The Building Technologies Office’s Emerging Technologies (ET) Program is offering the BENEFIT grant to support research and development in energy-efficient technologies for buildings. The goal is to achieve 50% primary energy savings by 2030. This grant focuses on innovations in HVAC technologies for non-vapor compression and advanced vapor compression systems. It encourages participation from national laboratories, corporations, universities, and non-profits to advance energy efficiency in lighting, HVAC, sensors, windows, and modeling. The grant aims to streamline administrative processes and fund the most promising applications in these core technological areas.
Opportunity ID: 268448
General Information
| Document Type:: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number:: | DE-FOA-0001166 |
| Funding Opportunity Title:: | Buildings Energy Effeciency Frontier & Innovation Technologies (BENEFIT) – 2015 |
| Opportunity Category:: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation:: | |
| Funding Instrument Type:: | |
| Category of Funding Activity:: | Energy |
| Category Explanation:: | |
| Expected Number of Awards:: | 6 |
| Assistance Listings Number(s):: | 81.086 — Conservation Research and Development |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:: | Yes |
| Version:: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date:: | Oct 09, 2014 |
| Last Updated Date:: | |
| Original Closing Date for Applications:: | Jan 12, 2015 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications:: | Jan 12, 2015 |
| Archive Date:: | Apr 13, 2015 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding:: | $ 7,750,000 |
| Award Ceiling:: | $1,500,000 |
| Award Floor:: | $500,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants:: | Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” |
| Additional Information on Eligibility:: |
Additional Information
| Agency Name:: | Golden Field Office |
| Description:: | The Emerging Technologies (ET) Program of the Building Technologies Office (BTO) supports applied research and development for technologies and systems that contribute to building energy consumption. BTO?s goal is to deliver 50% primary energy savings in the year 2030, relative to the baseline energy consumption projected by the 2010 Annual Energy Outlook. The ET Program is helping to meet this goal by enabling cost-effective, energy-efficient technologies to be developed and introduced into the marketplace. The ET Program maintains support for the national laboratories in five core areas: Solid-State Lighting, HVAC (includes water heating and appliances), Sensors & Controls, Windows & Envelope, and Modeling & Tools. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) combines an early-stage research and development topic (Innovations) with a later-stage research and development topic (Frontiers) that complement the core funding provided to the national l abs and allow all interested parties, including corporations, universities, and non-profits as well as the national labs, to contribute to advancement in two of these core technological areas: Non-vapor compression HVAC technologies and advanced vapor compression HVAC technologies. These topics are combined into this single, relatively large FOA in order to reduce administrative costs and to ensure that only the best applications are supported. |
| Link to Additional Information:: | |
| Grantor Contact Information:: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact: |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
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| Synopsis 1 |
Package Status
Package No: 1