U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Federal Energy Management Program – New Technologies

Completed Demonstrations

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• Spectrally Enhanced Lighting - Field Evaluation Reveals Significant Energy Savings, a new report released by the U.S. Department of Energy documents field test evaluation results of spectrally enhanced lighting technology used in three buildings.
• Results of an evaluation of the Whole Building Diagnostician's tool demonstrated in two buildings at the FAA's Denver site (PDF 3.6 MB, 84 pp)
• Results of the findings of a technology demonstration of two types of magnetically-coupled adjustable speed drive devices (PDF 2.3 MB, 76 pp)
• Results of an attempted field test of multi-layer light polarizing panels in an office space (PDF 436 KB, 22 pp)
• Results of an attempted field test of full-spectrum polarized lighting in a mail processing/office space (PDF 470 KB, 24 pp)
• New energy-reducing heat pipe technology, installed on air handling units to improve cooling system performance and reduce energy use demonstrated on Hanger L at the Kennedy Space Center.
• Reflective roof coating, the ThermShield International technology demonstrated at Tyndall Air Force Base, in the Florida panhandle.
• Natural-gas hot-water conversion system, the Gas-Fired Products Seahorse technology demonstrated at Fort Stewart, near Savannah, Georgia.
• Ice storage roof-top retrofit system for roof-top air-conditioning systems, the Calmac Roofberg® technology demonstrated at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, near Oak Ridge, Tennessee.