U.S. DOE Building Technologies Application Centers

Pacific Northwest Building Technologies Application Center

The Pacific Northwest Building Technologies Regional Application Center's goal is to accelerate the rate at which new and well documented energy efficiency technologies, techniques and strategies are adopted in the buildings sector in the Pacific Northwest. The specific focus phase will be on efficiency strategies for new homes, for commercial building lighting and for public buildings, primarily state and local government buildings and schools. The Center team, which is led by the Washington State University Extension Energy Program (WSU), also includes the Energy Division of the Idaho Department of Water Resources (IED), the Cooperative Extension Energy and Housing Program/Cold-Climate Energy and Research Center at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks (UAF), and the Lighting Design Laboratory at Seattle City Light (LDL). The Center will serve as an energy efficiency resource and catalyst for improvements in energy efficiency in buildings in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington.

Southern Energy Efficiency Center

The Southern Energy Efficiency Center's goal is to promote the application of advanced energy methods and technologies through education and outreach to building industry professionals and individuals, and organizations with an interest in efficient energy use in the States of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. The center delivers information on commercially available and DOE developed energy saving technologies, processes, and tools that promote the DOE Building Technology Program's (BTP) goals for advanced energy efficient building standards, codes and zero energy buildings.