Biological and Environmental Sciences Directorate

News and Events

January 2013

• Studies quantify the effect of increasing highway speed on fuel economy

November 2012

• WUFI ("Warme und Feuchte Instationar," or transient heat and moisture). A family of PC-based software tools jointly developed by Germany's Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics and ORNL,...
  Read more at BuildingGreen.

October 2012

• A New Era in Automotive Engine Development Driven by HPC

September 2012

• ORNL working to charge cars on the fly
• ORNL roof and attic design proves efficient in summer and winter

August 2012

• ORNL debuts energy-saving heat pump

July 2012

• Roofing energy efficiency: more than a simple black and white issue

June 2012

• ORNL home to new battery manufacturing R&D facility
• Here Comes Electric Propulsion
• Geothermal Heat Pumps: The Next Generation

May 2012

• Feds tally payback time for hybrids; instant for some
• Mid-project data from study suggests hydrogen vehicles could have up to 70% market share by 2050
• Metal Roofing Research Reaches Final Stage

April 2012

• A Push to Make Motors with Fewer Rare Earths
• A Technology Breakthrough for Geothermal
• Roof of the Future? Oak Ridge, Metals Group Seek the Ideal Design
• Electric grid game changer
• Ford And Dow Team Up to Bring Low-Cost, High-Volume Carbon Fiber Composites to Next-Generation Vehicles

March 2012

• ClimateMaster Trilogy 40 breaks 40 EER Barrier
• Better heat exchanger is key to heat pump efficiency
• When the road charges your electric car
• Biggest Energy Loser sparks "light-bulb moment"

February 2012

• ORNL supported GE's hybrid water heater