[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 33 (Tuesday, February 19, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9107-9108]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-3005]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Production Engineering and Commercialization of Residential 
Highly Insulating Windows

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of 
Energy.

ACTION: Program Notice.

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SUMMARY: The National Energy Technology Laboratory, on behalf of the 
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's Building 
Technologies Program, intends to issue a Funding Opportunity 
Announcement (FOA) to select and fund approximately two teams to 
develop, manufacturer, and commercialize cost effective, highly 
insulating windows with an NFRC U-value rating of 0.20 BTU/hr-
Ft\2\-[deg]F or lower.

DATES: This FOA is expected to be issued on or about April 21, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marc LaFrance, U.S. Department of 
Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Program 
Office EE-2J, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121, 
(202) 586-9142, Email: [email protected] C. Edward Christy, 
National Energy Technology Laboratory, P.O. Box 880, M/S E-02, 
Morgantown, WV 26507, (304) 285-4604, E-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The projects are expected to be for a period 
of 12 to 24 months and will require a 50-50 industry cost shared effort 
with the Department of Energy. Awards are expected to be made in FY09 
in the October to December 2008 timeframe, with approximately 
$2,000,000 of government funding over a two year period. Proposing 
entities should be led by a domestic window, glass, or production 
equipment manufacturer or component supplier. Partnerships with 
entities that can offer high volume distribution to facilitate market 
penetration will be encouraged. The DOE's long term window R&D goals 
are

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to develop the next generation of windows that offer dynamic solar 
control and U values of 0.10 BTU/hr-Ft\2\-[deg]F. However, 
these longer term efforts are not the subject of this financial 
opportunity. The purpose of this effort is for near term product and 
production engineering development of highly insulating windows that 
have U-values of 0.2 BTU/hr-Ft\2\-[deg]F or less that can be 
cost effective in the 2010-2012 timeframe for a broad range of 
applications in colder climates.
    FedBizOpps and Grants.gov provide e-mail notification services to 
interested parties who want to receive information about the posting of 
an acquisition or financial assistance opportunity. Register for 
funding opportunity notices at http://www.grants.gov/search/subscribeAdvanced.do.

    Issued in Morgantown, WV, on February 4, 2008.
C. Edward Christy,
Director, Buildings and Industrial Technologies Division.
 [FR Doc. E8-3005 Filed 2-15-08; 8:45 am]
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