Cooperative Agreement DESC0020808

Enerlite Consulting, 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 an Automated Calibration Tool for Building Energy Models. The tool will help streamline the process of calibrating building energy simulation programs to actual energy use data, allowing for more accurate energy modeling of existing buildings. The Office of Science's financial assistance program supports...

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 U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a $3,000,000 Project Grant to the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) on January 1, 2025 under the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance program (CFDA 81.117). The goal of this grant is to complement building performance standards and commercial stretch and specialized codes by expanding Massachusetts' thermal energy code approach to permitted work in...

The Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a $10,000,000 Project Grant under the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance program (CFDA 81.117) to the City of Cincinnati. The grant will be used to implement a Building Performance Standard (BPS) that achieves energy savings equivalent to or greater than ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2019 across commercial buildings in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, and Dayton, Ohio. The project...

This Cooperative Agreement award, with a total funding of $138,779, was provided by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Measurement and Engineering Research and Standards (CFDA 11.609) federal grant program. The purpose of this award is to develop a framework to assess how utility rates impact the adoption and benefits of distributed energy resources (DERs), particularly energy storage. The project will analyze how tariffs can incentivize DER adoption and evaluate...

The Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a $5,000,000 Project Grant under the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance program (CFDA 81.117) to the General Services Administration Greater Southwest Finance Center (7Bc) to support the electrification of the heating and domestic hot water services at the General Services Administration's Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C. The...

This $5,994,441 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program will fund UL LLC to design and build a 500 kW DC fast charger test laboratory. The objective is to expand UL's North America Advanced Electric Vehicle Charging Laboratory to include additional testing capabilities for DC fast chargers in alignment with UL2202 and UL9741 safety standards, as well...

This $19,826,957 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) under the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance program (CFDA 81.117) will support the City of Philadelphia's Office of Sustainability in designing, developing, and implementing a Building Performance Standard (BPS) program. The key objectives of this multi-year project are to: 1) Develop a zero energy code-equivalent BPS that considers...

The Emerald Cities Collaborative will deliver deep energy retrofits and climate/health mitigation strategies to 120 low-income households through a $1,999,001 Project Grant from the Department of Energy's Weatherization Assistance for Low-Income Persons program (CFDA #81.042). The grant period is from March 1, 2023 through February 28, 2026. The project aims to employ community engagement strategies in Washington and Massachusetts to conduct deep retrofits that improve home energy efficiency and...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, issued by the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087), provides $2,994,068 to Washington State University for the development of new open-source planning tools to manage uncertainties posed by inverter-based resources and extreme weather events in future power grids. The key products to be delivered include: Methods for uncertainty...