SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Zero Energy Homes (ZEH) Energy Supply Systems Integration
- Notice Date
- 4/25/2003
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Department of Energy, National Renewable Energy Laboratory - Midwest Research Institute (DOE Contractor), National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden, CO, 80401
- ZIP Code
- 80401
- Solicitation Number
- RDO-3-33457-00
- Archive Date
- 6/12/2003
- Point of Contact
- Victoria Nosal, Senior Contract Administrator, Phone 303-384-7325, Fax 303-384-7397, - Laura Hughes, Senior Subcontract Administrator, Phone 303-384-7347, Fax 303-384-7310,
- E-Mail Address
-
victoria_nosal@nrel.gov, laura_hughes@nrel.gov
- Description
- The National Renewable Energy Laboratory has issued a Request For Proposals for research and development efforts from industry and/or university teams for research and development of building components that are integrated with solar and other renewable energy generation technologies. Buildings use two-thirds of all electrical energy consumed in the United States and are responsible for a considerable portion of U.S. peak electrical demand. Because buildings are typically used for 50?100 years, their inertia has a major impact on future energy-use patterns. Recognizing this enormous impact, the Department of Energy?s (DOE) Building Technologies Program has adopted the long-term goal of creating marketable buildings that produce all the energy that they use on an annual basis ? Zero Energy Buildings. In support of this goal, Zero Energy Buildings will use solar and other renewable energy generation technologies in combination with energy-efficient building envelopes, appliances and systems to reduce the purchased energy requirements of new buildings. The Zero Energy Buildings strategy entails transforming the design and construction of new buildings so that they use renewable energy and energy-efficiency technologies at levels consistent with building functionality, market needs, and societal concerns. The Zero Energy Buildings concept is designed to catalyze a process that begins with the integration of both energy efficiency and renewable energy generation technologies into new construction. The process will then evolve to the construction of buildings that so successfully integrate efficiency and renewable energy generation that they have a zero-net need for off-site energy on an annual basis. The ultimate market for the Zero Energy Buildings concept is all residential and commercial building construction in the U.S. However, this Statement of Work (SOW) is focused on residential buildings (with potential application to small commercial buildings) and is specifically aimed at single-family homes, generically referred to as Zero Energy Homes. Full text of the solicitation will be available on the NREL web site http://www.nrel.gov/contracts/solicitations.html on or after April 25, 2003. Telephone requests will not be accepted.
- Record
- SN00312301-W 20030427/030425213357 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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