Achieving DOE’s high-level goals of combating climate change, creating clean energy union jobs, and promoting energy justice, requires improving the energy efficiency of America’s nearly 130 million buildings. The Building Technologies Office (BTO) is dedicated to growing the American workforce that manufactures, deploys, installs, and repairs efficient building technologies in residential and commercial buildings. BTO envisions a nationally representative building efficiency workforce of sufficient size, skill, and compensation to carry out an equitable transition of America’s buildings infrastructure to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions no later than 2050.
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News, Articles, and Blogs
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Annual U.S. Energy and Employment Report (USEER) Shows Strength in Clean Energy JobsJune 28, 2022
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This summer, EERE’s Building Technologies Office (BTO) welcomes six GEM fellows to support the research, development and deployment of energy efficient technologies and systems in the built environment.June 6, 2022
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Housing Innovation Award winners show that green careers can bring us a more resilient future.March 2, 2022
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DOE's GEM program recruits high-quality, underrepresented students pursuing graduate degrees in applied science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).October 15, 2021
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DOE announced nearly $83 million in funding to 44 projects that will lower Americans’ energy bills by investing in new energy-efficient building technologies, construction practices, and the U.S. buildings-sector workforce.August 13, 2021
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This summer, the Building Technologies Office is bringing on talented and enterprising students through different fellow and internship programs.July 14, 2021
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The COVID-19 pandemic had a major impact on the energy-efficiency workforce, especially for those service providers, such as home performance professionals, whose work requires in-person home visits.June 21, 2021
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A new recruiting tool funded by the Building Technologies Office offers job seekers hundreds of options to obtain and advance careers in the green-buildings industry.May 6, 2021
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BTO awarded $26.3 million to 40 competitively selected projects to pursue innovations that can advance the goals of the ABC Initiative.February 10, 2020
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DOE awarded approximately $6 million to five organizations that will develop training programs for emergency responders, building managers and owners.December 22, 2020
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BTO researches, develops, and validates building technologies that are helping the United States achieve a clean and affordable energy future.September 18, 2019
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The SETO funding program will provide $4.5 million in funding for training programs that target professionals who are newly interacting with DERs
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