Buildings Energy Efficiency Frontiers & Innovation Technologies (BENEFIT) – 2024 (DE-FOA-0002788)

Buildings Energy Efficiency Frontiers & Innovation Technologies (BENEFIT) – 2024 (DE-FOA-0002788) is sponsored by U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) - Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Building Technologies Office (BTO). This funding opportunity supports research and development of high-impact, cost-effective technologies and practices that will reduce carbon emissions, improve flexibility and resilience, and lower energy costs in buildings.

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Notice of Intent to Publish Announcement (NOI) Building Technologies (BTO) Request for Information (RFI) - Building Sensor and Control Technologies Request for Information (RFI) Building Technologies (BTO) Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) Building Technologies (BTO) Building America Industry Partnerships for High Performance Housing Innovations Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) Building Technologies (BTO) Buildings Energy Efficiency Frontier & Innovation Technologies (BENEFIT) - 2015 Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) Building Technologies (BTO) Building Energy Efficiency Frontiers and Incubator Technologies (BENEFIT) - 2014 Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) Building Technologies (BTO) Notice of Intent to Issue Funding Opportunity Announcement DE-FOA-0001027, Building Energy Efficiency Frontiers & Incubator Technologies (BENEFIT) - 2014 Notice of Intent to Publish Announcement (NOI) Building Technologies (BTO) Department of Energy Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)/ Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) FY 2012 Phase I (Release 3) Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) Office of Strategic Programs (OSP) Energy Savings through Improved Mechanical Systems and Building Envelope Technologies Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) Building Technologies (BTO) DE-FOA-0003158: Buildings Energy Efficiency Frontiers & Innovation Technologies (BENEFIT) – 2024 This modification incorporates the following changes: Section I.

B: Revised Performance Goal/Target Outcomes for Subtopic 1B. Section III. E.

i: Replaced Value/Funding and Cost Share sections with Section III. E. i.

c. Funding, Cost Share, and Subaward with FFRDCs. Additional revisions made throughout to align with the newest FOA template.

Please download and review the FOA document for complete details. The Modifications table begins on page 2.

_______________________________________ The 2024 BENEFIT FOA will invest up to $30M (subject to appropriations) across four topic areas: Topic 1: Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning and Water Heating Technologies with improved materials, components, equipment design, and engineering, lower cost manufacturing processes, and easier installation.

Topic 2: Innovative, Replicable, and Low-Cost Roof and Attic Retrofits Technologies for affordable and scalable roof and attic retrofits that improve energy efficiency and address air and water infiltration.

Topic 3: Building Resilience and Capacity Constraints Novel approaches to maintain essential loads during blackouts and add power capacity to buildings without the need for major infrastructure upgrades; localized thermal management systems and thermally resilient building envelopes to provide cooling and overheating protection against extreme heat events.

Topic 4: Commercial Lighting Retrofit Advancements Low-cost, high-quality retrofit solutions for lagging sectors in energy-efficient lighting adoption (schools, certain commercial buildings). DOE is compiling a Teaming Partner List to facilitate the formation of project teams for this FOA.

The Teaming Partner List allows organizations that may wish to participate on a project to express their interest to other applicants and explore potential partnerships. Please see the Teaming List section of the FOA document for more information.

DE-FOA-0003158-Buildings_Energy_Efficiency_Frontiers_&_Innovation_Technologies_(BENEFIT)_-_2024_Mod_0001 (Last Updated: 2/8/2024 10:34 AM ET) DE-FOA-0003158_BENEFIT_FY24_-_Q&A (Last Updated: 7/18/2024 05:08 PM ET) (Last Updated: 12/21/2023 01:42 PM ET) Application Forms and Templates The following forms and templates may be used as part of the application submission.

Note that these forms and templates do not necessarily constitute all the documents required for a complete application. Please refer to the 'Application and Submission Information' of the published announcement to learn more about the required application content requirements.

