Cooperative Agreement FC2605NT42321

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $256,000 Project Grant to Nextglass LLC under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program. The purpose of this SBIR Phase I grant is to develop a low-cost, high-performance vacuum insulated glass (VIG) window technology that can dramatically improve the energy efficiency of buildings and reduce carbon emissions. Nextglass will scale up its novel flexible seal VIG manufacturing process, which uses a low-temperature...

The Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a $81,426,076 Project Grant to Luxwall Inc. under the Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chain Demonstrations and Commercial Applications program (CFDA 81.253) to construct a vacuum insulated glass (VIG) manufacturing facility in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The objective of the project is to leverage the strong labor force in the Delray region to establish this new VIG manufacturing capability, which supports the program's goals of strengthening domestic...

Precast Systems Engineering, LLC received a $274,956 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084). The award will fund the development of an innovative, bio-inspired, ultra-high performance concrete foundation system to support offshore wind turbines through December 2023. The proposed foundation system aims to provide technical and cost improvements over foundations currently used for offshore wind energy...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $550,000 Project Grant under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to the University of Texas at Austin. The project aims to develop "smart windows" with the ability to separately control solar heat gain and daylighting on-demand, using low-cost solution-based coatings of niobium oxide nanocrystals on glass and plastic. Key goals include overcoming technical barriers to enable stable, fast-switching...

This $100,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program will support the development of an intuitive design platform for sustainable multifamily residential buildings. The grant recipient, New Jersey Institute of Technology, will create a collaborative parametric design system allowing architects, engineers, developers and other users to quickly generate and modify schematic designs and dynamic 3D models through simple sketch-based...

The Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) awarded the University of Delaware a $3,060,498 cooperative agreement under the ARPA-E program (CFDA #81.135) on September 13, 2022 to develop efficient manufacturing of lightweight composite architected structures for transportation vehicles through September 12, 2025. Under the award, the University of Delaware will lead a consortium to develop and commercialize Composite Architected Materials Processing (CAMP), a...

This Project Grant award from 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 activities to ensure strong implementation and compliance with Washington state's Clean Building Performance Standards (CBPS) law. The $10,000,000 award, effective January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025, will enable the Washington State Department of Commerce to...

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance program (CFDA 81.117), aims to assist states in adopting enhancements to the residential chapter of the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) to put them on a pathway to net-zero energy and emissions for new homes. The key...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $275,000 Project Grant to Techstyle Materials Inc. (doing business as Adept Materials) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program. The grant will fund the development of multifunctional coatings for building walls and ceilings that have climate-regulating properties, resulting in improved energy efficiency, durability, and comfort for buildings. The coatings will use the high energy storage capacity of moisture...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086) provides $1,988,847 to the University of Louisville to decarbonize industrial aluminum processing through the development of additive manufactured electrical furnaces. The primary project aims to advance novel refractory high entropy alloy (RHEA) materials capable of withstanding temperatures over...