The Advanced Building Construction (ABC) Initiative integrates energy efficiency solutions into highly productive U.S. construction practices for new buildings and retrofits.
Learn about BTO’s efforts to develop energy efficiency technologies and modernize U.S. construction and renovation practices.
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The Department of Energy’s Advanced Building Construction (ABC) Initiative integrates energy efficiency solutions into highly productive U.S. construction practices for new buildings and retrofits. Watch this video to learn more about how the ABC Initiative is helping deliver affordable, appealing, high-performance, low-carbon new buildings and retrofits at scale. Text version of the video.
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Research organizations and reports that informed establishment of the ABC Initiative
The ABC Initiative integrates energy-efficiency solutions into highly productive U.S. construction practices for new buildings and retrofits.
ABC News, Blogs, and Updates
January 5, 2023
As much of the country hunkers down for a cold winter, we recall a warmer time from this past August when buildings experts and thought leaders convened at the ACEEE’s biennial Summer Study on Energy Efficient Buildings.
March 14, 2022
DOE is awarding $31.8 million for seven project teams that will demonstrate how advanced construction techniques integrated with energy efficient technologies and practices can seed the next generation of low-carbon building retrofit solutions.
March 14, 2022
Seven Awardees to Demonstrate Fast, Cheap, and Low Carbon Building Renovation and Construction Techniques in Low-Income Communities Across the U.S.
February 24, 2022
Affordable, appealing, convenient, low-carbon, and energy efficient—this is the Advanced Building Construction (ABC) Initiative’s vision for new and modernized existing buildings.
July 16, 2021
DOE announces its intent to issue a funding opportunity for Advanced Building Construction
May 6, 2021
A new recruiting tool funded by the Building Technologies Office offers job seekers hundreds of options to obtain and advance careers in the green-buildings industry.
March 8, 2021
BTO envisions a modernized U.S. construction industry that delivers high-performance, zero-carbon new buildings and retrofits at scale.
December 7, 2020
Webinars exploring the frameworks and techniques researchers use to evaluate the energy use of buildings over their entire lifespans.
February 10, 2020
BTO awarded $26.3 million to 40 competitively selected projects to pursue innovations that can advance the goals of the ABC Initiative.
January 28, 2020
With more than 90% of our lives spent indoors, buildings have a big impact on the quality of our lives.
September 18, 2019
BTO researches, develops, and validates building technologies that are helping the United States achieve a clean and affordable energy future.
March 13, 2019
With BTO and AMO funding, ORNL developed the technology to manufacture the precast concrete panels that make up the façade of the Domino Sugar Site A
August 15, 2019
This is the first article in a new web series on one of the Building Technologies Office’s new initiatives: Advanced Building Construction.
May 3, 2019
Funding Opportunity Announcement aims to develop deep energy retrofit and new construction technologies.
Updates
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