This $5,100,000 Cooperative Agreement award, granted by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance program (CFDA 81.117), aims to address compliance challenges with building performance standards (BPS) and similar policies for existing commercial and multifamily buildings. The objective is to develop and pilot a standardized,...
The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $3,600,000 Cooperative Agreement to the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) under the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance program (CFDA 81.117). The objectives of this award include: (1) developing three sets of amendments to the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) for zero-ready, near-zero, and...
Energy Sense Finance, LLC 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). The grant will support the development of products and services to automate the home buying experience through solar energy integration from June 2021 through June 2022. The Office of Science Financial Assistance Program aims to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic...
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a $10,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Clean Energy Demonstrations (CFDA 81.255) program to the Efficiency Maine Trust. The grant, effective from September 2024 to September 2027, aims to decrease energy burden and adverse environmental impact to low-income Maine homeowners from the use of their existing fossil fuel heating systems. The Efficiency Maine Trust, a U.S. state government entity, will deploy innovative clean energy technologies to...
This $2,600,000 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 enable state and local jurisdictions to adopt and implement advanced energy codes and building performance standards. The primary objectives are to develop tools and resources that remove barriers...
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $1,622,500 Cooperative Agreement to the New Buildings Institute, Inc. under the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance program (CFDA 81.117). The South-Central Energy Code Optimization Project (SC ECOP) will be a collaborative effort between New Buildings Institute and the South-Central Partnership for Energy Efficiency as a...
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, awarded a $2,600,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance program (CFDA 81.117) to the Utah Clean Energy Alliance, Inc. The primary goal of this 18-month project is to increase the construction of cost-effective, resilient, low and zero emissions (LZE) residential and commercial buildings across...
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $7,500,000 Cooperative Agreement to Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships, Inc. (Neep), a non-profit organization based in Woburn, Massachusetts. The award is funded through the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance program (CFDA 81.117) and will be used to build on Neep's recent efforts to increase adoption of updated...
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), awarded a $4,692,212 Cooperative Agreement to Karpman Consulting, LLC to assist states in adopting enhancements to the residential chapter of the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC). The key objectives include: (1) developing three sets of IECC amendments (Zero Ready, Near Zero, and Zero) and...
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...