Researching breakthroughs in energy now is easier thanks to a new Web site that quickly accesses patents for technologies developed by DOE laboratories.

Beetle kill wood is just the latest example of the resources used to make the Research Support Facility a model for sustainability.

A new initiative puts commercial building owners and operators together with technical experts to help save money and energy.

Information Technology in the new Research Support Facility subtracts watts, adding to the building’s energy efficiency while showing others how.

Lab reverses solar cell process to create a long-sought-after deep green that could lead to cheaper, more efficient lighting.

The use of daylighting drives the size of the NREL’s new super energy efficient Research Support Facility as well as the features of its windows.

Buildings consume 40 percent of our nation’s energy. NREL is testing and researching electrochromic windows that could knock that back significantly.

When NREL decided to build a new office building, the national lab turned to its experts to establish a new energy use benchmark. The lab’s researchers knew what they wanted – the request for proposals included 780 pages of specifications. The resu…