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July 27, 2021Radiation safety experts with EM Richland Operations Office contractors Central Plateau Cleanup Company (CPCCo) and Hanford Mission Integration Solutions (HMIS) recently teamed up to improve worker safety at the Hanford Site.Office of Environmental Management
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July 27, 2021How many safety hazards do you think you could spot in two minutes?Office of Environmental Management
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July 25, 2021For the past five years, DOE and the national labs have been developing a next-generation simulation engine that bridges the worlds of BEM and controls. In May of this year, Spawn, was released as part of the Modelica Buildings Library.Buildings
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DOE Announces $11 Million to Study Critical Ecosystems and Improve Climate and Earth System ModelingPress ReleasesJuly 22, 202117 Projects Will Study Impacts of Climate Change on Watersheds, Wetlands, and Other EcosystemsEnergy.gov
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July 20, 2021An aging EM-managed system designed to treat liquid and gaseous waste streams from EM operations and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) research and operating facilities is undergoing extensive upgrades designed to extend its life.Office of Environmental Management
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BlogJuly 17, 2021On April 12, 2021 EnergyPlus, DOE's flagship BEM engine celebrated its twentieth birthday. Several of those who were there at the beginning look back at those early days and remark on the changes they've seen in the last two decades.Buildings
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MultimediaJuly 15, 2021The Technical Resilience Navigator is a novel web-based resilience planning tool that uses a risk-informed approach to help users identify site-specific vulnerabilities, hazards, and threats to critical loads.Federal Energy Management Program
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Press ReleasesJuly 15, 2021The Solar Decathlon Competition Guide, 2022 Design Challenge Rules, and 2023 Build Challenge Rules are now available to the public.Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation
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July 13, 2021EM and the management and operations contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) have surpassed a major environmental restoration milestone by deactivating and decommissioning (D&D) 50 buildings — more than 1 million square feet of space — since 2008.Office of Environmental Management
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July 9, 2021Funding will advance low-carbon building materials, processes, and technologies through the 2021 BTO Laboratory CRADA CallBuildings