Energy & Advocacy News

>>News & Events from Building Technologies Office
Source: energy.gov 

 

-Get Acquainted with DOE’s New Residential Accelerators: Home Upgrade Program Accelerator, Home Energy Information Accelerator
-Call for ENERGY STAR Emerging Technology Award Nominations: Send nominations to emergingtech@energystar.gov.
-Connecticut Launches Nation's First Statewide Home Energy Score Program
-DOE Resources Help Measure Building Energy Benchmarking Policy & Program Effectiveness
-Attend Clean Energy Manufacturing Summit for Southeast Region on July 9
-Webinar: Innovation for Food Retail: The 50% Advanced Energy Design Guide for Grocery Stores - June 3, 1 p.m. (ET)
-Webinar: DOE Guidelines for Home Energy Professionals - June 17, 3 p.m. (ET)
-Webinar: Introduction to Better Buildings Home Upgrade Program Accelerator - June 18, 2 p.m. (ET)
-Webinar: Evaluation of the Better Buildings Neighborhood Program - June 24, 2 p.m. (ET) 

>>U.S. DOE Building America Update
Source: energy.gov
The U.S. Department of Energy's Building America Update newsletter is now available.
Read this issue to learn about: 

>Building America teams Advanced Residential Integrated Energy Solutions (ARIES) and the NorthernSTAR Building America Partnership, pioneers in innovative building technologies
>Results from the 2015 Race to Zero Student Design Competition
>New funding from DOE for Building America team partnerships
>New Building America Code Compliance Brief for continuous rigid Insulation for cladding/furring attachment
>Upcoming new features for Building America Solution Center: improved navigation, checklists, Building Science Sales Tool
>Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Buildings Crowdsourcing Community website
>Call for entries for the 2015 GreenBuilder magazine Home of the Year Awards
>Residential success stories highlighting ARIES and NorthernSTAR team projects
>Building America in the news
>The latest publications from Building America: measure guidelines, case studies for new and existing homes and technologies, and more!
 
Read the full issue for the latest news and information from Building America.