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The U.S. Department of Energy announced more than $5 million for federal agency projects aimed at catalyzing adoption of energy and water efficiency and renewable energy.


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The U.S. Department of Energy announced more than $5 million for federal agency projects aimed at catalyzing adoption of energy and water efficiency and renewable energy.
01/22/2020

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    Latest: DOE Boosts Energy, Water Efficiency Performance Contracts Projects - The U.S. Department of Energy announced more than $5 million for federal agency projects aimed at catalyzing adoption of energy and water efficiency and renewable energy.

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    DOE Boosts Energy, Water Efficiency Performance Contracts Projects

    The U.S. Department of Energy announced more than $5 million for federal agency projects aimed at catalyzing adoption of energy and water efficiency and renewable energy.
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    Autodesk Launches Autodesk Construction Cloud

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    LED CordLight Replaces String Lighting

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    Interiors

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    White Papers & Case Studies

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    Technology

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    Construction & Retrofits

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    Friday Funny

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    Construction & Retrofits

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    Construction & Retrofits

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    The road to a more sustainable future for building materials and products is multi-faceted.
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