Cooperative Agreement MFEI004

The Department of Energy awarded the City of Milwaukee a $9,000,000 Project Grant under the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance program (CFDA 81.117). The grant aims to: 1) Reduce energy use in Milwaukee's commercial and multifamily buildings through adoption of updated building performance standards equivalent to ASHRAE 90.1-2019 and 2021 IECC, to help meet the city's greenhouse gas reduction goals; 2) Create...

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 Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), through its Assistant Secretary for Housing Federal Housing Commissioner, awarded a $750,000 Project Grant under the Green and Resilient Retrofit Program (CFDA 14.021). The grant will fund a multifamily housing rehabilitation project in Portland, ME to improve the property's energy and water efficiency, enhance indoor air quality and sustainability, and increase climate resilience. Specific activities to be performed include installing...

This $10,000,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy under the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance program (CFDA 81.117) will support the Ohio Cities Building Performance Standard Initiative. The initiative will implement a building performance standard across commercial buildings in four Ohio cities (Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, and Dayton) to achieve energy savings equivalent to or greater...

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), through its Green and Resilient Retrofit Program (CFDA 14.021), awarded a $5,760,000 project grant to East Columbia Apartments, Inc. to finance a comprehensive rehabilitation project that will improve energy efficiency, water efficiency, indoor air quality, and climate resilience of their HUD-assisted multifamily property. The grant funding will support the installation of rooftop solar systems, conversion to electric heat pumps,...

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded a $750,000 Project Grant to Standard Forest Cove II Venture LP under the Green and Resilient Retrofit Program (CFDA 14.021). The grant funds are being used to finance comprehensive rehabilitation projects that improve energy efficiency, water efficiency, indoor air quality, and climate resilience at HUD-assisted multifamily properties. Eligible activities include installing rooftop solar systems, converting to electric heat pumps,...

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded a $750,000 Project Grant to Standard Forest Owner LLC through the Green and Resilient Retrofit Program (CFDA 14.021). The grant funds will be used to finance comprehensive rehabilitation projects that improve energy and water efficiency, enhance indoor air quality and sustainability, and bolster the climate resilience of HUD-assisted multifamily properties managed by Standard Forest Owner LLC. Eligible activities include...

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 U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a $20,000,000 Project Grant under the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance program (CFDA 81.117) to the Colorado Energy Office (CEO). The goal of this 7-year project is to accelerate the adoption and implementation of Building Performance Standards (BPS) and provide technical assistance to under-resourced communities and buildings within the jurisdictions of the cities of...

The Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a $8,500,000 Project Grant under the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance program (CFDA 81.117) to the Minnesota Department of Commerce Division of Energy Resources. The project aims to improve the energy efficiency and reduce emissions of existing large public, commercial, and multifamily buildings in Minnesota through the design and implementation of a successful and...