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doe. gov For questions about eXCHANGE Concept Paper Submission Deadline: 12/18/2023 5:00 PM ET Full Application Submission Deadline: 3/5/2024 5:00 PM ET View Full Application Reviewer Comments Period: 4/10/2024 5:00 PM ET – 4/15/2024 5:00 PM ET DE-FOA-0002788: Buildings Energy Efficiency Frontiers & Innovation Technologies (BENEFIT) – 2022/2023 The 2022/2023 BENEFIT FOA will invest up to $15. 35M - $45.

2M across 5 topic areas to allow all interested parties to research and develop high-impact, cost-effective technologies and practices that will reduce carbon emissions, improve flexibility and resilience, as well as lower energy costs.

Topic 1: Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning and Water Heating: Technologies with improved materials, components, equipment design and engineering, lower cost manufacturing processes, and easier installation. Topic 2: Thermal Energy Storage (TES): Development and validation of next generation plug-and-play TES products with improved cost and performance and ease of installation to accelerate adoption of TES in HVAC applications.

Topic 3: Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS): Development, validation, and demonstration of product innovations that reduce the cost of BESS integration, improve the coordination between distributed BESS and the electrical grid, as well as help meet building decarbonization targets.

Topic 4: Plug Loads/Lighting: Integration of plug load controls with connected lighting systems in commercial buildings with minimal cost and complexity to support building electrification. Topic 5: Opaque Building Envelope: Development, validation, and demonstration of high-impact, affordable. opaque building envelope retrofit and diagnostic technologies.

BTO is compiling a “teaming” partner list to facilitate widespread participation in this FOA. This list allows organizations with expertise in the topics to express their interest to potential applicants and to explore potential partnerships. Please see the Teaming List section of the FOA document for more information.

The eXCHANGE system is currently designed to enforce hard deadlines for Concept Paper and Full Application submissions. The APPLY and SUBMIT buttons automatically disable at the defined submission deadlines. The intention of this design is to consistently enforce a standard deadline for all applicants.

DE-FOA-0002788_BENEFIT_2022-2023_FOA (Last Updated: 1/27/2023 12:10 PM ET) DE-FOA-0002788_BENEFIT_2022-2023_-_Teaming_Partner_List_3-23-2023 (Last Updated: 3/24/2023 10:57 AM ET) DE-FOA-0002788_BENEFIT_2022-23_-_Q&A (Last Updated: 4/6/2023 04:02 PM ET) Application Forms and Templates The following forms and templates may be used as part of the application submission.

Note that these forms and templates do not necessarily constitute all the documents required for a complete application. Please refer to the 'Application and Submission Information' of the published announcement to learn more about the required application content requirements.

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gov For questions related to the use of Exchange Questions regarding the FOA Concept Paper Submission Deadline: 2/7/2023 5:00 PM ET Full Application Submission Deadline: 4/5/2023 5:00 PM ET View Full Application Reviewer Comments Period: 5/16/2023 5:00 PM ET – 5/24/2023 5:00 PM ET DE-FOA-0002787: Notice of Intent to Issue Funding Opportunity Announcement No. DE-FOA-0002788 - BENEFIT 2022 This potential FOA is expected to support the development, validation, and demonstration of novel building technologies and retrofit practices that have significant potential for equitable carbon savings through building electrification, energy efficiency, and demand flexibility.

The FOA will also enhance building and grid resilience, affordability of efficient technologies and practices, and ensure environmental justice and inclusion of underserved communities.

It is anticipated that the FOA may include the following Areas of Interest: Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) and Water Heating (WH) Thermal Energy Storage (TES) Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) BTO is compiling a “teaming” partner list to facilitate widespread participation in this FOA.

This list allows organizations with expertise in the topics to express their interest to potential applicants and to explore potential partnerships. Please see the Teaming List section of the NOI document for more information. This Notice is issued so that interested parties are aware of the EERE’s intention to issue this FOA in the near term.

All of the information contained in this Notice is subject to change. EERE will not respond to questions concerning this Notice. Once the FOA has been released, EERE will provide an avenue for potential Applicants to submit questions.

