FY25 GPG RFI Application Questions.pdf

Fiscal Year 2025

GSA/DOE Green Proving Ground Program FY25RFI080124 (Vendor Application)

The web-based application can be found at: GPG RFI Vendor Application. Only submissions from respondents who fully complete the web-based application will be reviewed.

This Request for Information (RFI) seeks innovative early- or underutilized-commercial technologies. Only technologies ready for evaluation in occupied, operational buildings will be considered.

Responses to this RFI will be evaluated and considered for one or a combination of the following U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) or U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) programs:

● GSA Green Proving Ground (for federally owned facilities)

● GSA Applied Innovation Learning Lab (for federally owned facilities)

● DOE Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy / Demonstrating Efficient

Solutions – Buildings program (for privately owned facilities)

This application consists of five sections:

1. Applicant Information (7 questions)

2. Technology Overview (16 questions)

3. Technology Performance (12 questions)

4. Technology Commercialization (10 questions)

5. Attachments (1 question)

Application Deadline:

Responses will be accepted until Friday, September 13, 2024, 11:59 pm EST.

Download a PDF version of the application for a comprehensive review of the questions before completing the web-based application.

Directions:

● Answers to all questions are required. Any submission deemed to contain insufficient content for thorough evaluation will be eliminated from consideration.

● Enter “N/A” if a question does not apply or you have nothing more to add.

GSA Center for Emerging Building Technologies | FY 2025 GSA/DOE RFI Vendor Application 1 https://feedback.gsa.gov/jfe/form/SV_eb2wkPgY2cxTFuC https://www.gsa.gov/climate-action-and-sustainability/center-for-emerging-building-technologies/about-green-proving-ground https://www.gsa.gov/climate-action-and-sustainability/center-for-emerging-building-technologies/about-applied-innovation-learning-lab https://www.energy.gov/eere/office-energy-efficiency-renewable-energy

● Follow instructions carefully, paying attention to the character limits, where noted.

● If you are applying as a team, please designate a primary organization for this response and for subsequent communications. Describe any teaming organizations and their roles under ”Project Team Background.”

● If a section contains proprietary or confidential information, please mark it as follows: “Contains Confidential, Proprietary or Privileged Information Exempt from Public Disclosure.”

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Section 1. Applicant Information

Provide information about your company.

Company Name:

Address:

City:

State:

Zip Code:

URL:

Total Number of Employees:

How many of these employees are based in the U.S.?

How many of these employees are based outside of the U.S.?

Point of Contact (Name):

Point of Contact (Email):

Point of Contact (Phone):

Business Designation: (Select all thatDesignated Disadvantage Community apply.)

Do you manufacture any part of your product in the United States? Yes

a. If yes, what parts of your product are being manufactured in the United States?

b. If yes, in which city and state do you manufacture (city, state abbreviation)?

If you are a startup, describe your current series funding (e.g., Seed, Angel, Series A, Series B, Series C). (Limit 200 characters)

Project Team Background:

Provide detailed information about your team members who will be involved during the formulation and execution of this field validation. (Limit 2,500 characters.)

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Unconditional Gift to GSA? Yes To be considered for field validation at a federal facility, the technology must be provided as an unconditional gift of property under GSA’s gift acceptance authority (40 U.S.C. § 3175). If selected for testing and evaluation, do you agree to donate unconditionally at no cost to GSA your submitted technology in sufficient quantity to test and evaluate its performance?

How did you hear about this RFI? (Select all that apply.)Other

Section 2. Technology Overview

RFI Category: Deep energy retrofits

Technology Category: Building envelope

Technology Type:

Hardware Software Other, Please describe:

Product Name(s): What product(s) are you submitting for evaluation? (List product names, limit 100 characters)

Generic Product Name: Provide a generic technology name to help the review team reference your technology. (Limit 40 characters)

Descriptive sentence of your unique product/service/offering (Limit 100 characters)

Executive Summary:

Provide an "elevator pitch" or "30,000-foot view" that broadly characterizes the technology’s value proposition and market space. (Limit 1,000 characters)

Use Case and Innovation:

Specify the use case and the typical user that the proposed technology addresses.

Describe the innovation and performance improvement relative to current capabilities and other value-added benefits that may result from installing the technology. (Limit 2,500 characters.)

