• DOE will host a public meeting on October 18, 2016; 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. being held at the Navigant Offices, 1200 19th Street, Suite 700, N.W. Washington, DC.
DOE is proposing to revise its test procedures for central air conditioners and heat pumps (CAC/HP). DOE published several proposals in a November 2015 supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNOPR).
Comments submitted between the close of the original comment period (August 1, 2016) and the start of the reopening will be deemed timely filed and there is no need to resubmit.
Siemens has announced an open-technology challenge with JUMP, a joint initiative between the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and five national laboratories. The online crowdsourcing community focuses on bridging the gap between cutting-edge building technology ideas and the marketplace.
The U.S. Army has debuted a new combined heat and power (CHP) plant at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Aberdeen, Maryland. This new CHP plant is the first of its kind at an Army installation, and represents an innovative public-private partnership.
Over the next three years, DOE funding will be used by APPA and NRECA to develop security tools, educational resources, updated guidelines, and training on common strategies that can be used to cultivate an improved cyber and physical security culture.
The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) responded to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruling in favor of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on its lawsuit, filed in 2014 with AHRI member company and Midwest manufacturer Zero Zone, which challenged DOE’s 2014 efficiency standard and test procedure rulemakings for commercial refrigeration equipment.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced nearly $16 million in funding to help businesses move promising energy technologies from the DOE’s National Laboratories to the marketplace.