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Re-Building U.S. Economy with Green-Building
The U.S. Department of Energy is investing heavily in green building as an energy saving and job creating economic stimulus. The DOE recently announced $106 million in stimulus funding for energy efficiency and conservation activities, aimed at state-level green building priorities.
Date: 09/29/2009
Type: Blog
Technologies: Buildings, Modeling
Tags: DOE, green building, green jobs, stimulus
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Researchers Say They've Solved the Mystery of LED Lighting "Droop"
Institute faculty members' research featured on DOE energy blog.
Date: 05/16/2011
Type: Blog
Technologies: Lighting & Displays
Tags: DOE, Gallium Nitride, LED lighting, lighting efficiency, nitride, semiconductors
Secretary Chu Announces $47 Million to Improve Efficiency in Information Technology and Communications Sectors
Projects to lower energy use by data centers and telecommunications systems recieve funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Date: 01/06/2010
Type: News
Technologies: Computing and Networks, Data Centers, Economic Impact
Tags: ARRA, DOE
Secretary Chu Announces More than $155 Million for Industrial Energy Efficiency Projects
The Department of Energy announced it is awarding $155 million in funding for energy efficiency projects across the country.
Date: 11/03/2009
Type: News
Technologies: Energy Efficiency Policy
Tags: DOE, energy efficiency programs, stimulus
Secretary Chu Announces up to $62 Million for Concentrating Solar Power Research and Development
This funding will support improvements in concentrating solar power systems, components, and thermal energy storage to accelerate the market-readiness of this renewable energy technology.
Date: 05/07/2010
Type: News
Technologies: Solar/Photovoltaics, Energy Conversion
Tags: concentrating solar, DOE
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Sharing Super Computing for Energy Innovation
The Department of Energy has rolled out a program to donate billions of supercomputing hours to projects that are working on energy innovation, including a GE effort to design more energy-efficient propulsion systems.
Date: 12/01/2010
Type: News
Technologies: Computing and Networks, General Information
Tags: computing, DOE, energy innovation, supercomputers
Solar Shingles See the Light of Day
Dow Chemical readies easy-to-install solar roofs.
Date: 01/20/2010
Type: News
Technologies: Buildings, Energy Conversion
Tags: DOE, Dow, solar shingles
SunShot Program: Your Tax Dollars at Work Growing Solar
DOE’s SunShot Initiative is subsidizing research so it can stop subsidizing solar energy generation. DOE calls SunShot “the Apollo Mission of our time.”
Date: 04/23/2012
Type: Article
Technologies: Solar/Photovoltaics
Tags: concentrating solar power, department of energy, DOE, funding, photovoltaics, research, solar, SunShot Initiative
U.S. announces tighter scrutiny for Energy Star products
The U.S. government, criticized for lax scrutiny of Energy Star products, has announced it will further tighten its certification rules.
Date: 04/15/2010
Type: News
Technologies: Electronics, Energy Efficiency Policy
Tags: DOE, EPA, household appliances
U.S. Unveils a $350-Million Energy-Efficiency Initiative at Copenhagen
Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu emphasized energy efficiency as the biggest tool to combat climate change in a speech given at the climate conference in Copenhagen.
Date: 12/15/2009
Type: News
Technologies: Climate Change, General Information
Tags: Chu, climate change, DOE, energy efficiency programs

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