ARPA-E Archived Funding Opportunities

DE-FOA-0000289: Building Energy Efficiency Through Innovative Thermodevices (BEETIT)

ARPA-E seeks to develop energy efficient cooling technologies and air conditioners (AC) for buildings to save energy and reduce GHG emissions from: (a) primary energy consumption due to space cooling and (b) refrigerants used in vapor compression systems. ARPA-E seeks innovative research and development approaches to increase energy efficiency and reduce GHG emissions due to cooling of buildings in the following areas: 1) cooling systems that use refrigerants with low global warming potential; 2) energy efficient air conditioning (AC) systems for warm and humid climates with an increased coefficient of performance (COP); and 3) vapor compression AC systems for hot climates for re-circulating air loads with an increased COP. The unique challenge for the U.S. market is to develop technologies that can be retrofitted into current cooling systems. For developing economies, there is a large market for new cooling technologies. The development of these technologies will reduce GHG emissions and significantly increase U.S. technological lead in rapidly emerging clean energy industries.

Documents

Modified (4/23/10) Funding Opportunity Announcement for DE-FOA-0000289: Building Energy Efficiency Through Innovative Thermodevices (BEETIT) (Last Updated: 3/2/2010 08:30 AM ET)

Previous Versions

Application for Federal assistance. Must be broken down by yearly period, total amount and provide an SF-424A for any subawardees that are expected to perform 10% or more of the total project costs (Last Updated: 4/23/2010 08:14 PM ET)
Detailed budget spreadsheet. Must provide separate tabs by yearly period and total amount. Applicants must also provide tabs for the yearly and total budgets for any subawardees that are expected to perform 10% or more of the total project costs (Last Updated: 4/23/2010 08:13 PM ET)
High Level Budget Spreadsheet. Must provide separate tabs by yearly period and total amount. Applicants must also provide tabs for the yearly and total budgets for any subawardees that are expected to perform 10% or more of the total project costs (Last Updated: 4/23/2010 08:15 PM ET)
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) compliance certification form. (Last Updated: 4/23/2010 08:14 PM ET)
Project summary in PowerPoint format (Last Updated: 4/23/2010 08:15 PM ET)
Public (non-confidential) project summary in paragraph format to be released to the public in the event an award is made (Last Updated: 4/23/2010 08:14 PM ET)
Sample Indirect Rate Proposal (Last Updated: 4/23/2010 08:14 PM ET)
Support Documentation for Budget Justification (Last Updated: 4/23/2010 08:13 PM ET)

Contact Information

ARPA-E-CO@hq.doe.govfor questions regarding Funding Opportunity Announcements
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- All questions must be submitted at least 48 hours before the submission deadline. ARPA-E will post responses to last-minute questions approximately 24 hours in advance of the deadline.
ExchangeHelp@hq.doe.govfor questions regarding ARPA-E’s online application portal, ARPA-E eXCHANGE.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Responses to questions are posted to the FAQs webpage.

Submission Deadlines

Concept Paper Submission Deadline: 4/3/2010 5:00 PM ET
Full Application Submission Deadline: 5/24/2010 5:00 PM ET
View Full Application Reviewer Comments Period: 6/18/2010 2:00 PM ET – 6/22/2010 5:00 PM ET