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Uniform Methods Project: Methods for Determining Energy Efficiency Savings for Specific Measures; January 2012 - March 2013

Description: Under the Uniform Methods Project, DOE is developing a framework and a set of protocols for determining the energy savings from specific energy efficiency measures and programs. The protocols provide a straightforward method for evaluating gross energy savings for common residential and commercial measures offered in ratepayer-funded initiatives in the United States. They represent a refinement of the body of knowledge supporting energy efficiency evaluation, measurement, and verification (EM&V… more
Date: April 1, 2013
Creator: Jayaweera, T. & Haeri, H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Synthetic Catalysts for CO2 Storage

Description: Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy project sheet summarizing general information about the Innovative Materials and Processes for Advanced Carbon Capture Technologies (IMPACCT) program including critical needs, innovation and advantages, impacts, and contact information. This sheet discusses the development of synthetic catalysts as part of the "Catalytic Improvement of Solvent Capture Systems" project.
Date: May 25, 2012
Creator: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Breakthrough Flow Battery Cell Stack

Description: Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy project sheet summarizing general information about the Grid-Scale Rampable Intermittent Dispatchable Storage (GRIDS) program including critical needs, innovation and advantages, impacts, and contact information. This sheet discusses a more efficient flow battery as part of the "Transformative Electrochemical Flow Storage System (TEFSS)" project.
Date: May 18, 2012
Creator: United Technologies Research Center
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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High-Energy Composite Permanent Magnets

Description: Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy project sheet summarizing general information about a new program for the development of efficient, high-energy permanent magnets (project title "High-Energy Permanent Magnets for Hybrid Vehicles and Alternative Energy") including critical needs, innovation and advantages, impacts, and contact information. This sheet is the first open solicitation, announcing funding opportunities for involvement in the project.
Date: May 11, 2012
Creator: University of Delaware
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Chemically Accelerated Carbon Mineralization

Description: Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy project sheet summarizing general information about the Innovative Materials and Processes for Advanced Carbon Capture Technologies (IMPACCT) program including critical needs, innovation and advantages, impacts, and contact information. This sheet discusses turning carbon dioxide exhaust into a solid as part of the "Chemical and Biological Catalytic Enhancement of Weathering of Silicate Minerals as Novel Carbon Capture and Storage" project.
Date: May 25, 2012
Creator: Columbia University
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Fuel from Bacteria, CO2, Water, and Solar Energy

Description: Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy project sheet summarizing general information about a new program to generate liquid fuels from bacteria, carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight (project title "Engineering a Bacterial Reverse Fuel Cell") including critical needs, innovation and advantages, impacts, and contact information. This sheet is the first open solicitation, announcing funding opportunities for involvement in the project.
Date: May 10, 2012
Creator: Harvard Medical School. Wyss Institute
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Advanced Flywheel Composite Rotors

Description: Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy project sheet summarizing general information about the Grid-Scale Rampable Intermittent Dispatchable Storage (GRIDS) program including critical needs, innovation and advantages, impacts, and contact information. This sheet discusses advanced flywheel composite rotors as part of the "Low-Cost, High-Energy Density Flywheel Storage Grid Demonstration" project.
Date: May 18, 2012
Creator: Boeing Aerospace Company
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Compact, Low-Profile Power Converters

Description: Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy project sheet summarizing general information about the Agile Delivery of Electrical Power Technology (ADEPT) program including critical needs, innovation and advantages, impacts, and contact information. This sheet discusses extremely thin stacked iron plates as part of the "Highly-Laminated, High-Saturation-Flux-Density, Magnetic Cores for On-Chip Inductors in Power Converter Applications" project.
Date: June 4, 2012
Creator: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Electroville: Grid-Scale Batteries

Description: Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy project sheet summarizing general information about a new program for the development of a new large-scale battery technology (project title "Electroville: High Amperage Energy Storage Device - Energy for the Neighborhood" including critical needs, innovation and advantages, impacts, and contact information. This sheet is the first open solicitation, announcing funding opportunities for involvement in the project.
Date: May 11, 2012
Creator: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Membrane Dehumidifier

Description: Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy project sheet summarizing general information about the Building Energy Efficiency Through Innovative Thermodevices (BEETIT) program including critical needs, innovation and advantages, impacts, and contact information. This sheet discusses air conditioning with more energy efficient dehumidifying as part of the "High-Efficiency, On-Line Membrane Air Dehumidifier Enabling Sensible Cooling for Warm and Humid Climates" project.
Date: February 15, 2012
Creator: ADMA Products
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Phase-Changing Ionic Liquids

Description: Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy project sheet summarizing general information about the Innovative Materials and Processes for Advanced Carbon Capture Technologies (IMPACCT) program including critical needs, innovation and advantages, impacts, and contact information. This sheet discusses the development of lower-energy carbon capture as part of the "CO2 Capture with Ionic Liquids Involving Phase Change" project.
Date: May 25, 2012
Creator: University of Notre Dame
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Biofuels from E. coli

Description: Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy project sheet summarizing general information about the Electrofuels program including critical needs, innovation and advantages, impacts, and contact information. This sheet discusses the modification of E. coli to consume carbon dioxide and produce liquid fuel as part of the "Engineering E. coli as an Electrofuels Chassis for Isooctane Production" project.
Date: May 10, 2012
Creator: Ginkgo Bioworks
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Behavioral Initiatives for Energy Efficiency

