Energy Department – Concrete Products

Energy Department, Power Institute probe walls’ thermal mass

December 21, 2020December 21, 2020 Concrete News

A $65 million Department of Energy (DOE) program will support technologies enabling energy-efficient buildings to interact with one another and the electric grid, potentially lowering greenhouse gas emission levels and improving power infrastructure. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette announced the funding commitment last month during an Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) gathering in Charlotte, N.C., where attendees toured a Meritage Homes…

CO2 Concrete venture secures major Energy Department grant

September 1, 2020September 23, 2020 Concrete News

A University of California, Los Angeles research team has received $2 million from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to extend work for two years toward commercial scale deployment of a process where carbon dioxide, captured from cement or power plant flue gas emissions, is recycled and mineralized within concrete mixes.

Quikrete Cos. and Energy Department partner on 3D-printed concrete project

May 15, 2020 Concrete News

Atlanta-based Quikrete Companies and the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, have entered a cooperative research and development agreement to design next-generation concrete for production of large-scale structures or elements through a 3D printing process (see “Sweet Success,” page 50). Using an Oak Ridge-developed additive manufacturing system, the two-phase, two-year collaboration will target specially-formulated mixes spawning new construction capabilities.

Energy Department laboratory hosts 3D-printed turbine foundation tests

January 20, 2020 Concrete News

A $250,000 infusion from the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade’s Advanced Industries Accelerator Grant Program will position Boulder-based concrete construction specialist RCAM Technologies and technology integrator Accucode Inc. to develop wind energy components using 3D printing methods. The grant supports RCAM work on a concrete wind turbine foundation with the potential to reduce offshore deployment costs by up to $4 million per structure and $400 million per plant. The firm will use the funding to expand its 3D concrete printing capabilities at two Colorado partner locations: the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, and Accucode’s new Colorado Springs facility.

Energy Department Housing Award winner starts with Superior Walls

December 28, 2017 Concrete News

Starting with a precast concrete foundation from Superior Walls made it possible for Gettysburg, Pa.-based High Performance Homes to receive its third consecutive U.S. Department of Energy Housing Innovation Award for “Home of the Year.”