Mission and Goals

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Highlights

Data Center Cooling

Thermoplastic Molding

Low-Power Server

Aerial image of Yahoo!'s data center in Lockport, New York.

Photo credit: Yahoo!

Yahoo!: Data Center Coop Concept for Cooling

Design based on chicken coop uses ambient air for cooling 99% of the time
125 full-time jobs created in Lockport, NY

Induction molding press with seatback tool installed in the press at AjaxTOCCO, Madison Heights, Michigan.

Photo credit: The Boeing Company

Boeing: Induction Consolidation Molding of Thermoplastic Components

Enables rapid component manufacturing cycles
In aerospace sector, lowers energy intensity 75%
In wind turbine blade manufacture, reduces
energy intensity 40%

Photo credit: SeaMicro

SeaMicro: Low-Power Server

Reduces power use by volume servers 75%
Shrinks footprint to 1/6^th of conventional volume servers
Created 95 high-paying U.S. jobs in 2011; more expected

Mission

Develop and demonstrate new, energy-efficient processing and materials technologies at a scale adequate to prove their value to manufacturers and spur investment.
- Develop broadly applicable manufacturing processes that reduce energy intensity and improve production.
- Develop and demonstrate pervasive materials technologies, enabling improved products that use less energy throughout their lifecycles.
Conduct technology deployment activities that promote use of advanced technologies and better energy management to capture U.S. competitive advantage.

Goal

Reduce by 50% in 10 years the life-cycle energy consumption of manufactured goods by targeting the production and use of advanced manufacturing technologies.