Items Tagged with "Department Of Energy"

DOE announces new efficiency standard, expected to save businesses billions

The U.S. Department of Energy on Dec. 21, 2015, announced new energy efficiency standards  for commercial air conditioners and furnaces. With the new standards, according to the Department, over the lifetimes of the products, businesses will save $167 billion on their utility bills and carbon p Read More...

Better Buildings Progress Report, 2015

Better Buildings, launched by President Obama in 2011, is a broad, multi-strategy initiative aiming to improve the energy use of our nation's commercial, industrial, residential, and public buildings by 20% over 10 years. Over the past four years, Better Buildings has had tremendous success harnessi Read More...

DOE unveils $25M in funds available through data center efficiency program

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy recently announced up to $25 million in funding for a new program focused on creating innovative components to increase the energy efficiency of data centers.The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy group, o Read More...

Sweeping C&I energy efficiency bill reintroduced

A bipartisan group of Senators have reintroduced the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act, also known as the Portman-Shaheen bill, which aims to increase energy efficiency in the private sector and the federal government. Specifically focused on commercial buildings, manufactu Read More...

Infographic: U.S. energy consumption for 2017

The results are in: for 2017 by sector, transportation was responsible for the highest energy consumption in the U.S, followed by the industrial, residential, and commercial, according to the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and the Department of Energy.Each year, the Laboratory re Read More...

Better Buildings 2018 Progress Report

The 2018 Better Buildings Annual Progress Report highlights accomplishments, strategies, and solutions in the commercial, industrial, residential, and public sectors to improve energy productivity.More than 350 Better Buildings Challenge partners have saved more than $3 billion since the program beg Read More...

Better Plants Program Partners save $5.3B in energy costs

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Better Buildings, Better Plants program partners have posted savings of more than $5.3 billion in cumulative energy costs, which represents approximately 12% of the U.S manufacturing energy footprint.General Motors, Legrand North America, and C.F. Martin & C Read More...

DOE announces $74 million in energy efficiency research

The U.S. Department of Energy announced Feb. 10 that will be allocating $74 million for 63 projects to research, develop and test energy-efficient building practices, awarded to institutions such as National Laboratories, universities, small businesses and industry partners.The recipients of the DOE Read More...

DOE invests $20 million into offshore wind research

The U.S. Department of Energy announced April 1 that it will be investing $20 million in offshore wind energy resource characterization and technology demonstrationsThe first focus of the Funding Opportunity Announcement is improving wind resource characterization and modeling in offshore wind energ Read More...

DOE releases new tech for scaling large energy systems

The U.S. Department of Energy announced Aug. 12 a new research platform that will allow the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to explore solutions for implementing integrated energy systems at scale.The Advanced Research on Integrated Energy Systems (ARIES) platform will allow researchers Read More...

DOE grants $65M for energy-efficient building program

The U.S. Department of Energy announced Oct. 13 up to $65 million for its Connected Communities funding opportunity that would allow commercial and residential buildings to leverage the latest technology in energy-efficient building design and management.The DOE estimated that the 125 million homes Read More...

Maryland recognized by DOE for energy efficiency efforts

The State of Maryland was recognized Dec. 2 by the Department of Energy’s Better Building Challenge for its advances in energy efficiency and for reducing energy intensity by 20% over its 9-million-square-foot buildings portfolio.The state is now committed to an additional goal of reducing ene Read More...

New Solar Initiatives & Technologies to Cut Costs for DOE Goal

The US Department of Energy announced a target to cut the cost of solar energy by 60% in the next ten years, along with nearly $128 billion in funding to lower costs, improve performance, and speed the deployment of solar energy technologies."In many parts of the country, solar is already cheaper th Read More...

DOE targets 30 GW of new offshore wind by 2030

 The U.S. Department of Energy announced March 29 a national goal to 30 GW of offshore wind by 2030, a target that would cut 78 million metric tons of carbon emissions and power 10 million homes.Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm released the department’s plan and cited President Biden Read More...

DOE Celebrates Energy Wins from Better Buildings Initative

The U.S. DOE’s Better Buildings Initiative saved $13.5 billion in energy costs and more than 130 million metric tons of carbon emissions in the past year.A new report released by the DOE details the successes of the initiative, which was run in collaboration with nearly 1,000 businesses, gover Read More...