Current Projects

Core Research Support for BTO Windows Program
Lead Performer: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) – Berkeley, CA
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Fenestration Software Tools
Tools for characterizing and simulating the performance of fenestration and façade components of systems support both design and product ratings.
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Radiance
Radiance is a set of open-source lighting simulation tools capable of accurately calculating lighting metrics and rendering photorealistic scenes.
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BENEFIT-2016: MOISTHERM (ended 2021)
Researchers at LBNL and ORNL are adding moisture transfer modeling capabilities to the popular 2D/3D heat transfer program THERM.
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Switchable Photovoltaic Windows
Lead Performer: National Renewable Energy Laboratory – Golden, CO Partner: Viracon – Owatonna, MN
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Validation Studies of High-R Windows
Lead Performer: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory – Richland, WA
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Vacuum Glass for R10 Window
Lead Performer: V-Glass LCC – Pewaukee, WI
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Completed Projects

Certification and Rating of Attachments for Fenestration Technologies (DE-FOA-0001000)
Closed Total DOE Funding: $1.6 million Deadline: February 5, 2014 Through this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) the Building Technologies Office (BTO) seeks to establish a performance rating mechanism for assessing the energy performance of fe...
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