Press Releases

DOE announces the 63 Finalist Teams of the Solar Decathlon 2021 Design Challenge.

The six winning students from four college teams have been offered paid 10-week summer internships at either ORNL or NREL.

Oak Ridge National Lab's ASHA-Elastomer holds particular promise as a sealant.

DOE will host its rescheduled 2020 Build and Design Challenge competition events virtually, from April 15-18, 2021.

DOE recognizes the State of Maryland for energy efficiency advances made through DOE’s Better Buildings Challenge

DOE releases up to $5 million for American-Made Buildings Prize on Envelope Retrofit Opportunities for Building Optimization Technologies (E-ROBOT).

DOE announces up to $65 million through its Connected Communities FOA to expand DOE's network of efficient building communities nationwide.

BTO is proud to announce a new partnership with NREL to fund Graduate Education for Minority Students (GEM) fellows.

DOE announced the Buildings Energy Efficiency Frontiers & Innovation Technologies (BENEFIT) 2020 Funding Opportunity Announcement.

DOE’s online building energy-efficiency competition is entering its third year with three new concurrent challenges.