Working with Us
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) offers industry, university, and other government agencies opportunities to leverage our research expertise. Working with outside organizations is the key to moving advanced buildings technologies into the market. There are many ways to work with NREL's research programs.
Developing Technology Partnerships
NREL offers a variety of technology partnership agreements to help you gain access to our research expertise. There are a variety of ways for your organization to get involved in our research activities:
- Work collaboratively with us through a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA).
- Pay NREL to conduct research without your collaboration through Work for Others (WFOs) or sponsored research, such as an Analytical Services Agreements (ASAs). These options are effective ways for industry to make good use of our expertise and unique facilities.
- Submit a proposal in response to any active solicitation for assisting NREL with a research and development activity.
- Work with NREL researchers through mentored student research internships for undergraduate and graduate students.
Licensing Our Technology
Your company can license any available patented buildings technology. For more information, see a list of buildings technologies available for licensing.
Using Our Facilities
To help advance research and/or strengthen product marketability in buildings research, our facilities are available to industrial, university, and government researchers for collaborative research. We can also provide experienced research staff to help conduct testing, or you can perform testing on your own. To learn more, please visit these other sections of the NREL Buildings Research Web site:
Current Partnerships
We collaborate with the building industry, private organizations, and government agencies to develop building technologies and processes that significantly reduce energy consumption in buildings and that use renewable energy technologies.
Contact Us
Please contact us if you would like to explore collaborative research opportunities.
- David Christensen, 303-275-3015
