CX-100020: Categorical Exclusion Determination

Transforming Ordinary Building into Smart Buildings via Low-Cost; Self-Powering Wireless Sensors & Sensor Networks CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6 Date: 08/18/2014 Location(s): Ohio Offices(s): Golden Field Office Technology Office: Building Technologies Awar...

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August 18, 2014
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Transforming Ordinary Building into Smart Buildings via Low-Cost; Self-Powering Wireless Sensors & Sensor Networks
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6
Date: 08/18/2014
Location(s): Ohio
Offices(s): Golden Field Office
Technology Office: Building Technologies
Award Number: DE-EE0006719

DOE is proposing to provide federal funding to Case Western Reserve University to design and demonstrate a low-cost, compact, easy-to-deploy, maintenance-free sensor node technology, housed in a microchip and circuit board, and a network of such sensors, which enable the wireless, networked monitoring of multiphysical parameters and could transform today's ordinary buildings into smart buildings with environmental awareness.