News from PEEC
- 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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PEEC in the News
- January 22, 2013
Gov. Hickenlooper confirmed for second annual Vail Global Energy Forum
The Aspen Business Journal
- January 18, 2013
Transitioning to a low carbon economy - U.S. and Australia
Examiner.com
- October 25, 2012
State gas prices drop nearly 20 cents in past week
ABC7 News
- July 23, 2012
James Sweeney: A Sustainable Energy System (Stanford GSB)
YouTube
- February 10, 2012
Green tech may not be giants job creator
ABC7 News
- January 13, 2012
Energy efficiency paves way to a low-carbon future
Stanford News
- January 10, 2012
NUS and Stanford to Encourage Off-peak Rail Travel in Singapore
Singapore News
- October 7, 2011
In a Sea of Energy Data, Utilities Try to Inspire Conservation
KQED Public Radio
QUEST - Northern California Science and Environment
- August 8, 2011
Burt Richter speaks to Near Zero about Richter's four laws of government inertia (YouTube Video)
Carnegie Institution
Stanford, CA
- June 21, 2011
Anant Sudarshan, Best Student Paper Award at International Association for Energy Economics conference
IAEE Conference
Stockholm, Sweden
June 2011
- July 10, 2011
Accelerating job growth in the energy sector
Michal Lenchner
Examiner.com
- March 11, 2011
Taming the Car (Scroll mid-page)
Tyre-Asia | Perspective
- October 5, 2010
Report Touting Prop. 23 'Simply Nonsense' -- Stanford Prof
Matt Smith
SF Weekly Blog
- July 15, 2010
Clean Energy Builds Slowly, Despite Federal CashJune 21, 2011
Ari Shapiro
KQED News
- May 7, 2010
Getting the facts straight on California's energy policy
San Jose Mercury News | Opinion
- March 24, 2010
A flawed cost/benefit study of a greener California
Los Angeles Times | Opinion
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