Working with National Laboratories

Energy efficiency and renewable energy is on the forefront, driven by current energy and economic factors as well as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). To advance energy projects across the Federal Government, FEMP is working to foster collaboration between its Federal agency customers and Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratories.

FEMP Assistance

FEMP is expanding its contractor support to help Federal agency with planning, analysis, and training on a range of subjects. This includes providing DOE laboratories with funding to respond quickly with technical advice and assistance.

FEMP funding may not be sufficient to cover the full scope of agency demand. The intention is to help provide immediate, time-sensitive assistance from DOE laboratories and contractors with the understanding that agencies need to pay for further support under a work for others (WFO) arrangement after those funds are exhausted. Agencies and labs are free to establish WFO agreements directly on their own.

Agencies can contact their FEMP customer representative for additional information (Excel 28 KB).

Working with DOE National Laboratories

FEMP encourages collaboration between Federal agencies and DOE laboratories. A Working with DOE National Laboratories guide is available to inform agencies on the capabilities and expertise at each laboratory, and to answer questions about working with laboratories (PDF 515 KB). Download Adobe Reader. The guide covers:

Assistance from FEMP

How FEMP Provides Technical Assistance through the National Laboratories
Services Provided by the National Laboratories
How to Request Assistance
FEMP Agency Client Representatives

Work for Others

Authorization for Work for Others
Parameters of Work for Others
Additional Work for Other Resources

Laboratory Contacts and Core Competencies

Argonne National Laboratory (PDF 2.4 MB)
Idaho National Laboratory (PDF 532 KB)
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (PDF 1.9 MB)
National Energy Technology Laboratory (PDF 229 KB)
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (PDF 423 KB)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (PDF 1.3 MB)
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PDF 1.7 MB)
Sandia National Laboratory (PDF 550 KB)

Laboratory capability presentations from the March 18, 2009, Interagency Energy Management Task Force meeting are available as PDF files through the links above.

Requesting Assistance

To obtain DOE laboratory help for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects, send an e-mail to femp_arra_support@ee.doe.gov copying your FEMP customer service representative (Excel 28 KB).

The e-mail must contain the following information:

Your contact information
Project description, duration, cost and scope
Anticipated impact in terms of energy saved
Type of assistance requested
Required start and stop dates for assistance
Special considerations
Laboratory preferences (if any)
Ranking of priority among other submissions from your agency
Indication of willingness to assume costs at some future point

Requests will be reviewed promptly along with a decision as to whether it can receive FEMP support. If so, FEMP will initiate a dialogue between the Federal agency and appropriate laboratory or laboratories to develop time and cost parameters. The laboratory will use FEMP funds to kick-start the project while a WFO agreement for continuing work is established if required.