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May 2025
NREL Partners With Chilkat Indian Village To Improve Housing in Klukwan, Alaska
A team of NREL researchers and Tribal staff are tackling the problems as part of a $1 million award through the U.S. Housing and Urban Development's Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes.
April 2025
Smart Electrical Panel Startup SPANs NREL’s Accelerator Programs
SPAN is the only startup company to go through two of NREL's startup assistance programs: the Shell GameChanger Accelerator Powered by NREL (GCxN) and the Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN2).
Modular Construction Enables Efficient and Affordable Housing
Recently, Shanti Pless stood on a windswept hillside and listed some of the issues that come with leaky envelopes.
February 2025
Kevin Lombardo's Family Rebuilt Their Home and Lives After Marshall Fire
After the Dec. 30, 2021, Marshall Fire burned his family's home to the ground, Kevin Lombardo, an NREL Client and Infrastructure Services manager, was struck by the enormity of what they faced.
January 2025
Reducing Data Center Peak Cooling Demand and Energy Costs With Underground Thermal Energy Storage
A new project led by NREL aims to incorporate geothermal underground thermal energy storage (UTES) technology for data centers.
ARIES: Solutions at any Scale
Annabelle Pratt is a chief engineer in NREL's power systems engineering center whose motivation for her work runs deep.
November 2024
News Release: Thermochemical Tech Shows Promising Path for Building Heat
Energy stored in thermochemical materials can effectively heat indoor spaces, particularly in humid regions, according to researchers with NREL.
October 2024
NREL Coauthors U.S. Department of Energy Blueprint to Decarbonize the Buildings Sector
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released a blueprint to aggressively reduce buildings sector greenhouse gas emissions while delivering equity, affordability, and resilience benefits to communities.
September 2024
Cementing the Path to Carbon Neutrality
NREL brings together experts from across the country for the annual Cement and Concrete Decarbonization Meeting.
College Students—Design for a Better Built World
Join the Solar Decathlon 2025 Design Challenge to compete with teams from around the globe in zero-energy design.
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Last Updated May 5, 2025