Project Grant 33010

PD3 Technologies, 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 a Modular Intelligent Ventilation Platform for new and existing residential building ventilation. The grant will support the design and testing of a smart ventilation system to improve indoor air quality and energy efficiency in homes. The system is intended to allow for real-time monitoring and control of...

The National Science Foundation awarded Resolved Analytics, PLLC a $977,576 cooperative agreement under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program to further develop and demonstrate a novel ground-loop heat exchanger solution for reducing the initial costs of ground-source heat pump systems. The company will refine computational modeling tools to more accurately size heat exchanger systems on a site-specific basis using sophisticated geospatial datasets. It will validate the tools by...

Harvest Thermal, Inc. was awarded a $1,000,000 cooperative agreement from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program to develop a low-emissions heating and hot water system. The 24-month project will address technical risks to enable large-scale deployment of residential heating and hot water load shifting using highly efficient heat pump systems. Harvest Thermal will systematically test system performance, reliability, and failure modes to...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $516,258 Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.087) program to the Clean Energy Economy For The Region. The funding will support the design and deployment of a fifth-generation geothermal district heating and cooling (5G) system that can initially supply 25% of the heating and cooling needs for the 32 Zero Energy District (32ZED) in Carbondale, CO and...

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $397,351 Cooperative Agreement to Kawerak, Inc. under the Renewable Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.087) program. The funding will support the design of a new direct-use geothermal district heating and cooling (GDHC) system to provide space conditioning for tribal buildings at Pilgrim Hot Springs in Nome, Alaska. The project aims to develop a scalable GDHC system that will provide 95%...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $197,057 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to Ecosnap, LLC, a woman-owned small business located in Centennial, Colorado. The grant, titled "EASY INSTALL HEAT PUMP INTEGRATED WITH FUEL OIL HEATING APPLIANCE," will support the development of an integrated heat pump and fuel oil heating system to be completed by May 21, 2025. This federal grant award aims to advance U.S. energy and...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to Calion Technologies, Inc. on September 21, 2023. The grant supports the development of a modular, drop-in air source heat pump replacement for natural gas boilers used for process heating up to 160°F. The technology, known as "zero-GWP air source heat pump steam generation using ionocalorics," aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve energy efficiency....

This Project Grant award of $499,013 was issued on April 26, 2024 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services under the Rural Energy for America Program (CFDA 10.868). The grant will fund energy efficiency improvements and renewable energy system development for BC Laundry LLC, a for-profit limited liability company located in New York. Eligible project activities include solar panel installations, HVAC upgrades, building insulation enhancements, and other...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Durion, Inc. received a $1.39 million Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) to develop and validate a low-cost thermal energy storage (TES) system for behind-the-meter (BTM) concentrated solar power (CSP) applications. The Solar Tier 2 project, which commenced on October 1, 2025 and will conclude on December 31,...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $233,670 Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.087) program to the City of Seward, Alaska. The funding will support the final design of a fourth-generation, community-scale, tidal source geothermal district heating and cooling system for the city. The project aims to reduce the community's dependency on heating oil and lower CO2 emissions by supplying over...