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ETA was excited to partner with the Earth and Environmental Sciences Area at Berkeley Lab, and with
hundreds of industry and academic partners, to launch the National Alliance for Water Innovation, a
research hub funded by the U.S. Department of Energy that is making the largest investments in water
science and technology since the Kennedy administration. We also joined together with all areas of the lab
to found the Berkeley Lab Energy Storage Center and to hire its inaugural director. I am enthusiastic about
the research I see coming out of both new activities.
Our expertise enables us to deliver some of the most effective solutions on the planet, which will help
solve the climate crisis while saving energy, money, and the environment. For example, the Department of
Energy’s (DOE’s) appliance energy efficiency standards program, supported by Berkeley Lab, is projected to
save 129 quads of energy by 2030 — the equivalent of avoiding greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from 1.5
billion cars driven for one year. In addition, our ongoing innovations in building science help owners save
energy and money while increasing occupant comfort, and the latest software and modeling tools that our
scientists develop are available in the public domain.
We are fortunate to have a close relationship with the University of California, Berkeley, as well as ambitious
and plentiful partnerships with many different academic institutions and industries, all working toward a
more secure future, together. With our San Francisco Bay Area location we are in the hotbed of the world’s
best academic institutions, along with the innovative and imaginative discoveries happening daily in Silicon
Valley. Our networked connections are unmatched.
Our goal? To provide the research necessary to work with others to solve the climate crisis, build a solid and
secure electrical grid, deal with air quality issues and building ventilation issues in the pandemic era, and
develop clean-energy technologies that will secure a more stable world for all.
Best of all, we’re nimble. As the world moves toward highly integrated electrified transportation and
buildings with a grid based largely on intermittent renewable energy, we have naturally evolved our
research in that direction and often lead the way in these new scientific arenas.
The conclusion: we have pivoted our research — and the strategic initiatives we undertake for the
remainder of our 10-year plan — in order to maximize our impacts. We build upon our legacy of mitigation
research and double down on the portfolio of adaptation research we believe we can scale at the pace
needed, while investing in a pipeline of negative emissions technologies to identify scalable intervention
options.
I am humbled to lead this organization of dedicated and diverse scientists and strong support staff who
come to work every day, motivated to change the world.
Sincerely,
Ravi Prasher
Associate Laboratory Director
Energy Technologies Area
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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