Buildings and Grid Manufacturing

NLR is researching new manufacturing approaches for producing advanced building materials and technologies, developing standardized energy efficiency protocols, and optimizing manufacturing facility interoperability with the grid.

Capabilities

NLR supports advanced manufacturing through various buildings- and grid-related capabilities and projects.

Cellphone Tower Power System Prototype Testing

NLR validated a cellphone tower power system based on DC interconnection and photovoltaics to reduce operating costs and environmental impacts. This work was enabled through a cooperative research and development agreement between NLR and Verizon Wireless.

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High-Performance Computing and Advanced Air-Conditioning Technology

NLR is using its molecular dynamics capabilities to help an HVAC technology company improve its energy-efficient solutions for air-conditioning technologies. NLR's efforts support industry efforts to reduce costs, enhance building-user performance, and limit greenhouse-gas emissions.

District Energy Systems

NLR researchers and collaborators are developing advanced capabilities for district-scale simulation of heating and waste heat recovery energy systems in support of NLR's Urban Renewable Building and Neighborhood Optimization (URBANopt) tool and other modeling tools.