A vision is emerging of a connected world in which building equipment and systems coordinate to efficiently meet owners’ and occupants’ needs.
The Interior Lighting Campaign (Campaign) has seen tremendous success since its inception with over 160 leading organizations signing on.
Architecture 2030 has been lauded by industry and collaborative colleagues alike for its development and implementation of key strategies to reduce...
Tony Bouza, HVAC, Water Heating, and Appliances Technology R&D Manager within DOE’s Building Technologies Office (BTO), was recently recognized ...
Chicago firm QCoefficient uses model predictive control (MPC) to pre-cool large commercial buildings, savings hundreds of thousands of dollars and tons of CO2.
Appliances used in commercial buildings for cooking, cleaning, water heating, and other end-uses account for nearly 22 percent of annual commercial building primary energy usage. According to a new report from DOE’s Building Technologies Office, ener...
Since 2013, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has been leading research and market transformation efforts for energy efficient storm windows, which they have identified as a key energy-saving measure for homeowners –- not to mention mo...
Wrong question. The right question is what can we do to help builders design and construct more perfect walls without losing their shirts? At Build...
This year’s Better Buildings Summit was filled with the announcement of several exceptional milestones and partner achievements.
BTO Senior Advisor and Program Manager Joan Glickman highlighted DOE’s recent achievements in in developing standardized tools and practices.