March 27, 2013: DOE Announces Winners of Student Competition to Promote Energy Efficient Buildings
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the winners of the second annual Better Buildings Case Competition, which challenges university teams to develop and present real-world business and technical solutions to cut energy waste and improve the efficiency of commercial buildings. The winners included Carnegie Mellon University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of California-Santa Barbara, University of Chicago, and Yale University.
This year, 14 university teams analyzed case studies focusing on a range of challenges faced by private-sector organizations and state and local governments who are looking to improve the energy efficiency of their operations. The case studies consisted of real scenarios, background information, and data provided by organizations that included partners in the Better Buildings Challenge program — a public-private partnership working to make America's commercial and industrial buildings 20 percent more efficient by 2020.