FEMP Focus
See what we are featuring from FEMP this month! Click on the links below to find out more about these FEMP updates.
FEMP Offers NEW Energy Savings Performance Contract Energy Sales Agreements (ESPC ESA) Webinar Series
FEMP is launching a four-part webinar series, ESPC ESAs: A New Way of Financing On-Site Renewable Energy. A live webinar will occur quarterly, starting in January 2019, and address various topics on financing and implementing on-site renewable energy projects that have the ability to benefit from tax incentives before they decrease. Each webinar will include project implementation best practices, resources, and Q&A. Registration for the first webinar will be available soon.
FEMP Releases Water Evaluation Tool
FEMP released a new Water Evaluation Data Tool, which provides a method for collecting comprehensive water data during a building and campus walk-through survey. The tool helps energy and water managers obtain data about water end-uses, providing the necessary information to estimate water consumption, develop a water balance, and identify future water-efficiency measures to complete comprehensive water evaluations. Visit FEMP's website for more information, and to download the handbook and accompanying summary workbook.
Berkeley Lab Wins 2018 R&D 100 Award for eProject Builder
DOE's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) won a 2018 R&D 100 Award for eProject Builder (ePB), a secure, web-based data management tool developed with funding from FEMP and DOE's Office of Weatherization and Intergovernmental Programs. ePB is the only nationwide system that standardizes the collection and tracking of information for energy and water retrofit projects implemented by energy service companies (ESCOs), and it enables the facilities and ESCOs to preserve, analyze, and track their energy project data. Read about DOE's R&D 100 Award winners, view LBNL's announcement, and learn more about eProject Builder.
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Joins the Better Buildings Smart Labs Accelerator
Laboratories are typically three to four times more energy intensive than an average commercial building and are a key focal area for energy management strategies. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) recently joined the Better Buildings Smart Lab Accelerator and committed to reducing energy use in their laboratory buildings by at least 20% over the next 10 years. JPL is one of seven federal partners to commit to this goal. Visit FEMP’s website to see a map of all the partners and learn more about becoming a Smart Labs Accelerator partner today.
Liquid Cooled Rack Working Group Initiative Merges with Open Compute Project
FEMP and LBNL's Center of Expertise for Energy Efficiency in Data Centers has combined its previous working group efforts to develop a liquid cooled rack specification with the Open Compute Project's Advanced Cooling Solutions project. The goal of the project is to develop a liquid cooled rack specification that could accommodate multiple vendors and provide a reusable infrastructure for multiple refresh cycles with a variety of liquid cooled servers/suppliers. Learn more about the project, its progress, and ways to get involved.
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