Articles from Amped UP! Volume 2, No. 5
In February 2009, President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA or the Recovery Act) into law, investing in progr...
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Global energy consumption from air conditioning and refrigeration may increase more than 450% by 2050, and the Energy Department’s Building Technologies Office (BTO) is looking for ways to reduce this energy usage while improving performance.
Mos...
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More than 87,000 flights take off each day in the United States, and of those flights, approximately 1.56 million barrels of jet fuel is consumed, according to the Energy Information Administration Short-Term Energy Outlook. This indicates a priority f...
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Dr. Charlie Gay, the new director of the Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO), has witnessed solar’s rise from a niche space technology to the...
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If you really want to know the impact of the Energy Department’s Appliance and Equipment Standards Program, just take a look around your house.
More than 90% of your home’s energy use is touched by this program—from to kitchen appliances to heat...
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The DOE Lab-Corps program is one way to help make game-changing technologies a reality.
Only one year into the program, DOE Lab-Corps has grown from a small pilot focused solely on EERE technology areas to an expanded training, welcoming support from...
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