By Shelly Leachman for UCSB
December 20, 2020
The 50,000-square-foot Henley Hall at UCSB is ready for business. (Jeff Liang)
Their award-winning research has been the foundation for numerous energy-saving innovations, including bright and energy-saving white light LED lighting, more energy-efficient data-center communications and interconnects, and software that reduces energy usage in buildings worldwide.
How fitting, then, that UC Santa Barbara’s Institute for Energy Efficiency is now housed in one such building.
The institute’s state-of-the-art new home, Henley Hall, is now complete and technically open for business, though the ongoing pandemic has limited its occupation to critical research projects in accordance with state and county public health guidelines.