Get Grants for Energy Efficient Building Tech

THIS FOA HAS BEEN AMENDED ONE (1) TIME. PLEASE READ FOA AMENDMENT 000001 FOR COMPLETE DETAILS AND UPDATED FOA INFORMATION. THE APPLICATION DUE DATE OF AUGUST 18, 2009 HAS NOT CHANGED. YOU MUST SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION THROUGH FEDCONNECT TO BE CONSIDERED FOR AN AWARD.

The following paragraphs are for informational purposes ONLY. ALL questions must be submitted through FedConnect. Application preparation instructions, additional programmatic background information, merit review criterion, etc. are included in the Body of the Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) which can be located in the upper right hand corner of the FedConnect Home Page for this specific FOA (DE-FOA-0000115).

YOU MUST FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS CONTAINED IN THE BODY OF THE FOA TO BE CONSIDERED FOR AN AWARD. Projects under this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) will be funded, in whole or in part, with funds appropriated by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Pub. L. 111-5, (Recovery Act or Act).

The Recovery Act¿s purposes are to stimulate the economy and to create and retain jobs. The Act gives preference to activities that can be started and completed expeditiously. Accordingly, special consideration will be given to projects that promote and enhance the objectives of the Act, especially job creation, preservation and economic recovery, in an expeditious manner. The Department of Energy (DOE), National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), on behalf of the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy¿s (EERE) Building Technologies Program (BTP), is seeking applications under six broad Areas of Interest.

Each Area of Interest includes several specific Technical Subtopics (which are described in further detail throughout this section) as follows: Area of Interest 1: Advanced Building Control Strategies, Communications and Information Technologies for Net-Zero Energy Buildings Technical Subtopic 1.1: Advanced Building Control Strategies and Interfaces; Technical Subtopic 1.2: Advanced Whole-Building Control Systems and Information Technology; Technical Subtopic 1.3:Advanced Component Level Software and Hardware Development; and Technical Subtopic 1.4: Energy Control and Optimization Algorithms and Tools Area of Interest 2: Analysis, Design and Technical Tools Technical Subtopic 2.1: Systems Engineering Tools for Very-Low Energy Buildings; Technical Subtopic 2.2: Scientific and Engineering Foundations for Designing and Operating Very-Low Energy Buildings; and Technical Subtopic 2.3: Miscellaneous Electric Load (MEL) Prediction and Modeling Area of Interest 3: Building Envelope and Windows Technical Subtopic 3.1: Window and Daylighting Technology Development; Technical Subtopic 3.2: Envelope Technology Development; Technical Subtopic 3.3: Building Envelope and Window Case Studies and Demonstrations; and Technical Subtopic 3.4: Production Engineering for R5 and Higher Windows Area of Interest 4: Residential and Commercial HVAC and Crosscutting Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Research Technical Subtopic 4.1: Residential HVAC; Technical Subtopic 4.2: Commercial HVAC; and Technical Subtopic 4.3: Crosscutting Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Research Area of Interest 5: Water Heating, Residential and Commercial Appliances and MELs Technical Subtopic 5.1: Water Heating; Technical Subtopic 5.2: Residential Appliances; Technical Subtopic 5.3: Commercial Appliances; and Technical Subtopic 5.4: Miscellaneous Electric Load Reduction Area of Interest 6: Solar Heating and Cooling (SHC) Technical Subtopic 6.1: Residential SHC R D; and Technical Subtopic 6.2: Commercial SHC R D DOE estimates that approximately $25-$75 million shall be available for awards under this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA). DOE will seek at least 20-50 percent applicant cost share with performance periods between 1 to 3 years.