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August 10, 2021Cove.tool is using OpenStudio to integrate detailed energy simulation into its reduced-order modeling design platform, giving architects an end-to-end workflow with capabilities tailored to the needs of different design stages.Buildings
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Press ReleasesAugust 9, 2021The Better Buildings Building Envelope Campaign, introduced in 2020, involves more than 75 participants in efforts to create more energy-efficient buildings by improving building envelope performance.Buildings
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Press ReleasesAugust 5, 2021DOE has released a report, Changes in SSL Device Efficiency and Optical Performance with Aging: Final Report, focusing on the long-term changes in light source, optical delivery, and spectral efficiencies that occur as SSL device age.Buildings
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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