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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.

Improving the operational performance of America’s buildings offers significant energy and cost savings.

DOE today unveiled the fourth installment of the "Better Buildings Challenge SWAP," featuring General Motors and L'Oréal USA.

DOE announced the winners of its fifth annual Race to Zero Student Design Competition.

Karma Sawyer is the Program Manager for Emerging Technologies.

The campaign works with commercial building owners that wish to upgrade to high-efficiency RTU technologies and practices in commercial buildings.

Often located in small- to medium-sized buildings, small businesses face a common barrier to maximizing economic growth – energy costs.

Numerous barriers persist to widespread uptake and implementation of smart building technologies.

To help city staff and program administrators manage energy data, IIMT recently released the Putting Data to Work toolkit.

HVAC, water heating, and other appliances represent more than half of the total energy used in U.S. residential and commercial buildings.

BTO recently released a retrospective benefit-cost analysis that quantifies the impact of Building America activities in the new residential market.

Zero energy buildings are defined by the Building Technologies Office (BTO) as extremely energy-efficient buildings.

It's no surprise that aging properties are in desperate need of improvements given that nearly 60% of multifamily buildings were built before 1980.

Paying for energy projects is a persistent barrier especially in the retail sector. Learn what The Home Depot did.

Manufacturers can now independently and accurately certify the energy efficient attributes of their products, thanks to an exciting new program.

The Interior Lighting Campaign is accepting applications for its 2018 recognition cycle.

There was a whole lot of connecting going on at DOE’s 15th annual Solid-State Lighting R&D Workshop, which was held in Nashville January 29 – 31.

The Smart Energy Analytics Campaign is accepting applications for its spring 2018 recognition cycle.

The intersection of occupant comfort, productivity, and energy reduction is no secret.

There are a variety of challenges that energy projects face in the path to implementation, not the least of which is navigating the approvals process.

While winter weather can bring magnificent snowy views, it isn’t always a pretty picture for your heating bill.

Today's lighting technology quickly pays for itself by cutting energy costs up to 70% and can potentially eliminate up to 90% of maintenance costs.

This Building America project identified several space-conditioning issues unique to high-performance homes that impact energy use and comfort.