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The United States is emerging from the Cold War era into an exciting, but challenging future. Improving the economic competitiveness of our Nation is essential both for improving the quality of life in the United States and maintaining a strong national security. The research and technical skills used to maintain a leading edge in defense and energy now should be used to help meet the challenge of maintaining, regaining, and establishing US leadership in industrial technologies. Companies recog… more

Date: September 13, 1993

Creator: Adams, K. V.

Item Type: Article

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[Technical assistance to Georgia industries]. Final CRADA report for CRADA Number Y-1293-0230

The purpose of this CRADA was to provide a mechanism whereby private sector companies within the State of Georgia could access the vast technological resources available at the Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, Inc., facilities in oak Ridge, Tennessee. This assistance was focused on assisting companies within the State to become more globally competitive. The Georgia Tech Research Corporation and Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, Inc., (LMES), provided companies within the state of Georgia up to fo… more

Date: March 14, 1997

Creator: Barnes, A. A.

Item Type: Report

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[Technical assistance to North Carolina industries]. Final CRADA report for CRADA Number Y-1293-0231

The purpose of this CRADA was to provide a mechanism whereby private sector companies within the State of North Carolina could access the vast technological resources available at the Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, Inc., facilities in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. This assistance was focused on assisting companies within the State to become more globally competitive. The North Carolina State University Industrial Extension Service and Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, Inc., (LMES), provided companies wi… more

Date: March 14, 1997

Creator: Barnes, A. A.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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[Technical assistance to Tennessee industries]. Final CRADA report for CRADA Number Y-1294-0294

The purpose of this CRADA was to provide a mechanism whereby private sector companies within the State of Tennessee could access the vast technological resources available at the Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, Inc., facilities in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. This assistance was focused on assisting companies within the State to become more globally competitive. The State of Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development through the University of Tennessee Center for Industrial Services an… more

Date: March 14, 1997

Creator: Barnes, A. A.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Small Commercial Program DOE Project: Impact evaluation. Final report

In 1991, Washington Electric Cooperative (WEC) implemented a Department of Energy grant to conduct a small commercial energy conservation project. The small commercial ``Mom, and Pop`` grocery stores within WEC`s service territory were selected as the target market for the project. Energy & Solid Waste Consultant`s (E&SWC) Impact Evaluation is documented here. The evaluation was based on data gathered from a variety of sources, including load profile metering, kWh submeters, elapsed time indica… more

Date: August 12, 1992

Creator: Bathgate, R. & Faust, S.

Item Type: Report

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Small Commercial Program DOE Project: Impact evaluation

In 1991, Washington Electric Cooperative (WEC) implemented a Department of Energy grant to conduct a small commercial energy conservation project. The small commercial Mom, and Pop'' grocery stores within WEC's service territory were selected as the target market for the project. Energy Solid Waste Consultant's (E SWC) Impact Evaluation is documented here. The evaluation was based on data gathered from a variety of sources, including load profile metering, kWh submeters, elapsed time indicators… more

Date: August 12, 1992

Creator: Bathgate, R. & Faust, S. (Energy and Solid Waste Consultants, Montpelier, VT (United States))

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Geothermal Money Book [Geothermal Outreach and Project Financing]

Small business lending is big business and growing. Loans under $1 million totaled $460 billion in June 2001, up $23 billion from 2000. The number of loans under $100,000 continued to grow at a rapid rate, growing by 10.1%. The dollar value of loans under $100,000 increased 4.4%; those of $100,000-$250,000 by 4.1%; and those between $250,000 and $1 million by 6.4%. But getting a loan can be difficult if a business owner does not know how to find small business-friendly lenders, how to best appr… more

Date: February 1, 2004

Creator: Battocletti, Elizabeth

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Geothermal Small Business Workbook [Geothermal Outreach and Project Financing]

Small businesses are the cornerstone of the American economy. Over 22 million small businesses account for approximately 99% of employers, employ about half of the private sector workforce, and are responsible for about two-thirds of net new jobs. Many small businesses fared better than the Fortune 500 in 2001. Non-farm proprietors income rose 2.4% in 2001 while corporate profits declined 7.2%. Yet not all is rosy for small businesses, particularly new ones. One-third close within two years of … more

