FOA-DOE/EERE
- Connected Communities; February 17, 2020
Agency
Department
of Energy
Office
of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
Description
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Connected Community (CC) is a group of grid-interactive efficient buildings GEB
with diverse, flexible end use equipment and other distributed energy resources
(DERs) that collectively work to maximize building, community, and grid
efficiency. The objective of this FOA is to select projects that will
demonstrate how groups of buildings combined with other types of DERs, such as
electric vehicle (EV) charging and photovoltaic (PV) generation, can reliably
and cost effectively serve as grid assets by strategically deploying efficiency
and demand flexibility. By demonstrating the ability of groups of buildings and
DERs to modify load, the FOA outcomes will enable increased energy efficiency,
reduced energy demand, and reduced environmental impact.
For
the purpose of this FOA, a DER is defined as a resource (community-scale or
building-scale) that can provide all or some immediate electric and/or power
needs and can also be used by the community to either reduce demand (such as
energy efficiency) or supply power to satisfy the energy, capacity, or ancillary
service needs of the distribution grid. In addition it should be connected to
the distribution system, close to load, and the majority of produced energy
should be consumed within the community. Connected communities can include new
construction or existing building retrofits, or a mix. In addition to
residential neighborhoods, other examples of building combinations that could
make up a connected community include:
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university, medical or corporate campus
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downtown district of commercial and/or mixed use buildings
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mixed use development or neighborhood
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non-geographically contiguous collection of buildings within a utility or energy
service territory
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U.S. national defense or security campus/installation such as a military base,
and/or its surrounding community
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Commercial
Industrial Parks including Shipping/Parcel Distribution Facilities, Freight
Logistics Centers
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mix of any of the above
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30% non-federal cost match is required.
Announcement
Number:
DE-FOA-0002206
Closing
Date:
Concept
Paper: February 17, 2021
Applications:
March 3, 2021
Link
to Full Announcement
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=329414
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