Cooperative Agreement DEEE0007068

This $275,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program will support Community Energy Labs Inc.'s development of an advanced building management system using model predictive control and machine learning techniques. The system aims to automate complex aspects of energy-efficient building control to simplify setup and implementation for small to mid-sized commercial building owners. By reducing costs and complexity, the technology...

The Center for Energy and Environment (CEE) was awarded a $812,429 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086) on October 1, 2023. The award will support CEE's research and development of innovative aerosol sealing techniques for occupied residential buildings to improve energy efficiency. Key activities include assessing the feasibility of air source heat...

The Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $1.637 million Cooperative Agreement to ABB Inc., U.S. Research Center Division on July 1, 2026 under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086). ABB will demonstrate construction and performance of high-efficiency variable-speed permanent magnet assisted synchronous reluctance motors (PMASR) using manganese-bismuth polymer bonded magnets as a rare-earth-free alternative. The project delivers...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), through its Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance program (CFDA 81.117), has awarded a $3,000,000 Project Grant to the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER). The goal of this grant is to complement Massachusetts' building performance standards and commercial stretch and specialized codes by expanding the state's thermal energy code approach to permitted work in...

This $7,500,000 Project Grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy under the "Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance" (CFDA 81.117) program, supports the City and County of Denver's efforts to achieve zero operational emissions for new buildings by 2030 and zero emissions for all buildings by 2040. The grant will fund a five-phase implementation plan to supplement Denver's ongoing initiatives to...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, with a total funding of $19,994,217.00, is provided by the Department of Energy (DOE) under the "Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance" program (CFDA 81.117). The City and County of San Francisco's Environment Department (SFE) will partner with the City of Berkeley and regional entities to adopt, implement, and enforce Building Performance Standards (BPS) in both...

Enerlite Consulting, Inc. was awarded a $200,000 project grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop an Automated Calibration Tool for Building Energy Models. The tool will help streamline the process of calibrating building energy simulation programs to actual energy use data, allowing for more accurate energy modeling of existing buildings. The Office of Science's financial assistance program supports...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to Zero Home Corp in Denver, CO to develop a "PLATFORM-BASED WHOLE HOME, INTEGRATED, ACCESSIBLE SIZING TOOL TO ACCELERATE HEAT PUMP ADOPTION." The award, made under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), aims to fund the creation of an innovative sizing tool to facilitate the widespread adoption of heat pump technology for home heating and cooling. The project period runs from...

The Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded Global Optimal Technology, Inc. $485,000 on December 3, 2025, under the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy program (CFDA 81.135) to develop an innovative AC security-constrained energy resource commitment methodology that schedules and optimizes energy resources under AC power flow, ramping, and operational constraints. The project, titled "Toward Robust and High-Performance Nonlinear Security-Constrained...

This $10,471,400 Project Grant, awarded on January 1, 2025 by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) under the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance program (CFDA 81.117), will support the City of Evanston's "Healthy Buildings Ordinance for Equitable Building Performance Standards" (HBO) initiative. The HBO program aims to reduce energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, and utility costs for Evanston's...