Date: May 1, 2003

Creator: Battocletti, Elizabeth

Item Type: Text

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Estimation of small business activity by county for the National Infrastructure Information System (NIIS)

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has commissioned the design of an assessment system to perform rapid analysis of the economic impacts of various disasters. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) developed the National Infrastructure Information System (NIIS) in response to this need. Its design includes several modules to support emergency assessment--the Facility Damage Assessment Module to provide rapid summaries of economic capacity at risk in a disaster area, the Regional Impac… more

Date: September 1, 1992

Creator: Bell, S. E. & Yoder, T. N.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Estimation of small business activity by county for the National Infrastructure Information System (NIIS)

Date: September 1, 1992

Creator: Bell, S. E. & Yoder, T. N.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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The U.S. Department of Energy pollution prevention program: Applications for small business

This report shows the benefits small businesses can realize by instituting cost-effective pollution prevention improvements. It is a series of pollution prevention assessments that were conducted at small businesses in Richland, Washington. It describes a technology transfer test of US Department of Energy (USDOE) pollution prevention methods to small businesses through eleven pollution prevention assessments conducted at small businesses in the city of Richland. The assessment method tested wa… more

Date: May 14, 1997

Creator: Betsch, M. D.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Technology Transfer and Commercialization Annual Report 2008

The Idaho National Laboratory (INL) is a Department of Energy (DOE) multi-program national laboratory that conducts research and development in all DOE mission areas. Like all other federal laboratories, INL has a statutory, technology transfer mission to make its capabilities and technologies available to all federal agencies, to state and local governments, and to universities and industry. To fulfill this mission, INL encourages its scientific, engineering, and technical staff to disclose ne… more

Date: December 1, 2008

Creator: Blacker, Michelle R.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Avoiding the Haircut: Potential Ways to Enhance the Value of theUSDA's Section 9006 Program

Section 9006 of Title IX of The Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (the '2002 Farm Bill') established the Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency Improvements Program (the 'Section 9006 program'). Administered by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Section 9006 program provides grants, loan guarantees, and - perhaps in the future - direct loans to farmers, ranchers, and rural small businesses for assistance with purchasing renewable energy systems and maki… more

Date: July 13, 2006

Creator: Bolinger, Mark

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Commercialization of Los Alamos National Laboratory technologies via small businesses. Final report

Appendices are presented from a study performed on a concept model system for the commercialization of Los Alamos National Laboratory technologies via small businesses. Topics include a summary of information from the joint MCC/Los Alamos technology conference; a comparison of New Mexico infrastructure to other areas; a typical licensing agreement; technology screening guides; summaries of specific DOE/UC/Los Alamos documents; a bibliography; the Oak Ridge National Laboratory TCRD; The Ames Cen… more

Date: June 1, 1997

Creator: Brice, R.; Carton, D. & Rhyne, T.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Commercialization of Los Alamos National Laboratory technologies via small businesses. Final report

Over the past decade, numerous companies have been formed to commercialize research results from leading U.S. academic and research institutions. Emerging small businesses in areas such as Silicon Valley, Boston`s Route 128 corridor, and North Carolina`s Research Triangle have been especially effective in moving promising technologies from the laboratory bench to the commercial marketplace--creating new jobs and economic expansion in the process. Unfortunately, many of the U.S. national laborat… more

Date: June 1, 1997

Creator: Brice, R.; Cartron, D.; Rhyne, T.; Schulze, M. & Welty, L.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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The Energy-Related Inventions Program: A decade of commercial progress

This report provides information on the recent commercial progress of inventions supported by the US Department of Energy`s Energy-Related Inventions Programs (ERIP). It describes the results of the latest in a series of ERIP evaluation projects that have been completed since 1980. It focuses on the economic impacts of the program, notably sales and employment benefits. The period of interest is 1980 through 1990. The evaluation is based on data collected through mail and telephone surveying of… more

Date: December 1, 1991

Creator: Brown, M. A.; Franchuk, C. A. & Wilson, C. R.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Impact of the energy-related inventions program on the national economy

The market entry, sales, and employment data presented in this paper suggest that ERIP has been able to efficiently produce positive economic impacts. It is likely that the documented successes of ERIP's inventors will be even greater as their projects mature and more current commercialization information is collected. Survey data presented elsewhere indicate that the ERIP financial support, endorsement, encouragement, and commercialization education are viewed by participants as the most impor… more

Date: January 1, 1987

Creator: Brown, M. A.; Morell, J. A.; Snell, S. A. & Kerley, C. R.

