Building Technologies Office
May 10, 2018
Energy Department Announces $11.5 Million for Integrated Residential Building Systems Research
Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) Number: DE-FOA-0001824
The Building Technologies Office (BTO) has announced the availability of up to $11.5 million for a Funding Opportunity Announcement titled, “Building America Industry Partnerships and Research Priorities for High Performance Housing Innovation - 2018.”
BTO will select additional building science project teams for the Building America Program to conduct early-stage research and validation of energy performance improvements in existing and new residential buildings. The new Building America project teams will study residential building performance and integrated building systems approaches to achieving optimal home energy performance. This FOA builds on work that started under 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.
BTO also supports research priorities in the residential buildings sector related to building energy codes. Further research in this area will help address current gaps, providing data and technical analysis around the market prevalence of key technologies and efficiency measures. This helps to inform future building technology research and development activities and enable decision-making processes related to building energy codes.
The FOA includes the following Topic Areas:
Topic 1: Baseline In-situ Fault Analysis in Residential Comfort Systems
This topic addresses the need for a comprehensive field study to characterize the prevalence and severity of installation faults and resulting performance degradation of residential, central-ducted HVAC systems.
Topic 2 - Integration of Advanced Residential Building Envelope and HVAC Systems
This topic focuses on selected objectives of the Building America Technology to Market Roadmaps described in the Building America Research-to-Market Plan, including:
A) High Performance Moisture Managed Envelope Solutions
B) Optimized Comfort Systems
Topic 3 – Gap Analysis of Building Industry Standard Practices
This topic focuses on research related to building industry standard practices. Construction practices vary significantly across the U.S. and there is often a shortage of information depicting how industry standards are applied in practice, including the influence of advancing technologies and construction practices. DOE can help address this gap by supporting further data and technical analysis around the market prevalence of key technologies and energy efficiency measures. In turn, this will enable decision-making processes related to building energy codes and standards, as well as inform future building technology research and development.
More information, submittal requirements, and instructions for applying to this FOA (DE-FOA-0001824) can be found on the EERE Funding Opportunity Exchange website. To be eligible for consideration, a letter of intent must be submitted no later than 5/25/2018 5:00 PM ET. Questions about this FOA may be sent to BTOResidentialBuildingsFOA@ee.doe.gov.
SUBMISSION DEADLINES
- Submission Deadline for Letters of Intent: 5/25/2018 5:00 PM ET
- Submission Deadline for Full Applications: 6/11/2018 5:00 PM ET
INFORMATIONAL WEBINAR
Please join BTO’s Residential Buildings Integration Program for an overview of this funding opportunity. Register soon, space is limited.
- May 14, 2018 at 3:00 PM ET
Register: https://doe.webex.com/doe/onstage/g.php?MTID=e0a69392615f1e5362e49f957d8c7cfff
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