DOE Building Technologies Office: High Performance Housing Innovation Grant

The Department of Energy’s Building Technologies Office will offer the High Performance Housing Innovation Grant to selected teams for Research and Development in real-world houses, aiming to achieve significant energy savings in existing and new homes by 2030. The grant focuses on developing solutions for Hot/humid, Mixed Humid, and Cold U.S. climate zones. This Notice of Intent serves as an advance announcement for the upcoming Funding Opportunity Announcement. Applicants are advised to prepare partnerships and ideas for submission when the FOA is released on EERE Exchange in late 2014.

Opportunity ID: 265889

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General Information

Document Type::	Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number::	DE-FOA-0001200
Funding Opportunity Title::	Notice of Intent: ?Building America Industry Partnerships for High Performance Housing Innovation?
Opportunity Category::	Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation::
Funding Instrument Type::
Category of Funding Activity::	Energy
Category Explanation::
Expected Number of Awards::
Assistance Listings Number(s)::	81.086 — Conservation Research and Development
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement::	Yes
Version::	Synopsis 1
Posted Date::	Sep 18, 2014
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Original Closing Date for Applications::
Current Closing Date for Applications::
Archive Date::	Dec 18, 2014
Estimated Total Program Funding::	$ 0
Award Ceiling::	$0
Award Floor::	$0

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants::	Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Additional Information on Eligibility::	National Laboratories will be restricted from applying to this FOA due to their participation in the development of the FOA and their support to project teams under the FOA.

Additional Information

Agency Name::	Golden Field Office
Description::	The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) intends to issue, on behalf of the Building Technologies Office, a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) entitled,? Building America Industry Partnerships for High Performance Housing Innovation?, DE-FOA-0001117. Selected teams will conduct applied Research and Development (R&D) in real world houses to demonstrate market-relevant strategies that will lead to 40% energy savings in existing homes (pre-post retrofit) by 2030 and 50% savings in new homes (over International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) 2009) by 2025. Through this FOA, EERE will fund high impact projects that develop and demonstrate integrated solutions to any or all of these core technical challenges, primarily focused on solutions for U.S. climate zones with the greatest need ? i.e., Hot/humid, Mixed Humid, and Cold climates. The purpose of this Notice is to provide potential applicants advance notice that the Building Technologies Office, on behalf of the DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), intends to issue a FOA titled, Building America Industry Partnerships for High Performance Housing Innovation. NO APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED THROUGH THIS NOTICE. Please do not submit questions or respond to this Notice of Intent. Prospective applicants to the FOA should begin developing partnerships, formulating ideas, and gathering data in anticipation of the issuance of this FOA. It is anticipated that this FOA will be posted to EERE Exchange late calendar year 2014.
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Version History

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Synopsis 1

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Package No: 1