AMMTO, IEDO, and BTO, in collaboration with OTT, are interested in jointly funding Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF) programs in Fiscal Year 23 (FY23) that reduce embodied energy/carbon of materials and processes, as well as operational energy across the built environment, including residential, commercial, and industrial settings. The Department of Energy (DOE) is committed to pushing the frontiers of science and engineering, catalyzing innovation, and using cutting edge technologies to create real world impacts. The current funding portfolios can be found on the AMMTO and IEDO web site and the BTO web site.
The activities to be funded under this lab call will support the government-wide approach to the climate crisis by commercializing advanced materials and energy systems/processes within the built environment that can lead to the deployment of clean energy and decarbonization technologies critical for climate protection. Collaborative projects are sought with industrial partners that pursue advancement and commercialization of mid-stage TRL manufacturing innovations (≥ TRL 4; verification and validation in laboratory environments) based on lab-based developed IP. Selected projects may be supported for stages up to manufacturing scale-up and execution of a business plan on advanced materials, manufacturing, and decarbonization technologies that lower the embodied carbon (greener) and/or operational carbon (lower-energy) of residential, commercial, and industrial buildings and facilities. Specifically, project proposals must promote promising energy technologies toward commercialization with application in at least one of five broad Topics.