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LBNL participates in data center energy efficiency event in India and launches web portal with the results

LBNL's Molecular Foundry is First-place winner of the Sustainable Industry Buildings Council "Beyond Green 2007 High Performance Building Award"

LBNL's Dale Sartor, Paul Mathew, and Steve Greenberg honored with the 2007 Presidential Award for Leadership in Federal Energy Management for their work on Labs 21

LBNL's own Molecular Foundry awarded LEED Gold Certification!

Demonstration of DC power architecture in data centers results in up to 20% facility-wide energy savings.

Self-paced Data Center Training site

We have launched High-Tech News, an electronic newsletter describing our latest research on energy management in high-teh industries.

The Molecular Foundry is open and is a showcase for best practies.

Texas Instruments required vendors to apply LBNL's fan filter unit test procedure and used the results to help ensure the energy efficiency of 3,500 recently installed units.

Based on exemplary performance in rigorous side-by-side tests with conventional fume hoods, CAL-OSHA grants variances for the Berkeley Hood, which makes it possible for the next round of demonstration projects at sites in California.

Phoenix controls uses our fumehood energy calculator for training its sales representatives.

Forbes Magazine publishes an article on the business case for energy management in high-tech facilities and another on emerging technologies.

Genentech, AT&T, Critical Facility Associates, and LBNL co-author a white paper making the business case for energy management in high-tech facilities, with a subsequent version in the inaugural version of the journal Energy Efficiency.

Final reports from Ecos Consulting on Server Power Supplies and Uninterruptble Power Supplies.

HPAC Engineering publishes articles on LBNL cleanroom and datacenter benchmarking results.

Cleanroom benchmarking site reports and analysis completed.

Data center benchmarking site reports and analysis completed.

Technology Review touts the Berkeley Hood.

Fumehood energy calculator launched.

Scientific American notes team's work on power supplies.