Project Grant 23DG11083150203

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $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 U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM). The funding will support the inclusion of energy efficiency and resiliency measures at OPM's Theodore Roosevelt Building headquarters in Washington, D.C. Key project activities...

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 REAP Energy Efficiency Improvement (EEI) Grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service Washington Office Rural Business Cooperative Services under the Rural Energy for America Program (CFDA 10.868). The $163,739.00 unrestricted grant was awarded on Jul 7, 2023 to the for-profit awardee ICF Holdings, LLC and its subsidiary Ice Cream Factory, LLC. The funding is being used to promote energy efficiency improvements and renewable energy systems development for the...

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...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Center for Energy and Environment (CEE), a Minneapolis-based nonprofit organization, received a $3.2M Cooperative Agreement from the 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), awarded July 1, 2025. The project encompasses five strategic goals focused on advancing energy...

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 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...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded a $265,419 REAP Energy Efficiency Improvement (EEI) Grant to Joshua Nielsen, a for-profit organization, on September 13, 2023. The two-year project grant, funded under the Rural Energy for America Program (CFDA 10.868), will support energy efficiency improvements and renewable energy systems development for agricultural producers and rural small businesses. The funding may be used for projects such as solar panel...

This Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services under the Rural Energy for America Program (CFDA 10.868) provides $263,364.00 in funding to support energy efficiency improvements and renewable energy system development for a rural small business located in Minnesota. The primary objectives of the program are to reduce energy costs and consumption while expanding the use of renewable energy sources in rural communities. Typical...

The REAP Energy Efficiency Improvement (EEI) Grant is a Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Business Cooperative Services under the Rural Energy for America Program (CFDA 10.868). The grant, awarded on January 14, 2025, provides $109,849 in funding to support energy efficiency improvements for the awardee, Mitch Zumbach, located in Iowa. The program focuses on helping agricultural producers and rural small businesses reduce energy costs, enhance energy efficiency,...