Chu Slated for Presentations
At Two Upcoming Summits

Chu

Berkeley Lab Director Steve Chu will make presentations at two upcoming summits this week and next. The first is for the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research Economic Summit, which takes place Friday. The gathering brings together participants from around the world to discuss the top economic issues of the year. Chu will speak during a panel on “The Global Environment.” He then heads to Omaha, NB for the 25x‘25 Renewable Energy Summit, March 11-13. The title refers to the goal of producing 25 percent of America’s energy from renewable sources by 2025. Chu will speak on “Achieving a Sustainable Energy Future.”

EETD’s Tschudi Wins
Society’s Paper Award

Tschudi

Bill Tschudi, with the Environmental Energy Technologies Division, and PG&E’s Stephen Fok have received a 2007 Transactions Paper Award from the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers. The paper, “Best Practices for Energy Efficient Data Center Identified Through Case Studies and Demonstration Projects,” reports on reducing the energy consumption of data centers, a high-profile problem that has received considerable attention from the IT industry, Congress, and the media. EETD’s Dale Sartor and Steve Greenberg also participated in the research. More on the Lab’s research on energy-efficient data centers is available here.

Sunfall, Supernova
Stories in CRD Report

Supernova flame simulation

The latest edition of the Computational Research Division Report, a bimonthly online newsletter, has been posted. It features stories on the Sunfall suite of algorithms and software used for collecting and managing observational supernova data, supernova flame simulations created by the Center for Computational Sciences and Engineering, and the updated version of the IMG/M metagenome data management and analysis system, co-developed by the Biological Data Management and Technology Center and the Joint Genome Institute. Go here to view the newsletter.

Roadwork Affects Traffic
Near Bldgs. 75B and 76

To accommodate asphalt repairs, a portion of McMillan Road near Buildings 75B and 76 will be limited to one lane today, until about 2 p.m. Flaggers will direct two-way traffic in this area during that time, and some parking spots will be barricaded to minimize dust and debris from damaging vehicles. Direct any questions or concerns to Mike Elizalde (x6021).

Gas, Cryogen Class
Has Been Moved Online