Description: Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy project sheet summarizing general information about a new program around the collection and useage of energy-use data (project title "Large-Scale Energy Reductions through Sensors, Feedback & Information Technology") including critical needs, innovation and advantages, impacts, and contact information. This sheet is the first open solicitation, announcing funding opportunities for involvement in the project.
Date: June 4, 2012
Creator: Stanford University
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Genetically Modified Bacteria for Fuel Production

Description: Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy project sheet summarizing general information about the Electrofuels program including critical needs, innovation and advantages, impacts, and contact information. This sheet discusses a new program to develop a bacteria that uses electricity to convert carbon dioxide into liquid fuels as part of the "Development of Rhodobacter as a Versatile Platform for Fuels Production" project.
Date: May 10, 2012
Creator: Pennsylvania State University
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Carbon-Based Magnets

Description: Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy project sheet summarizing general information about the Rare Earth Alternatives in Critical Technologies (REACT) program including critical needs, innovation and advantages, impacts, and contact information. This sheet discusses a new type of magnet for power generators and motors as part of the "Discovery & Design of Novel Permanent Magnets using Non-strategic Elements having Secure Supply Chains" project.
Date: May 25, 2012
Creator: Virginia Commonwealth University
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Cerium-Based Magnets

Description: Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy project sheet summarizing general information about the Rare Earth Alternatives in Critical Technologies (REACT) program including critical needs, innovation and advantages, impacts, and contact information. This sheet discusses magnets made of cerium as part of the "Novel High Energy Permanent Magnet Without Critical Elements" project.
Date: May 25, 2012
Creator: Ames Laboratory
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Advanced Power Electronics for LED Drivers

Description: Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy project sheet summarizing general information about the Agile Delivery of Electrical Power Technology (ADEPT) program including critical needs, innovation and advantages, impacts, and contact information. This sheet discusses advanced power electronics for LED drivers as part of the "Advanced Technologies for Integrated Power Electronics" project.
Date: May 8, 2012
Creator: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Flow-Assisted Alkaline Battery

Description: Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy project sheet summarizing general information about the Grid-Scale Rampable Intermittent Dispatchable Storage (GRIDS) program including critical needs, innovation and advantages, impacts, and contact information. This sheet discusses the enhancement of consumer-grade disposable batteries as part of the "Low-Cost Grid-Scale Electrical Storage using a Flow-Assisted Rechargeable Zinc-Manganese Dioxide Battery" project.
Date: May 18, 2012
Creator: City University of New York. Energy Institute.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Magnetic Amplifier for Power Flow Control

Description: Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy project sheet summarizing general information about the Green Electricity Network Integration (GENI) program including critical needs, innovation and advantages, impacts, and contact information. This sheet discusses the development of an electromagnet amplifier to control power in electric grids as part of the "Magnetic Amplifier for Power Flow Control" project.
Date: June 4, 2012
Creator: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Genetically Enhanced Sorghum and Sugarcane

Description: Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy project sheet summarizing general information about the Plants Engineered to Replace Oil (PETRO) program including critical needs, innovation and advantages, impacts, and contact information. This sheet discusses the project to convert sugarcane and sorghum into bio-oil crop systems as part of the "Engineering Hydrocarbon Biosynthesis and Storage together with Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency into the Saccharinae" project.
Date: May 21, 2012
Creator: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Electric Adsorption Heat Pump for Electric Vehicles

Description: Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy project sheet summarizing general information about the High Energy Advanced Thermal Storage (HEATS) program including critical needs, innovation and advantages, impacts, and contact information. This sheet discusses the development of an advanced nanomaterial for electrical vehicle heating and cooling systems as part of the "Electric-Powered Adsorption Heat Pump for Electric Vehicles" project.
Date: May 25, 2012
Creator: Pacific Northwest National Library
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Metal Organic Framework Research

Description: Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy project sheet summarizing general information about the Innovative Materials and Processes for Advanced Carbon Capture Technologies (IMPACCT) program including critical needs, innovation and advantages, impacts, and contact information. This sheet discusses frameworks for carbon capture as part of the "High Throughput Discovery of Robust Metal Organic Framework for CO2 Capture" project.
Date: May 25, 2012
Creator: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Liquid Desiccant in Air Conditioners

Description: Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy project sheet summarizing general information about the Building Energy Efficiency Through Innovative Thermodevices (BEETIT) program including critical needs, innovation and advantages, impacts, and contact information. This sheet discusses air conditioning that would reduce system corrosion and be more efficient as part of the "Nano-Engineered Porous Hollow Fiber Membrane-Based Air Conditioning System" project.
Date: February 15, 2012
Creator: United Technologies Research Center
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Helium-Based Soundwave Chiller

Description: Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy project sheet summarizing general information about the Building Energy Efficiency Through Innovative Thermodevices (BEETIT) program including critical needs, innovation and advantages, impacts, and contact information. This sheet discusses air conditioning with thermoacoustic freezers as part of the "Trillium: A Helium-Based Sonic Chiller- Tons of Freezing with 0 GWP Refrigerants" project.
Date: February 15, 2012
Creator: Pennsylvania State University
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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