APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Commercial buildings including offices, hotels, classrooms with multiple occupants with varying comfort needs Residences Vehicles HVAC and lighting controls Intelligent furniture ADVANTAGES: Provides hyperlocal environmental sensing, e.g., ambient temperature, humidity, air quality, daylight, noise Integrates localized … [Read more...] about Intelligent System for Personalized Ambient Comfort and Energy Efficiency 2016-183
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2017 R&D 100 Award – Berkeley Lab Finalists
The following Berkeley Lab technologies have been named as finalists in the 2017 R&D 100 Award competition: Energy Technologies Area Estimation of Renewable Energy Generation on the Grid (Stewart, Kara, Roberts, Tabone) MyGreenCar (Saxena) BEST Cities Software (Zhou, Price, Khanna, Ohshita) Biosciences: Dub-Seq: Double Barcoded Shotgun Expression Library … [Read more...] about 2017 R&D 100 Award – Berkeley Lab Finalists
Mithrene Fabrication 2016-072
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: FRET-based bio detection Optoelectrical devices, e.g., solar cells, electrically pumped plasmonic lasers ADVANTAGES: Preserves monolayer semiconducting characteristics Exhibits tunable optical properties Can be grown at low temperatures Straightforward incorporation of mithrene into devices ABSTRACT: Nathan Hohman of … [Read more...] about Mithrene Fabrication 2016-072
Photovoltaic Device with 3D Charge Separation and Collection 2016-163
APPLICATIONS: High efficiency solar cells ABSTRACT: Berkeley Lab researchers led by Wladek Walukiewicz have developed a photovoltaic (PV) device having three-dimensional (3D) charge separation and collection where charge separation occurs in 3D depletion regions formed between p-type doped group III-nitride materials in the PV device and intrinsic structural … [Read more...] about Photovoltaic Device with 3D Charge Separation and Collection 2016-163
Hybrid Photo-electrochemical and Photovoltaic (HPEV) Cells 2016-177
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Solar cells Solar fuel systems Electricity production ADVANTAGES: Increases overall system efficiency Enables on-demand fuel or electricity production Decouples the photovoltaic performance from the cell’s chemical reaction ABSTRACT: Solar water splitting may yield a production method of clean renewable fuels. However, … [Read more...] about Hybrid Photo-electrochemical and Photovoltaic (HPEV) Cells 2016-177