Transcript Track 3, Session 1: Marina Sofos (2.77 MB)

Energy
Technologies
Overview of Federal Technology
Demonstration Programs
Emerging Technologies for Building Applications
Marina Sofos, PhD
Department of Energy, Building Technologies Office
August 11, 2015
Phoenix Convention Center • Phoenix, Arizona
BTO Emerging Technologies (ET) Research Portfolio
Sensors, controls, and
communications
Building energy
modeling and simulation
Low global warming
potential refrigerants
Heat pump
water heaters
Advanced heat pump
HVAC and refrigeration
Solid state lighting –
LEDs and OLEDs
Not-in-kind HVAC and
appliance designs
Advanced windows and
opaque envelope
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BTO’s Integrated Approach
Research & Development
• Develop technology roadmaps
• Prioritize opportunities
• Solicit and select innovative technology
solutions
• Collaborate with researchers
• Solve technical barriers and test
innovations to prove effectiveness
• Measure and validate energy savings
BTO Ecosystem
Market Stimulation
• Identify barriers to speed and scale
adoption
• Collaborate with industry partners to
improve market adoption
• Increase usage of products & services
• Work through policy, adoption, and
financial barriers
• Communicate the importance and value
of energy efficiency
• Provide technical assistance and training
Codes and Standards
• Establish minimum energy use in a transparent
public process
• Protect consumer interests
• Reduce market confusion
• Enhance industry competitiveness & profitability
• Expand portfolio of EE appliances & equipment
• Raise the efficiency bar
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Achieving ET Program Goals
Requires Cost Reductions
Energy Use Intensity (kBTU/sq. ft.)
Commercial Energy (Composite, All Regions)
200
48%*
48%*
End Use
Heating
Cooling
Ventilation
Lighting
Water Heating
Refrigeration
Equip. (PC/Non PC)
Other
150
100
*Energy Savings %
50
“Other” dominates in future: Transformers,
medical imagers, elevators, escalators, pumps,
laundry equipment, pumps, fume hoods, CHP, etc.
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Best
Avail.
ET
2020
Efficiency Scenario
Best available does not consider cost
ET 2020 includes cost effectiveness
ET 2020 – ET Multi-year Program Plan Targets for 2020
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Example BTO Project: Sandia Heat
Exchanger
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Pathway to Commercialization of
Low-Cost Wireless Sensors
Project Goal:
Develop and deploy low-cost wireless sensors for
building monitoring.
•
Reduce cost to manufacture and commission
($1-$10/node)
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Low-power wireless communication driven by
energy harvesting techniques
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Retrofit-friendly devices with minimal
maintenance
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Multi-sensor platform tailored for building
monitoring needs
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Leverage additive, roll-to-roll manufacturing
techniques to enable rapid adoption
Print components on
flexible substrates:
• circuits
• sensors
• antenna
• photovoltaics
• battery
Low temperature
photonic curing:
• sinters ink for
high electric
conductivity
• plastic substrate
undamaged
Peel and stick
flexible platform:
• pick and place
unprintable
components
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Low-cost haziness-free transparent
insulation based on porous silica
• Windows are responsible for about 2.15 quads of heating energy consumption and
1.48 quads of cooling energy consumption annually.
• High performance window replacements are too expensive for mass market
uptake.
• Reduces the cost of the windows while improving their insulation without
compromising their transparency.
Silica Particle Powder
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Open Innovation Opportunities with BTO
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ORNL Energy Efficiency Crowdsourcing
Community
Vision
Campaigns & Stats Judging
2 9 Independent
1  3 Campaigns:
Judges. Ideas
Envelope,
are evaluated
Equipment ,
based on their
Sensors &
technical
Control
feasibility,
 5,000+ Unique
potential for
visitors
energy savings,
 70+ Valid ideas
and novelty
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Awards
3 3-D printing
prototypes,
poster and insession
presentations for
best ideas at
EERE’s Industry
Day
Partnerships
4 Facilitated
networking

Opportunity to
participate in the
SBV program
Next Steps
Stay tuned for the web-cast announcement of the winners and the launch of V2.0
on Sept 23, 2015! Join the community at buildings.ideascale.com to receive the latest
updates!
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Rapid innovation for software solutions for
building operations/controls
http://catalyst.energy.gov/a/ideas/tag/tags/Buildings
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Rapid innovation for software solutions for
building operations/controls
http://catalyst.energy.gov/a/ideas/tag/tags/Buildings
$1,000,000 value with $500,000K in cash prizes
• How to Get Involved?
 IDEATE: Submit, comment and vote on problem statements.
 INNOVATE: Submit 5 minute video Business Plan Package. Deadline
August 14.
 Winners invited to participate in Prototyping: DOE to provide $25K
in online software development capabilities.
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Join BTO’s Open Innovation Communities!
http://catalyst.energy.gov/
http://buildings.ideascale.com
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Get Involved with BTO’s Emerging
Technologies Program
Funding Opportunity Announcements:
 Solid-State Lighting (SSL): R&D advances in LEDs and OLEDs
 BENEFIT FOA (BENEFIT = Building ENergy Efficiency Frontiers and Innovation
Technologies):
• Topics focused on Multi-Year Program Plan targets
• “Open” topic
• BUILD topic (BUILD = Buildings University Innovators and Leaders Development)
 SBIRs (Small Business Innovation Research)
• Generally one SSL topic and one non-SSL topic each year
Workshops, Roadmaps, Technical Reports
Website: http://energy.gov/eere/buildings/emerging-technologies
Email List: http://www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/newsletter.html
Apply to a FOA (or become a reviewer)!
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