BTO convened two workshops to discuss the potential launch of a major research effort for advanced HVAC&R technologies.
Last fall, the White House announced a “Smart Cities” initiative allocating over $160 million in federal funding to be invested in new technolo...
The Energy Department’s Building Technologies Office (BTO) is taking steps to prevent technologies developed in a laboratory from failing to succ...
DOE laboratories that are participating in the Lab-Corps pilot program have assembled entrepreneurial teams to identify private sector opportunities f
Autodesk’s interest in EnergyPlus has been public for some time. In 2013, the company underwrote the translation of EnergyPlus from FORTRAN.
Because roof top unit (RTU) air conditioners have such long useful lifetimes, building owners/managers don’t always know the best way to optimize...
Geothermal heat pumps are a highly efficient technology for heating, cooling and water heating.
One of the exciting recent entrants into the building design and analysis software marketplace is London/New York-based startup Sefaira.
The industrial industry is filled with unique and dynamic projects with substantially high process loads and resource consumption. This sector faces a different set of challenges in attaining sustainably built campuses. Owners must address compliance, ...
Did you know that rooftop unit (RTU) air conditioners serve cooling to ~60% of U.S. commercial building floor space?