The Resnick Institute is Caltech's Studio for Sustainability—where rigorous science and bold creativity come together to address complex sustainability issues.
At the Resnick Institute, scientists and engineers are challenged to tackle the hardest and most perplexing sustainability problems through a lens that brings together many different perspectives.
We encourage undaunted experimentation, are energized by discovering new things and nurture the technical and creative innovations that drive change.
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The Cisco Connected Energy Networks business unit is working with the Resnick Sustainability Institute at Caltech on important research toward a clean distributed energy future. Read More.
The second annual First Look West (FLoW) competition will star university cleantech entrepreneurs whose innovations may transform our energy future Read More.
Solar panel oversupply is a good thing, says Resnick Sustainability Institute Director, Harry Atwater. It opens the door to solar as a critical source of power and makes way for long term breakthroughs. Read More.
Join us for the next installment of the GRID 2020 Discussion Series where the focus will be on business and policy. Details coming soon. Check in with the GRID 2020 webpage to review previous discussions and presentations. This series is an outgrowth of the Resnick report, Grid 2020: Towards a Policy of Renewable and Distributed Energy Resources that focuses on the issues that clean energy policy poses to the design and operation of the current grid.