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Functionality:

Describe the technology in sufficient detail to establish an accurate understanding of how the solution maintains or improves energy efficiency, reduces greenhouse gas emissions, or improves operations. (Limit 2,500 characters)

Required Building Systems:

Describe all facility characteristics, systems, and components needed for the technology to work as intended. (Limit 1,000 characters)

Targeted Building Characteristics:

Identify the building size, age, and climate zone needed to deploy your technology to work as intended. (Limit 1,000 characters)

Existing GSA Installations:

Do you have any existing installations at GSA? If so, where? (Limit 1,000 characters)

Ease of Use:

Low: Operated and maintained by the typical user and is plug-and-play with current infrastructure / equipment.

Medium: Operated and maintained by a typical user after some training and allows for interoperability with existing infrastructure / equipment with minor adjustments.

High: Requires extensive training or there are meaningful integration costs to use or integrate the product successfully, or both.

Not applicable

What are the technology’s physical weight and space requirements? (Limit 500 characters)

Is the technology Internet Protocol-based? If so, please describe how it is set up for network deployment and configuration (e.g., network requirements, communication protocols, security). (Limit 1,000 characters)

Provide additional detail about your technology, as needed. (Limit 2,500 characters)

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Section 3. Technology Performance

What is the most common incumbent for your technology? (e.g., double-pane window, centrifugal chiller, Level 3 electric vehicle charger): (Limit 500 characters)

Estimated energy savings reduction (%) compared to the incumbent: (% input)

Please describe how you calculated the energy savings reduction (%), including all assumptions. (Limit 1,000 characters)

What are the expected non-energy benefits? (Limit 1,000 characters)

What is the expected upfront cost of your technology? (by unit or building size):

(Limit 500 characters)

What is the expected installation cost of your technology? (by unit or building size):

(Limit 500 characters)

What are the expected ongoing costs? (Limit 500 characters)

What is the expected payback period of your technology? (number input in years)

Please describe how you calculated the expected payback period, including all assumptions. (Limit 1,000 characters)

List the warranty periods of the products you are submitting for evaluation.

(product name, number of years under warranty, limit 500 characters)

List any 3rd-party validation of your technology’s performance. Cite or submit links to any studies by independent researchers that document the performance of any aspects of the solution in a controlled setting. (Limit 500 characters)

Provide additional detail about your technology’s performance, as needed. (Limit 2,500 characters)

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Section 4. Technology Commercialization

Current Technology and Market Readiness:

Research and Development: Basic concept proven in a laboratory setting.

Prototype: Product prototyping and pilot production.

Commercial Launch: System completed, certified, and qualified. Commercial production.

Early Commercial: Requires manufacturing processes or supply chain components not currently in place for broader deployment.

Commercially Mature: Robust commercial sales. Product iterations and improvements.

Certifications:

Underwriter Laboratories (UL) Underway

Electrical Testing Laboratories (ETL) Yes

Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) Underway

Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) N/A

Health Product Declaration (HPD) N/A

Other (please describe)

If certifications are underway, please list the expected date of completion. (Limit 1,000 characters)

Technology Regulatory Risk:

Low: This technology could be broadly deployed within existing regulatory framework and standards. Minimal risk of delays.

Medium: This technology could be broadly deployed with minor changes to regulations and standards. Some risk of delays.

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High: This technology could be broadly deployed only with major changes to regulations and standards. Significant risk of delays.

Not applicable

Are your customers residential or commercial? Residential

Commercial Residential – Single Family Residential – Multifamily

If you selected Residential only, please specify whether your technology is ready for use in a commercial building and note any barriers to deployment. (Limit 1,000 characters)

Number of Commercial Customers: (number input)

What are the financing options?

Upfront Lease Ongoing subscription (e.g., SaaS, HaaS) Other If other, please describe:

Please specify what changes, if any, you plan to make to the product roadmap between now and the end of the calendar year 2025. (Limit 2,500 characters)

Provide additional details on the commercialization of your technology, as needed. (Limit 2,500 characters)

Section 5. Attachments Upload one (1) file for each section. If you try to upload multiple files, it will overwrite previously uploaded files.

Upload Technology Overview (100MB max):

● Single slide with an overview of your technology

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Hardware: Upload Manufacturer Cut Sheet (100MB max):

Software: Upload Technical Specifications (100MB max):

Upload Additional Documentation:

● Upload additional information about your technology (100MB max)

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