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Home » Keywords: » National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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NREL, CLEAResult Issue Residential Innovation Challenge

Challenge is focused on ideas and topics related to improving energy efficiency
June 7, 2016

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), along with industry partner CLEAResult, is seeking crowdsourced ideas for residential energy efficiency applications for smartphones as part of the DOE JUMP initiative.


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NREL Raises Rooftop Photovoltaic Estimate

The current estimate is significantly greater than a previous NREL analysis
April 25, 2016

The analysis reveals a technical potential of 1,118 gigawatts (GW) of capacity and 1,432 terawatt-hours (TWh) of annual energy generation, equivalent to 39 percent of the nation’s electricity sales.


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Supercomputer That Uses Waste Heat to Warm Its Building Wins R&D 100 Award

HP Supercomputer at NREL Garners Top Honor
December 22, 2014

A supercomputer created by Hewlett-Packard (HP) and the U.S Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) that uses warm water to cool its servers, and then re-uses that water to heat its building, has been honored as one of the top technological innovations of the year by R&D Magazine.


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Demos with US Navy Validate Energy Efficiency Savings Opportunities

NREL Identified Advanced Plug Load Controls and Whole-Building Energy Efficiency Retrofits as Good Investments
October 6, 2014

Field demonstrations of newly proven energy efficiency technologies are yielding valuable results for the U.S. Navy, helping it meet energy goals. The initial results have encouraged the Navy to move forward with broader implementation of several of the energy efficiency technologies.


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March 20, 2014: NREL Aims to Improve Building Energy Performance with Web-Based Tool

Performance Data Provides Apples-to-Apples Comparisons of Products
March 20, 2014

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has developed a web-based tool to help commercial building engineers and designers better understand the energy performance of building-related products, including HVAC.


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Dec. 12, 2013: Soft Costs Are Now Largest Piece of Total Solar Cost

Reports Provide a Comprehensive Look at the Full Cost of Installing Solar
December 12, 2013
Two reports from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) find that non-hardware costs for solar — often referred to as soft costs — now comprise up to 64 percent of the total price of residential solar energy systems.


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New Tool Brings Precision, Savings to Energy Audits

Software Package Developed by NREL in Partnership with concept3D
December 9, 2013
An energy audit tool that more accurately pinpoints potential energy savings while potentially costing 35 percent to 75 percent less than traditional audits is set to hit the multi-billion-dollar energy retrofit industry next year.


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NREL Seeks Comments

Deadline to Submit Information is May 31
May 27, 2013

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is seeking information from organizations and/or coalitions of organizations that are using, or would like to use, the Guidelines for Home Energy Professionals project.


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Sept. 19, 2012: NREL to Work with HP and Intel to Create Most Energy Efficient Data Center

September 19, 2012
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has selected HP and Intel to provide a new energy-efficient high performance computer (HPC) system. NREL’s new HPC data center is designed to be the world’s most energy efficient.


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NREL Works with ASHRAE, Others to Cut Building Energy Use in Half

September 3, 2012
Hospitals use a lot of energy to save lives. To find ways to cut the energy intensity of large hospitals as well as schools and retail buildings by half, DOE’s Commercial Buildings Program and its National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are working together with ASHRAE and other members of the building industry.


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