March 13, 2015: DOE Unveils New Crowdsourcing Website for Building Technology Ideas
Start-Ups, Designers, Buildings Scientists, and Students Can Use the Website to Share Ideas
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the launch of its new Buildings Crowdsourcing Community website. Administered by DOE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), the new site, http://buildings.ideascale.com, is designed to help technology innovators collect, share, and evaluate input from customers and other stakeholders about next-generation building technologies.
Innovators including start-ups, designers, buildings scientists, and students can use the website to share ideas that could develop into new energy efficient technologies for homes and buildings. Those interested in participating can register through the ORNL Buildings Crowdsourcing Community or they can vote on their favorite entries. The best ideas will be recognized during DOE’s Building Technologies Office Industry Day hosted at ORNL in September.