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Full Application Submission Deadline: TBD DE-FOA-0002544: Advanced Building Construction (ABC) - 2021 Desirability, convenience, and cost are the three greatest barriers to deep energy building retrofits. The goal of this planned FOA is to fund research that enables faster renovation and construction of affordable, appealing, and energy efficient buildings.

This FOA directly supports goals of a carbon-neutral building economy no later than 2050 by focusing on three specific topics areas in need of desirable, convenient and affordable solutions to transform the United States’ building stock. This FOA builds on BTO’s current Advanced Building Construction work: https://www. energy.

gov/eere/buildings/advanced-building-construction-initiative . Information about the latest ABC goals and strategic organization can be found in the factsheet: https://www. energy.

gov/sites/prod/files/2021/03/f83/bto-abc-fact-sheet-030321. pdf The ABC Initiative uses a multi-pronged approach to address research, development, and market challenges with the goal of integrating highly efficient and low-carbon innovations into the construction industry’s broader modernization efforts.

Through competitively awarded R&D projects and cutting-edge building technologies research at DOE’s national laboratories, and the establishment of an ABC Collaborative with key industry partnerships, workforce training, and other strategic activities, the ABC Initiative works to not only drive development of new technologies, practices and approaches but also ensure that these solutions are widely deployed in the market – thus helping the U.S. expand job opportunities, develop a stronger building infrastructure, improve energy affordability.

A key objective of the planned 2021 Advanced Building Construction FOA is to fund R&D that will benefit underserved communities by contributing to the following goals: Highly energy-efficient buildings with low-carbon footprints and lower energy bills Faster renovation and construction, with less disruption to building occupants Affordable to developers and consumers Improved indoor air quality, improved comfort, and reduced maintenance.

As part of a forthcoming FOA, BTO will be seeking applications aimed at developing deep energy retrofit and new construction technologies suitable for environments with extremely high or low temperatures that tackle a combination of envelope, heating, cooling, and water heating issues, and hold appeal for both building owners and occupants.

Priority shall be given to those with prior experience serving low-income residents living in extremely hot or cold environments.

DE-FOA-0002544 Notice of Intent_ABC 2021 (Last Updated: 7/16/2021 02:45 PM ET) Full Application Submission Deadline: TBD DE-FOA-0002162: Request for Information: Research and Development Opportunities for Opaque Building Envelopes This RFI solicits feedback from industry, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, and other stakeholders on BTO’s opaque envelope program and its future directions and priorities.

To clarify these, BTO has developed a report that is structured around five key areas of technology R&D. The report identifies current envelope characteristics, R&D opportunities, integration approaches, and implementation pathways. BTO is requesting feedback on each of these areas.

BTO is also requesting feedback on planned technical objectives, technical targets, tools, overall R&D activities, and estimates of program impacts. This RFI is not a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA); therefore, EERE is not accepting applications at this time. EERE may issue a FOA in the future based on or related to the content and responses to this RFI; however, EERE may also elect not to issue a FOA.

There is no guarantee that a FOA will be issued as a result of this RFI. Responding to this RFI does not provide any advantage or disadvantage to potential applicants if EERE chooses to issue a FOA regarding the subject matter. Final details, including the anticipated award size, quantity, and timing of EERE funded awards, will be subject to Congressional appropriations and direction.

Responses to this RFI must be submitted electronically to BTO_Envelope_RDO@ee. doe. gov no later than 5:00pm (ET) on July 20, 2020.

Responses must be provided as attachments to an email. It is recommended that attachments with file sizes exceeding 25MB be compressed (i.e., zipped) to ensure message delivery. Responses must be provided as a Microsoft Word (.

docx) attachment to the email, and no more than 10 pages in length, 12 point font, 1 inch margins. Only electronic responses will be accepted. Request_for_Information_-_Envelope (Last Updated: 5/29/2020 04:05 PM ET) DRAFT_Research_Development_Opportunities_-_Envelope (Last Updated: 5/29/2020 04:05 PM ET) BTO_Envelope_RDO@ee.

