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  • May 14, 2013
    Stanford adds walkers, bikers to incentive-based study to relieve traffic congestion
    Stanford News
    Stanford research offering cash incentives to drivers for avoiding rush hour has helped the university fulfill an agreement with Santa Clara County. Now, faculty and staff will also be rewarded for biking or walking to work, and even for walking and talking in place of sedentary meetings.
  • April 2, 2013
    Call for Proposals
    Precourt Center Issues Request for Research Proposals from Stanford Faculty
    The Precourt Institute for Energy (PIE), the TomKat Center for Sustainble Energy (TKC) and the Precourt Energy Efficiency Center (PEEC) are pleased to seek proposals from Stanford faculty. Deadline for submission is May 29, 2013.
  • January 31, 2013
    Price on carbon necessary but not sufficient to fight global warming, speakers at U.S.-Australian energy conference agree
    PEEC
    To fight climate change, corporations and consumers should have to pay for emitting greenhouse gases, speakers at a recent Stanford University energy conference agreed, but other government actions are still needed.
  • January 4, 2013
    Sacrifice and luck help Japan survive without nuclear power, Stanford visiting scholar says
    Stanford News
    In the wake of the Fukushima disaster, nuclear-dependent Japan began shutting down its other reactors. Toshiya Okamura, a Tokyo Gas executive and visiting scholar at Stanford's Precourt Energy Efficiency Center, explains how the country survived the summer, and expresses deep concerns about this winter and his country's energy future.
  • November 13, 2012
    Neighbors slash energy waste in do-it-yourself, grassroots programs
    News from Behavior, Energy & Climate Change conference
    Two community-based, hands-on programs to help consumers reduce energy use have resulted in impressive results, though data is preliminary and slight in both cases.
  • November 12, 2012
    How liberals could convince conservatives on climate change
    News from Behavior, Energy & Climate Change conference
    Opposition to action on global warming may seem to be almost a litmus test for Republican Party candidates, but conservative minds could be changed under the right circumstances, according to several experts in the niche field.
  • November 12, 2012
    Energy efficiency experts turning to games for changing behavior
    News from Behavior, Energy & Climate Change conference
    The key to success for online games based on saving energy is to engage people emotionally, researchers and entrepreneurs said Monday at the Behavior, Energy & Climate Change conference.
  • November 12, 2012
    Energy efficiency wins big in California election, but debate looms over dividing $2.5 billion
    A ballot initiative to increase taxes on corporations that sell products in California but have few employees in the state faced scant opposition. The real fight, says PEEC director James Sweeney, lies ahead in the state legislature: dividing up $2.5 billion intended for energy efficiency projects in government buildings.
  • November 7, 2012
    Sustainable Silicon Valley's Call for Solutions competition
    Sustainable Silicon Valley - EcoCloud
    Call for Solutions is a competition that aims at recognizing innovative and ambitious solutions and creating ecosystems of solutions that address long-term sustainability challenges being faced by our planet. Call for Solutions is an opportunity to showcase creative solutions that advance global sustainability and to network with angel investors and VCs who are looking for interesting investment opportunities in this sector and business and sustainability leaders who have put into practice game changing solutions in areas such as water, transportation, fuel, materials, energy, policies, communication and social change.
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