March 18, 2014: DOE Offers Funding for Energy Efficient Building Technologies
With Such Technologies, Annual Energy Consumption of Buildings Could Be Reduced by 6 Quads
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced a $10 million funding opportunity to help demonstrate and deploy energy efficiency technologies for commercial buildings, including projects that will bring next generation building systems and components to a broader market faster — helping to save building owners and businesses money by saving energy.
DOE said commercial buildings consume more than 18 quadrillion British thermal units (quads) of primary energy use annually, or about 18 percent of all the energy used in the nation in 2012. If building owners would adopt energy efficiency technologies, the annual energy consumption of commercial and industrial buildings could be reduced by 6 quads.