University of California, Berkeley

In 2011, University of California, Berkeley has established the Berkeley Education Alliance for Research in Singapore (BEARS) center. BEARS was set up as a non-profit company which was incorporated in Singapore and managed in Berkeley.  

Since then, researchers from Berkeley have been and are actively involved in all Thrusts of The Singapore-Berkeley Building Efficiency and Sustainability in the Tropics (SinBerBEST) and The Singapore-Berkeley Research Initiative for Sustainable Energy (SinBeRISE). Other partners include CREST, CBE and i4 energy are hosted or associated with UC Berkeley.