December 1, 2022

End-Use Load Profiles for the U.S. Building Stock: Practical Guidance on Accessing and Using the Data

End-use load profiles focus on understanding how efficiency, demand response, and distributed energy resources are valued and used in R&D prioritization, which makes them critically important to utilities.

December 9, 2021

Interior Cellular Shades Boost Home Energy Performance

A fact sheet from the U.S. Department of Energy's Building Technologies Office.

August 24, 2021

Research Status Dashboard: COVID-19 and Buildings

The Research Status Dashboard is an Excel spreadsheet that provides a list of publications and resources related to COVID-19 and buildings as well as key summary information and overview statistics of these publications.

May 14, 2020

Challenges and Opportunities to Secure Buildings from Cyber Threats

Paper provides an overview of commercial control systems and potential cybersecurity risks to them, and discusses efforts underway to protect them.

April 30, 2020

SEE Action: Determining Utility System Value of Demand Flexibility from Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings

Describes how utility’s current methods and practices of investment can be enhanced to determine the value of grid services from demand flexibility.

April 30, 2020

SEE Action: Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings: An Introduction for State and Local Governments

This report describes grid-interactive efficient buildings in the context of state and local government interests.

April 15, 2020

Critical Material Supply Chain Analysis: Magnetocalorics

This report provides insights into the market, regulatory, technology, and cost drivers that most impact the adoption of MCR systems in the U.S.

March 26, 2020

Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings Technical Report Series: Whole-Building Controls, Sensors, Modeling, and Analytics

This report explores the benefits and challenges of building-level grid service integration and identifies the gaps in building-level integration tech

March 26, 2020

Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings Technical Report Series: Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC); Water Heating; Appliances; and Refrigeration

This report focuses on heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC); water heating; appliances; and refrigeration.

March 26, 2020

Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings Technical Report Series: Lighting and Electronics

This report analyzes connected lighting systems and consumer electronics/IT equipment technologies.