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November 16, 2016As a part of the Obama Administration's effort to cut energy waste in the nation's buildings and facilities, today the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the National League of Cities launched the Better Buildings Zero Energy Districts Accelerator to ...Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation
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November 16, 2016OAK RIDGE, Tenn. – EM’s Transuranic Waste Processing Center recorded an outstanding year by exceeding all of its goals as workers continued to process and prepare Oak Ridge’s inventory of transuranic waste for offsite disposal.Office of Management
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November 16, 2016AIKEN, S.C. – EM and contractor Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS) are making progress cleaning up coal ash generated over decades at the Savannah River Site (SRS).Office of Management
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November 16, 2016IDAHO FALLS, Idaho – Crucial equipment within EM’s Integrated Waste Treatment Unit (IWTU) at the Idaho Site is being redesigned and is schedule...Office of Management
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November 16, 2016AIKEN, S.C. – EM and contractor Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS) are using 60 acres of trees as a living, sustainable remediation system to remove low-level contamination from groundwater at the Savannah River Site (SRS).Office of Management
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November 16, 2016RICHLAND, Wash. – EM’s Richland Operations Office contractor Mission Support Alliance (MSA) recently developed and launched a new training platform that shares lessons learned, company policies, procedure changes and other essential information wit...Office of Management
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November 15, 2016Beneath our feet lies a source of geothermal heat that can be tapped to provide heating and cooling to both residential and commercial buildings, manufacturing processes, greenhouses and aquaculture ponds.Geothermal Technologies Office
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Press ReleasesNovember 14, 2016Today, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Ernest Moniz and Minister Moulay Hafid Elalamy, Ministry of Energy, Mines, Water, and Environment (MEMEE) and Director Badr Ikken of the Research Institute in Solar Energy and New Energies (IRESEN) signe...Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation
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Press ReleasesNovember 14, 2016The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy today announced a commitment for its SunShot Initiative to cut the cost of solar-generated electricity by 50% between 2020 and 2030.Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation
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November 14, 2016After previously discussing what building codes are, how they are developed, and how they are adopted, we now explore the final, and perhaps most important, stage of the building energy code cycle: compliance.Buildings