The U.S. Energy Department today announced the regional winners of its National Clean Energy Business Plan Competition.

Secretary of Energy Steven Chu today announced the winners of the America's Home Energy Education Challenge, a national student competition designed to encourage students and their families to take action to start saving money by saving energy.

Commercial building owners could save an average of 38% on their heating and cooling bills just by installing a few new controls onto their HVAC systems, according to a new report from the Energy Department's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded more than $1 million in grants to 15 university and college teams that participated in the eighth Annual National Sustainable Design Expo.

The Energy Department has announced that up to $9 million is available for funding about 50 small businesses to advance innovative energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies.

The Energy Department has named the selections for three consortia in a new joint U.S.-India energy center, picking its National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory along with the University of Florida.

The Energy Department has launched an Energy Savers mobile website for mobile devices.

The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has announced that 30 of its federal buildings are participating in a challenge to achieve deep energy savings.

The Building Performance Institute, Inc., with DOE backing, will introduce in June four new home energy professional certifications for the U.S. weatherization workforce.

Convenience stores in Georgia are saving energy by implementing lighting efficiency upgrades supported by Recovery Act funds from DOE's State Energy Program and the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority.

Helped by a Recovery Act program, small businesses in San Antonio, Texas, have discovered that upgrading to energy efficient lighting can save them money on their energy bills.

An energy auditor trained and certified with funding from DOE and other sources helps Native Americans access energy efficient practices and appliances.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized the 2012 Energy Star award winners while kicking off the 20th anniversary of the program designed to save consumers money and promote energy efficient products.

DOE has launched the next phase of its Bright Tomorrow Lighting Prize competition to create energy-saving lighting products.

New lighting options means bulbs should be bought based on lumens, not watts.

DOE has offered up to $5.2 million in funding to advance heating and cooling systems as well as other building efficiency technologies.

The Energy Department invites manufacturers of energy- efficient products, public housing authorities, industry stakeholders involved in the development, finance, and maintenance of multifamily properties, and others in the home performance industry to review and comment on "Standard Work Specifications for Multifamily Energy Upgrades."

Washington, D.C. — As part of the Energy Department's commitment to driving innovation in U.S. manufacturing and helping American businesses and consumers save money by saving energy, the department today launched the next phase of the Bright Tomorrow Lighting Prize (L Prize) competition. The L Prize competition challenges the lighting industry to develop high performance, energy-saving replacements for conventional light bulbs.

Energy Secretary Chu has spotlighted finalists in the Better Buildings Case Competition for university students.

DOE's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has issued a $150 million open funding announcement for early stage projects that would not otherwise attract private investment.