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New pilot helps small businesses tap ORNL expertise

Posted at 1:34 pm July 16, 2015
By Oak Ridge National Laboratory Leave a Comment

ORNL Manufacturing Demonstration Facility

Small businesses can gain access to ORNL resources such as the Manufacturing Demonstration Facility through a new U.S. Department of Energy voucher pilot. (Photo by ORNL)

 

Small companies in the advanced manufacturing, transportation, and building sectors have a new opportunity to partner with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

ORNL was among five national laboratories selected to participate in a new DOE small business voucher pilot that aims to connect small clean energy businesses with technical experts and world-class facilities at the national labs.

DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy is funding the $20 million pilot as part of its National Laboratory Impact Initiative. ORNL will receive $5.6 million to conduct outreach, merit review, and matchmaking efforts for small business projects.

“We’re pleased to be given the opportunity to partner with smaller businesses who can take advantage of the world-class facilities at ORNL and other national laboratories across the country,” said ORNL’s Johney Green. “Through this pilot, we will help industry achieve their goals of developing innovative, energy-efficient products and being more competitive in the marketplace, particularly in manufacturing, building, and vehicle technologies.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Front Page News, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: building, Building Technologies Research and Integration Center, clean energy, DOE, industrial collaboration, Johney Green, manufacturing, Manufacturing Demonstration Facility, National Laboratory Impact Initiative, National Transportation Research Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Office of Science, ORNL, small business, Small Business Central Assistance Platform, small business voucher pilot, small clean energy business, transportation, U.S. Department of Energy, voucher pilot

Urban design leader named newest UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair

Posted at 7:25 pm May 7, 2014
By University of Tennessee Leave a Comment

Phil Enquist

Phil Enquist

KNOXVILLE—Philip Enquist, partner in charge of urban design and planning and leader of the City Design Practice at Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, has been named the 16th University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge National Laboratory Governor’s Chair. Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill is one of the world’s leading urban planning, architecture, and engineering firms, a press release said.

Enquist and a select research team will serve as Governor’s Chair for High Performance Energy Practices in Urban Environments and will be affiliated with and administer projects through the UT College of Architecture and Design.

The Governor’s Chair team will be a research partnership among many designers at the firm who specialize in sustainable urbanism and high-performance buildings. Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill’s City Design Practice is the world’s most highly awarded urban planning group.

The contract between ORNL, UT, and the design firm is pending, the press release said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: College, Education, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: architecture, Building Technologies Research and Integration Center, city design, engineering, Governor's Chair for High Performance Energy Practices in Urban Environments, Jimmy G. Cheek, Martin Keller, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL, Philip Enquist, planning, Scott Poole, Skidmore Owings and Merrill, University of Tennessee, University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge National Laboratory Governor's Chair, UT, UT College of Architecture and Design, UT-ORNL Governor's Chair

ORNL deputy director to discuss lab’s sustainability program Tuesday

Posted at 11:11 am January 13, 2014
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Melissa Voss Lapsa

Melissa Voss Lapsa

A deputy director at Oak Ridge National Laboratory will discuss the lab’s award-winning sustainability program during a Tuesday luncheon lecture.

The presentation by Melissa Voss Lapsa, deputy director of ORNL’s Building Technologies Research and Integration Center, starts at noon Tuesday at the University of Tennessee Resource Center on Oak Ridge Turnpike.

Lapsa has more than 18 years of experience conducting market research, policy analysis, and institutional and consumer behavior research aimed at deploying cost-effective energy-efficient technologies, a press release said. In addition, Lapsa leads the ORNL Sustainable Campus Initiative. The goal of that initiative is to integrate energy and resource efficiency, cutting-edge technologies, operational and business processes, and institutional behavior to achieve sustainability at work, home, and in the community, the release said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Front Page News, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Tagged With: Building Technologies Research and Integration Center, Friends of ORNL, Melissa Voss Lapsa, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL, SCI, sustainability, Sustainable Campus Initiative, University of Tennessee Resource Center

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