The Department of Energy's Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program awarded a $7,620,000 Cooperative Agreement to Ecology Action of Santa Cruz, a nonprofit energy efficiency consultancy, to provide energy upgrades to 40-55 nonprofit food bank and community facilities across up to three western states. The project aims to deliver an estimated 20.7M kWh in lifetime energy savings, resulting in approximately 14,455 metric tons of greenhouse gas reductions. Ecology Action will...
The Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $5,100,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Institute for Market Transformation (IMT) to address compliance challenges with building performance standards (BPS) and similar policies for existing commercial and multifamily buildings. The project aims to develop and pilot a standardized, legally robust, and technically feasible alternative compliance pathway (ACP) framework, coupled with robust training and...
This $4,460,718 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program, enables Tierra Del Sol Housing Corporation to install energy efficiency projects at approximately 17 nonprofit-owned buildings located in Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. The project aims to achieve an estimated 25% reduction in energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions for these nonprofit facilities, thereby strengthening their operational...
This Project Grant from the Department of State Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, under the CFDA program "Environmental and Scientific Partnerships and Programs", provides $100,000 to assess the feasibility of increasing renewable energy (RE) share in Kazakhstan. The awardee, Koordinatsionny Tsentr PO Izmeneniyu Klimata, will build modeling and analytics capacities for drafting RE programs, reforming enabling environments, conducting market...
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Policy and Systems Analysis awarded a $300,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Consortium For Energy Efficiency, Inc. under the Energy Policy and Systems Analysis Federal Grant Program (CFDA 81.250). The objective of this award is to fund analytical studies that characterize and examine the potential of an integrated strategy for a multi-state region to enhance and accelerate energy innovation via a regional energy innovation ecosystem. The...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program provides $9,859,733 to the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) to implement a comprehensive initiative focused on upgrading energy efficiency and infrastructure in 11 disadvantaged school facilities across Oregon. The two-phase project aims to first conduct detailed energy audits and develop a strategic plan for implementing energy efficiency...
This Cooperative Agreement award from 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) will fund the following key activities: Establish a new methodology for gathering energy resilience data while conducting energy code field studies in two states, Arizona and Florida, using the established DOE...
The Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a $15,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program to Unified School District 259 (Wichita Public Schools) in Wichita, Kansas. The project aims to conduct ASHRAE Level 2 energy audits on all school facilities in the district's portfolio and develop a comprehensive strategic plan for implementing energy efficiency improvements during Budget Period 1. This strategic plan and the energy audit findings will...
This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's 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), provides $2,800,000 in funding to advance equitable energy codes and policies in Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The primary goals of this 18-month project are to: 1) conduct a...
This $1,721,540 Cooperative Agreement award from 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" (CFDA 81.117) program aims to support statewide workforce development in Arizona. The primary goal is to enhance current building industry training programs to improve energy code compliance and reduce barriers to...