Storage Device

http://eetd.lbl.gov/news/article/15242/the-building-as-an-energy-storage-device-fast-demand-response-as-a-solution-to-in

Calculating the Properties of Materials from First Principles

http://eetd.lbl.gov/news/article/15230/calculating-properties-of-materials-from-first-principles-a-tool-for-faster-advan

Wind Power Market Riding a Wave

http://eetd.lbl.gov/news/article/15226/new-study-finds-the-us-wind-power-market-riding-a-wave-that-is-likely-to-crest-in

LAMIS Wins an R&D 100 Award

http://eetd.lbl.gov/news/article/14108/lamis-wins-a-2012-rd-100-award

Ashok Gadgil Wins 2012 Lemelson-MIT Award

http://eetd.lbl.gov/news/article/12029/berkeley-lab-s-ashok-gadgil-wins-2012-lemelson-mit-award-for-global-innovation

Cap and Trade Programs Effect on Innovation

http://eetd.lbl.gov/news/article/11921/new-research-suggests-cap-and-trade-programs-do-not-provide-sufficient-incentives

Research Quantifies Effect of Soot on Snow and Ice

http://eetd.lbl.gov/news/article/11831/berkeley-lab-quantifies-effect-of-soot-on-snow-and-ice-supporting-previous-climat

The LBNL Institute for Globally Transformative Technologies

http://eetd.lbl.gov/news/article/11825/the-lbnl-institute-for-globally-transformative-technologies-ligtt

Ashok Gadgil Wins Zayed Future Energy Prize Lifetime Achievement Award

http://eetd.lbl.gov/news/article/11284/berkeley-labs-ashok-gadgil-wins-zayed-future-energy-prizes-lifetime-achievement-a