The Manufacturing Innovator Challenge consists of six individual challenges to find ideas that will enhance manufacturing in the U.S.
BTO staff attended the announcement of new cooperative research and development agreements that ORNL has made with industry partners.
BTO has issued an RFI to seek broad stakeholder input to inform the strategic direction of the DOE lighting research and development (R&D) portfolio.

New Systems Analysis capabilities use EnergyPlus and the OpenStudio SDK to allow Revit users to simulate detailed HVAC systems.
BTO released two draft Research and Development Opportunities (RDO) reports to inform BTO’s strategic direction.
An estimated 200,000 devices are connected to the internet every hour across the globe. These devices rely on wireless networks.
These projects are funded through DOE’s SBIR and STTR programs, which are competitively awarded based on scientific and technical merit.
With a rapidly changing energy industry, Southern Company recognizes that accelerating technology development is more important than ever.
Funding will help support Administration’s goal to drive U.S. leadership in energy-saving building technologies.
Enabling smarter grids has the potential to create a revolution in the building sector that will save energy and costs.