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Energy Efficiency Software Tool Recognized with 2022 Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) Impact Award

Energy Efficiency Software Tool Recognized with 2022 Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) Impact Award

Berkeley Lab’s collaborative partnership with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) on the Home Energy ScoreTM software suite has been awarded a national 2022 Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) Impact Award. Home Energy Score (HEScore) is a free, web-based tool for homeowners who want to monitor the energy efficiency of their homes. HEScore generates …
Berkeley Lab Director’s Awards for Tech Transfer Presented to PHENIX Team, Center for X-Ray Optics Team, and Michael Tucker

Berkeley Lab Director’s Awards for Tech Transfer Presented to PHENIX Team, Center for X-Ray Optics Team, and Michael Tucker

Berkeley Lab’s annual Director’s Awards recognize the significant achievements of Lab employees. In 2021, three technology transfer awards were given, …
Berkeley Lab Duct Sealing Innovation Saves Energy in Buildings Around the World

Berkeley Lab Duct Sealing Innovation Saves Energy in Buildings Around the World

Fixing leaky heating and cooling ducts in buildings can be an expensive, labor-intensive process. Yet doing so can save significant …
Graphene-Based Material Takes Audio Tech to the Next Level

Graphene-Based Material Takes Audio Tech to the Next Level

August 26, 2021 Just as clunky cathode ray tube televisions were displaced in the 1980s by flat panel, vivid displays, …
Winners of 2021 Berkeley Lab Pitch Competition Announced

Winners of 2021 Berkeley Lab Pitch Competition Announced

On September 9, a handful of Berkeley Lab scientists participated in an annual pitch competition hosted by the Intellectual Property …
The Technology Commercialization Fund Awards: A Q&A with Nem Danilovic and Maxim Marchevsky

The Technology Commercialization Fund Awards: A Q&A with Nem Danilovic and Maxim Marchevsky

If you are working on A) research that involves Lab-developed intellectual property and B) you are working with or plan …
Developing a Strong Culture of Innovation: A Conversation with Berkeley Lab's Dr. Rachel Slaybaugh

A Conversation about Innovation with Rachel Slaybaugh

Rachel Slaybaugh, director of Cyclotron Road and Assistant Professor of Nuclear Engineering at UC Berkeley, recently spoke with IPO’s Gregg …
Notice Regarding Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act (WPEA)

Notice Regarding Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act (WPEA)

Notice regarding Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act (WPEA) as required by Contract 31, Clause H.31  The Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of …
Developing a Strong Culture of Innovation: A Conversation with Berkeley Lab's Dr. Deepti Tanjore

A Conversation about Innovation with Deepti Tanjore

IPO’s Gregg Scharfstein interviews Dr. Deepti Tanjore, Director of The Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts Process Development Unit (ABPDU), about innovation.  …
Change in Publication Review Policy

Change in Publication Review Policy

Disclosing inventions and software is an important Department of Energy requirement, and helps protect the Lab’s intellectual property.  Previously, the …
Berkeley Lab Researchers Receive $2 Million in Technology Commercialization Funding Awards from Department of Energy

Berkeley Lab Researchers Receive $2 Million in Technology Commercialization Funding Awards from Department of Energy

June 25, 2021  Three Berkeley Lab projects were awarded more than $2 million from the DOE’s Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF) …