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Full Application Submission Deadline: TBD DE-FOA-0002099: Advanced Building Construction with Energy Efficient Technologies & Practices (ABC) The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Building Technologies Office (BTO) Advanced Building Construction with Energy-Efficient Technologies & Practices (ABC) FOA supports research and development of solutions that can be applied to many segments of the building sector, including existing and new buildings, residential and commercial, and across multiple climate zones.

BTO is seeking applications aimed at developing deep energy retrofit and new construction technologies that holistically tackle a combination of envelope, heating, cooling, water heating, and ventilation issues, and hold appeal for both building owners and occupants.

BTO is interested in three topic areas: Topic 1: Integrated Building Retrofits Topic 2: New Construction Technologies Topic 3: Advanced Technology Integration Informational Webinar : A playback of t he Informational Webinar mentioned in the FOA can be found by following this link: https://doe. webex. com/doe/lsr.

php? RCID=8bd63921da034e8996909acf73ffdab1 A full transcript of the Informational Webinar can be found in the Documents section below. The eXCHANGE system is currently designed to enforce hard deadlines for Concept Paper and Full Application submissions.

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Application for Federal Assistance SF-424 (Last Updated: 4/23/2019 05:15 PM ET) EERE 303 - Statement of Project Objectives (SOPO) (Last Updated: 4/23/2019 05:14 PM ET) EERE 335 - Budget Justification (Last Updated: 4/23/2019 05:16 PM ET) EERE 335 - Budget Justification (5 Budget Periods) (Last Updated: 7/30/2019 10:57 AM ET) Disclosure of Lobbying Activities SF- LLL (Last Updated: 4/23/2019 05:16 PM ET) (Last Updated: 4/23/2019 05:17 PM ET) Excel Tools for Building Energy Savings Technical Potential (Commercial Buildings, Topic 1 Only) (Last Updated: 4/24/2019 11:08 AM ET) Excel Tools for Building Energy Savings Technical Potential (Residential Buildings, Topic 1 Only) (Last Updated: 4/24/2019 11:10 AM ET) EERE-ExchangeSupport@hq.

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Concept Paper Submission Deadline: 6/10/2019 5:00 PM ET Full Application Submission Deadline: 8/12/2019 5:00 PM ET View Full Application Reviewer Comments Period: 9/12/2019 5:00 PM ET – 9/17/2019 5:00 PM ET DE-FOA-0001824: Building America Industry Partnerships and Research Priorities for High Performance Housing Innovation - 2018 The mission of BTO’s Residential Buildings Integration (RBI) Program is to accelerate energy performance improvements in existing and new residential buildings using an integrated building systems approach to achieve peak energy performance.

The RBI Program’s market outcome goal is to reduce, by 2025, the energy used for space conditioning and water heating in single-family homes by 40% from 2010 levels. RBI’s focus on space conditioning and water heating offers the best opportunities for influencing residential energy use.

With this FOA, RBI will select building science project teams in 2018 for the Building America Program to conduct early stage research and validation of energy performance improvements in existing and new residential buildings with integrated building systems approaches, and achieve optimal home energy performance.

These Building America teams will work with industry partners and real world homes to develop and validate technologies and practices that achieve optimal energy and cost performance while effectively managing related risks (e.g., indoor air quality and moisture durability).

This FOA builds on work begun in the 2015, 2016, and 2017 Building America FOAs, and is focused primarily on addressing remaining gaps and objectives in the Building America Research-to-Market Plan. Building America seeks to fund projects with a high potential for significant impact.

Successful applicants will present a relevant problem statement, compelling hypothesis and/or solution, and effective research question(s) to be answered or technology/practice to be validated.

Successful applications will also include a well-developed plan for answering the research questions or validating the innovative technology/practice, and will describe a clear and compelling rationale linking successful project outcomes to lasting impact in the housing industry. Teams should have strong partnerships with affected industry stakeholders, such as builders, remodelers, and/or manufacturers.

