Facilities

NREL provides industry, government, and university researchers with access to state-of-the-art facilities and equipment for analyzing a spectrum of building energy efficiency technologies and innovations.

Engineers and researchers at NREL work closely with industry partners to investigate and develop advanced technologies. NREL's facilities have been used to test and develop numerous award-winning building technologies and innovations that deliver significant energy savings in buildings. Several facilities further extend these capabilities and provide exciting additional research resources.

NREL's Research Support Facility Celebrates 10 Years

This facility showcases high-performance design features in a large, occupied office building with technologies and strategies that are a direct result of NREL's energy efficiency and renewable energy research efforts. The facility uses 50% less energy than a building built to current commercial code and achieves the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED Platinum rating. Researchers working in the RSF use real-time building performance data to study the building's energy use and adjust as needed.