Item Type: Article

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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The Energy-Related Inventions Program: Evaluation challenges and solutions

This paper describes results of evaluation of the Energy-Related Inventions Program (ERIP), focusing on the methodological challenges faced by the evaluators and solutions implemented. Operated jointly by US DOE and NIST, ERIP is one of the longest running commercialization assistance programs in US. The evaluation suggest that ERIP is a cost-effective federal investment. By the end of 1994, 24% of ERIP technologies had entered the market, producing total cumulative sales of $961 million (1994 … more

Date: December 31, 1996

Creator: Brown, M.A.

Item Type: Article

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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The Energy-Related Inventions Program: A decade of commercial progress

This report provides information on the recent commercial progress of inventions supported by the US Department of Energy's Energy-Related Inventions Programs (ERIP). It describes the results of the latest in a series of ERIP evaluation projects that have been completed since 1980. It focuses on the economic impacts of the program, notably sales and employment benefits. The period of interest is 1980 through 1990. The evaluation is based on data collected through mail and telephone surveying of… more

Date: December 1, 1991

Creator: Brown, M.A.; Franchuk, C.A. (Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)) & Wilson, C.R. (Tennessee Univ., Knoxville, TN (United States))

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Project on Restaurant Energy Performance: end-use monitoring and analysis

Although energy bills for restaurants throughout the United States exceed 5 billion dollars annually, very little has been documented with respect to when and how restaurants use energy, or how such use can be reduced cost-effectively. This report summarizes the results of a multiyear collaborative research effort, designed to collect information on end-use energy consumption. Objective is to reveal the quantities and profiles of energy consumption of typical food service operations by time of … more

Date: May 1, 1985

Creator: Claar, C.N.; Mazzucchi, R.P. & Heidell, J.A.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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EVALUATION OF ALTERNATE STAINLESS STEEL SURFACE TREATMENTS FOR MASS SPECTROSCOPY AND OTHER TRITIUM SYSTEMS

There are specific components in the SRS Tritium Facilities that are required to introduce as few chemical impurities (such as protium and methane) as possible into the process gas. Two such components are the inlet systems for the mass spectroscopy facilities and hydrogen isotope mix standard containers. Two vendors now passivate stainless steel components for these systems, and both are relatively small businesses whose future viability can be questioned, which creates the need for new source… more

Date: February 29, 2012

Creator: Clark, E.; Mauldin, C. & Neikirk, K.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Community systems programs that may help small businesses survive in the 80's

In 1975, the Community Systems Program (CSP) was established in the Energy and Environmental Systems (EES) Division at Argonne for research in areas of community systems and their application. The work in EES includes research and long-range planning and development. Some of the work in the program is described and how it is applied in the local community is explained. The programs, if successful, will affect all economic levels. The basic premise behind the efforts is the saving of energy and … more

Date: January 1, 1979

Creator: Clifford, D W

Item Type: Article

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Awards of Attorney's Fees to Small Businesses and Labor Organizations that Prevail Against the NLRB or OSHA: H.R. 1987, 106th Congress

H.R. 1987, 106th Congress, the Fair Access to Indemnity and Reimbursement (FAIR) Act, which was reported by the Committee on Education and the Workforce on October 14, 1999, would make it easier for small businesses and labor organizations that prevail against the NLRB or OSHA, in administrative or court proceedings, to recover their attorneys' fees from the government. It would do so by requiring fees to be awarded automatically in cases to which it applied, instead of only when the government… more

Date: October 25, 1999

Creator: Cohen, Henry

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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WVU cooperative agreement, decontamination systems information and research program, deployment support leading to implementation

This program at West Virginia University is a Cooperative Agreement that focuses on R&D associated with hazardous waste remediation problems existing at DOE, Corps of Engineers, and private sector sites. The Agreement builds on a unique combination of resources coupling university researchers with DOE sponsored small businesses, leading toward field tests and large scale technology demonstrations of environmental technologies. Most of the Agreement`s projects are categorized in the Technology M… more

Date: December 31, 1996

Creator: Cook, E.E.

Item Type: Article

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department