This FOA has three (3) topics, described below. Applicants may submit multiple applications, but each individual application must be submitted to either Topic 1, Topic 2, or Topic 3, but not all. Applications will be evaluated using the technical review criteria of the selected topic.

Topic 1 - Baseline In-situ Fault Analysis in Residential Comfort Systems Topic 2 - Integration of Advanced Residential Envelope and HVAC Systems Topic 3 - Gap Analysis of Building Industry Standard Practices The full Funding Opportunity Announcement is published at EERE-Exchange. energy. gov. The eXCHANGE system is currently designed to enforce hard deadlines for Letter of Intent and Full Application submissions.

The APPLY and SUBMIT buttons automatically disable at the defined submission deadlines. The intention of this design is to consistently enforce a standard deadline for all applicants. Informational Webinar : The Informational Webinar mentioned in the FOA is scheduled for Monday, May 14, 2018 at 3:00PM ET.

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MTID=e0a69392615f1e5362e49f957d8c7cfff BA 18 Question and Answer Log (Last Updated: 12/17/2018 12:41 PM ET) DE-FOA-0001824 Building America Industry Partnerships and Research Priorities for High Performance Housing Innovation – 2018 (Last Updated: 5/10/2018 10:38 AM ET) BA 18 FOA Webinar Recording (Last Updated: 5/17/2018 03:07 PM ET) BA 18 Webinar Presentation (Last Updated: 5/17/2018 03:27 PM ET) Application Forms and Templates The following forms and templates may be used as part of the application submission.

Note that these forms and templates do not necessarily constitute all the documents required for a complete application. Please refer to the 'Application and Submission Information' of the published announcement to learn more about the required application content requirements.

Statement of Project Objectives (SOPO) EERE 303 (Last Updated: 3/27/2018 10:33 AM ET) Application for Financial Assistance SF-424 (Last Updated: 5/24/2018 10:40 AM ET) Budget Justification Workbook EERE 335 (Last Updated: 3/27/2018 10:18 AM ET) (Last Updated: 3/27/2018 12:54 PM ET) SF-LLL Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (Last Updated: 3/27/2018 10:30 AM ET) EERE-ExchangeSupport@hq. doe. gov BTOResidentialBuildingsFOA@ee.

doe. gov For questions about this FOA. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Responses to questions are posted to the FAQs webpage .

Letter of Intent Deadline: 5/25/2018 5:00 PM ET Full Application Submission Deadline: 6/11/2018 5:00 PM ET View Full Application Reviewer Comments Period: 7/2/2018 2:00 PM ET – 7/5/2018 5:00 PM ET DE-FOA-0001632: Buildings Energy Efficiency Frontiers & Innovation Technologies (BENEFIT) – 2017 The Emerging Technologies (ET) Program of the Building Technologies Office (BTO) supports applied research and development (R&D) for technologies and systems that contribute to reductions in building energy consumption.

In the United States, the ET Program has the broad aim of supporting the development of cost-effective technologies that can reduce aggregate building energy use intensity by 30% by 2020, and 45% by 2030, relative to the consumption of 2010 energy-efficient technologies. The ET Program strives to meet this goal by researching and developing cost-effective, energy-efficient technologies to be introduced into the marketplace.

A portion of the ET budget provides support for the Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratories in five areas: solid-state lighting, heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC&R) (includes water heating and appliances), sensors & controls, windows & envelope, and modeling & tools.

The remaining budget is distributed through competitive solicitations, including Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs) like this one, to allow all interested parties (corporations, universities, non-profits, as well as the national labs) to innovate advanced technologies that lead to reduced primary energy consumption in buildings.

In prior years, the BENEFIT FOA consisted of two sections (Innovations: early-stage; Frontiers: later-stage, roadmap-driven) to complement the core funding provided by the program ([1], [2], [3], below). This FOA consists of four topic areas within these two sections (e.g., “Innovations” and “Frontiers”), as well as a new third “Scale-up” section for pre-commercial prototype development.

