Better known for its role in the Manhattan Project, the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is a Department of Energy (DOE) facility that houses multiplescientific research projects. It is one among approximately 19 government labs across the Unites States that experiment with renewable energy sources, refrigerants, and HVAC technology, along with hundreds of other scientific topics. Each year the DOE petitions Congress with a “Congressional Budget Request” to continue financing the projects that show promise and are deemed worth pursuing. What has the DOE been up to in the name of renewable and HVAC?