2023 Project Peer Review, U.S. Department of Energy Building Technologies Office.

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The Building Technologies Office develops, demonstrates, and accelerates the adoption of cost-effective technologies, techniques, tools and services that enable high-performing, energy-efficient and demand-flexible residential and commercial buildings in both the new & existing buildings markets, in support of an equitable transition to a decarbonized energy system by 2050, starting with a decarbonized power sector by 2035. Learn more about BTO. 

News, Blogs, and Success Stories

U.S. Department of Energy Announces Finalists in Home Electrification Prize
The DOE announced six finalists in the Equitable and Affordable Solutions to Electrification (EAS-E) Prize, which awards innovative solutions that advance electrification retrofits across various residential building types and geographies
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Partner with National Laboratories on 2023 Technology Commercialization Fund Lab Call
BTO, IEDO, and AMMTO jointly released a FY23 Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF) Base Annual Appropriations National Laboratory Call with input from the Office of Technology Transitions (OTT).
May 17, 2023
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DOE Announces Efficiency Rules to Save Americans More Than $650 Million in Annual Energy And Water Bills
Congressionally-Mandated Appliance Standards Will Save Americans More Than $10 billion Over 30 years and Significantly Cut Carbon Pollution in Communities Across the Nation
May 5, 2023
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DOE Announces 21st Annual Solar Decathlon Winners
Ball State University, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, and The Cooper Union Named 2023 Build and Design Challenge Winners
April 24, 2023
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U.S. Department of Energy Announces Finalists in Home Electrification Prize
The DOE announced six finalists in the Equitable and Affordable Solutions to Electrification (EAS-E) Prize, which awards innovative solutions that advance electrification retrofits across various residential building types and geographies
April 24, 2023
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Minnesota Becomes First State to Include Cellular Window Shades in List of Effective Techniques for Saving Energy
DOE research demonstrates that window attachments like insulating cellular window shades are affordable options to save significant amounts of energy in buildings, make them more comfortable, and improve their resiliency amid disruptions.
April 20, 2023
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EERE Success Story—Hemp for Home Insulation by Hempitecture
DOE partners with private companies and other organizations to develop unique approaches to improving building energy efficiency
April 19, 2023
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Student Competitions Support a Diverse Clean Energy Workforce
Learn how EERE supports the next generation of Clean Energy Champions through fun technology challenges as they prepare for clean energy careers.
April 18, 2023
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Visit a Solar Decathlon Zero Energy Home Near You, April 4–18
Announcing the zero energy houses that are open for public tours as part of the Solar Decathlon Build Challenge.
April 3, 2023
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How EERE Is Addressing Inequitable Energy Infrastructure
Carbon-based energy infrastructure has disproportionately harmed people of color and low-income and indigenous communities. The infrastructure for our clean energy future will be safe and just for all.
March 29, 2023
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DOE Finalizes Efficiency Rules for Room Air Conditioners and Portable Air Cleaners
New Efficiency Standards Will Save Consumers $25 Billion Over 30 Years, Lower Utility Bills, and Reduce Carbon Pollution
March 23, 2023
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BTO's Program Areas

Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships

Energy, Emissions and Equity (E3) Initiative
Better Energy, Emissions, and Equity (E3) Initiative
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Advanced Building Construction Initiative
The ABC Initiative integrates energy-efficiency solutions into highly productive U.S. construction practices for new buildings and retrofits.
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Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings
We’re conducting Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings research to help bring connectedness and the related energy savings across the buildings sector.
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Tech-to-Market
T2M activities accelerate innovative R&D concepts to become commercially viable and available products.
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Better Buildings
Partners in DOE’s Better Buildings Initiative set ambitious goals and contribute real-world solutions that help accelerate our clean energy economy.
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Green Building Workforce Development Initiatives
Achieving DOE’s high-level goals of combating climate change, creating clean energy union jobs, and promoting energy justice, requires improving the energy efficiency of America’s nearly 130 million buildings.
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Resource Dashboard

Find technical reports, technology roadmaps, fact sheets, relevant and authorizing statutes, and quick links to BTO’s decision tools.

Project Map

The Building Technologies Office Projects Map is a searchable table and map of BTO’s active projects that have been competitively awarded and funded through DOE’s national labs all across the United States. Dive into any project to learn more about its funding amount, who’s leading the work, the project term, what the project is developing, and its most recent progress.

Map of Solar Projects

BTO Career Opportunities

Ready to start building our clean energy future with a new career in BTO? Whether you’re looking for building energy-efficiency research or engineering jobs, or you’re interested in business support careers in the building energy-efficiency industry, BTO may have a position for you.

See the available opportunities.