Two targeted “Frontiers” topics are focused on Advanced HVAC&R and Miscellaneous Electric Loads (MELs), and two open topics are focused on early-stage R&D applications (“Innovations”) and pre-commercial prototype development and scale-up (“Scale-up”), respectively.

This pursuit of early-stage (Innovations), as well as later-stage (Scale-up) investments in the open topics will provide balance to the BTO R&D portfolio and targeted technology topic and program areas. [1] DE-FOA-0001383: Buildings Energy Efficiency Frontiers and Innovation Technologies (BENEFIT) – 2016, https://eere-exchange. energy.

gov [2] DE-FOA-0001166: Buildings Energy Efficiency Frontiers and Innovation Technologies (BENEFIT) – 2015, https://eere-exchange. energy. gov [3] DE-FOA-0001027: Buildings Energy Efficiency Frontiers and Innovation Technologies (BENEFIT) – 2014, https://eere-exchange.

energy. gov The eXCHANGE system is currently designed to enforce hard deadlines for Concept Paper and Full Application submissions. The APPLY and SUBMIT buttons automatically disable at the defined submission deadlines.

The intention of this design is to consistently enforce a standard deadline for all applicants. Informational Webinar : The Informational Webinar mentioned in the FOA occured on December 6, 2016 at 3:00 PM ET Eastern Standard Time. Please see documents below in the Documents section for the powerpoint presentation and audio recording.

(Last Updated: 4/21/2017 01:56 PM ET) DE-FOA-0001632 - Buildings Energy Efficiency Frontiers & Innovation Technologies (BENEFIT) – 2017 (Last Updated: 11/30/2016 09:40 AM ET) BENEFIT Teaming List v1-4-2017 (Last Updated: 1/4/2017 11:08 AM ET) DE-FOA-0001632 BENEFIT 2017 Informational Webinar Part1 (Last Updated: 12/7/2016 03:18 PM ET) DE-FOA-0001632 BENEFIT 2017 Informational Webinar Part2 (Last Updated: 12/7/2016 03:27 PM ET) EERE 205 - FOA Applicant Webinar Presentation_0 (Last Updated: 12/8/2016 04:18 PM ET) Application Forms and Templates The following forms and templates may be used as part of the application submission.

Note that these forms and templates do not necessarily constitute all the documents required for a complete application. Please refer to the 'Application and Submission Information' of the published announcement to learn more about the required application content requirements.

SF-424 Application for Federal Assistance (Last Updated: 2/7/2017 01:17 PM ET) EERE 335 - Budget Justification (Last Updated: 2/7/2017 01:17 PM ET) EERE 303 - Statement of Project Objectives (SOPO) (Last Updated: 2/7/2017 01:18 PM ET) SF LLL - Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (Last Updated: 2/7/2017 01:18 PM ET) For questions pertaining to the FOA. EERE-ExchangeSupport@hq. doe.

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Concept Paper Submission Deadline: 1/4/2017 5:00 PM ET Full Application Submission Deadline: 3/8/2017 5:00 PM ET View Full Application Reviewer Comments Period: 4/19/2017 5:00 PM ET – 4/24/2017 5:00 PM ET DE-FOA-0001630: Building America Industry Partnerships for High Performance Housing Innovation - 2017 The mission of BTO’s Residential Buildings Integration (RBI) Program is to accelerate energy performance improvements in existing and new residential buildings using an integrated building systems approach to achieve peak energy performance.

The RBI Program’s market outcome goal is to reduce, by 2025, the energy used for space conditioning and water heating in single-family homes by 40% from 2010 levels. RBI’s focus on space conditioning and water heating offers the best opportunities for influencing residential energy use.

The Building America Program is RBI’s premier applied research, development, & demonstration (RD&D) program, responsible for over 40 housing innovations to date that have enabled technology and market advancements in residential energy efficiency. Since 1994, the rigor of the national energy code has increased over 40% by applying high performance building envelope innovations proven with Building America research and demonstration.

