Berkeley Lab Technology Transfer in the News

Microsoft Licenses Berkeley Lab’s Home Energy Saver Code
for Its Energy Management Software

Microsoft Corporation has launched a web-based home energy management service, Hohm, which uses the energy models in the Home Energy Saver, developed by Berkeley Lab. "Microsoft’s licensing of the Home Energy Saver will bring important capabilities of our home energy-efficiency software technology to an even broader user base than it currently has," said Evan Mills, with the Environmental Energy Technologies Division who serves as team leader for the Home Energy Saver project. Read more here.

Berkeley Lab Wins Four 2009 R&D 100 Awards

Four of R&D Magazine’s prestigious R&D 100 Awards for 2009 have gone to researchers at the Berkeley Lab. The 2009 award designees are: EMGeo ElectroMagnetic Geological Mapper, Nanocrystal Solar Cells, NEXUS® DLC-X Coating System with Pulsed Filtered Cathodic Arc Technology, and the TEAM Electron Microscope Stage. Read more here.