Project Grant 12017

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program award to the University of Cincinnati aims to investigate the environmental and equity impacts of building decarbonization retrofits using a novel predictive modeling framework. The $414,396 project, running from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2028, has three research objectives: (1) quantifying the benefits and burdens of building decarbonization retrofits by climate and grid region, (2) analyzing the interactions between retrofits and...

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...

This $1,800,065 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program supports research and development of cost-effective integration of phase change material (PCM) thermal energy storage and wet compression technologies for high-efficiency industrial heat pumps. The prime recipient, the University of Cincinnati, will be responsible for executing the comprehensive...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities (IA) program award of $295,683 to the University of Oklahoma, awarded on January 1, 2024, supports the development of an integrated urban building energy modeling framework. The objective is to enhance the predictive understanding of city-level building energy use across the U.S. in response to various local and regional meteorological conditions. The project will integrate multi-scale, long-term urban meteorological predictions and...

This $444,562 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research at Michigan State University to address the digital transformation of the facility management industry. The key objectives are to: Construct a digital twin ecosystem to enhance the role of facility managers through physical and cognitive assistance. Develop a multi-modal user interface to promote effective interaction within the digital ecosystem. Gauge facility...

The University of Oregon was awarded a $549,999 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships federal grant program (CFDA 47.084) to develop new tools for decarbonizing space cooling and heating in buildings. The university will create marketable design software, design services, and system control hardware for dynamic passive building systems that utilize climatic resources like solar heat, cool air, and cold night skies to reduce...

This $500,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance program (CFDA 81.117) will support the inclusion of energy efficiency and resiliency measures at the Theodore Roosevelt Building (TRB) in Washington, DC for the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). The key products and services to be delivered include: Replacing the data center...

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 $900,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by 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 establish the Pacific Northwest Building Training and Assessment Center (PNW BTAC) at the University of Washington. The PNW BTAC will network existing higher-education programs and technical assistance resources to provide building assessment training and...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, issued 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), provides $900,000.00 in funding to Michigan State University (MSU) for the Michigan Building Training and Assessment Center (MI-BTAC) project. The key objectives of the MI-BTAC project are to: 1) develop and deliver a high school-level training program in...