To support RBI’s current program goals, Building America is focused on the following RBI performance goal: by 2020, demonstrate cost effective technologies and practices that can reduce the energy use intensity (EUI) of new homes by at least 60% and existing homes by at least 40%, relative to the average homes in each of the seven climate zones in 2010, with a focus on reducing heating, cooling, and water heating loads.

With this FOA, RBI will select additional Building America project teams in 2017 to accelerate energy performance improvements in existing and new residential buildings using an integrated building systems approach.

These Building America teams will work with industry partners and real world homes to help housing industry participants achieve optimal energy and cost performance, while effectively managing related risks (i.e., indoor air quality and moisture durability).

This FOA builds on work begun in the 2015 and 2016 Building America FOAs, and is focused primarily on addressing remaining gaps and objectives in the Building America Research-to-Market Plan . Building America seeks to fund projects with a high potential for significant impact. Successful applicants will present a relevant problem statement, compelling hypothesis and/or solution, and effective research question(s).

Successful applications will also include a well-developed plan, demonstrating not only an innovative idea of a technology/practice, but also a clear and rational way of executing the idea and enabling wide-scale adoption by the industry. Teams should have strong partnerships with builders and/or manufacturers in the industry. This FOA has two (2) topics, described below.

Applicants may submit multiple applications, but each individual application must be submitted to either Topic 1 or Topic 2, not both. Applications will be evaluated using the technical review criteria of the selected topic.

Topic 1: Building America Technology to Market Roadmaps: Selected Objectives Topic 2: Baseline Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Field Study in Occupied New US Homes The eXCHANGE system is currently designed to enforce hard deadlines for Concept Paper and Full Application submissions. The APPLY and SUBMIT buttons automatically disable at the defined submission deadlines.

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Concept Paper Submission Deadline: 12/7/2016 5:00 PM ET Full Application Submission Deadline: 2/1/2017 5:00 PM ET View Full Application Reviewer Comments Period: 3/8/2017 5:00 PM ET – 3/13/2017 5:00 PM ET DE-FOA-0001690: Notice of Intent to Issue Funding Opportunity Announcement DE-FOA-0001630: "Building America Industry Partnerships for High Performance Housing Innovation - 2017" This FOA supports the Building America Program which is the BTO Residential Building Integration (RBI) Program’s premier applied research, development, & demonstration (RD&D) program, responsible for over 40 housing innovations to date that have enabled technology and market advancements in residential energy efficiency.

Since 1994, the rigor of the national energy code has increased over 40% by applying high performance building envelope innovations proven with Building America research and demonstration.

With this FOA, RBI will select additional building science project teams in 2017 for the Building America Program to accelerate energy performance improvements in existing and new residential buildings using an integrated building systems approach to achieve peak energy performance.

This FOA builds on work begun in the 2015 and 2016 Building America FOAs, and is focused primarily on addressing remaining gaps and objectives in the Building America Research to Market Plan. This notice of intent (NOI) is issued so that interested parties are aware of the EERE’s intention to issue this FOA in the near term. All of the information contained in this NOI is subject to change.

EERE will not respond to questions concerning this NOI. Once the FOA has been released, EERE will provide an avenue for potential applicants to submit questions. Notice of Intent DE-FOA-0001690 to issue Funding Opportunity Announcement DE-FOA-0001630 (Last Updated: 10/20/2016 08:48 AM ET) EERE-ExchangeSupport@hq.

doe. gov For questions pertaining to EERE-Exchange Full Application Submission Deadline: TBD DE-FOA-0001518: Scaling Up the Next Generation of Building Efficiency Packages The Commercial Buildings Integration (CBI) program, working in cooperation with the General Services Administration’s (GSA) Green Proving Ground program, will invest $6. 5 million in a competitive Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA).

DOE seeks proposals that drive innovation in real building technology demonstrations while also fostering the collaboration of dynamic demonstration teams that include energy