Buildings that meet the newer ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1-2022 would see an average of 9.8% in site energy savings compared to those that only meet the 2019 standard, an agency analysis estimates.
Some of the technologies being developed with the grants, ranging from subsurface sensors to microtunneling robots, could have construction applications beyond grid projects.
Estimated costs to cover the backlog of four agencies' deferred projects increased by about $22 billion between 2017 and 2022, according to a new U.S. Government Accountability Office report.
U.S. Energy Dept selected team, also including Fluor and Cavendish Nuclear, to manage decontamination and decommissioning work at the shuttered Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Piketon, Ohio.