The Energy lab at architecture firm Perkins&Will used OpenStudio to develop a cloud-based energy analysis tool that supports its 2,000 architects.
DOE expects the technologies to significantly improve energy efficiency, demand flexibility, and building-to-grid capabilities.
DOE selects two state energy offices, four local governments, and a State Judicial Council to install and evaluate promising building technologies.
DOE has published a peer reviewed "RDO" document that identifies barriers to BEM adoptions and potential roles for BTO in overcoming these barriers.
Collegiate teams competing in the Solar Decathlon Build Challenge are returning to their projects despite the pandemic to build their solar houses.
BTO is releasing the Connected Communities funding opportunity announcement, which we first described in a notice of intent and shaped from responses to a request for information.
Systems-based retrofit strategies have significant energy-savings potential, providing anywhere from 49% to 82% in additional energy savings.
Released in March 2020, EnergyPlus 9.3.0 fast-forwards the Energy Management System feature about 40 years.
EERE recently launched new initiatives focused on technology field validation, the testing of near-commercial-ready technologies.
EERE announced a new competitive FOA that provides up to $10 million to validate novel building technology performance in public buildings.