SUSTAINABLE AND ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING MATERIALS AND SYSTEMS The U.S. Department of Energy intends to award a simplified acquisition on a sole-source basis to The Center for Sustainable Building Materials and Envelopes, associated with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Boston, MA, to promote innovative approaches to building material and building component research, development, demonstration and deployment (RDD&D) of sustainable and energy efficient construction technologies that stimulate partnerships with construction industry and materials technologies. The Center will communicate new DOE and private sector innovative building envelope and materials technologies to academia, ASHRAE education committee, AIA education committee, American Collegiate Schools of Architecture and others. This will require the development of a suitable course (or courses) along with a set of course materials. A syllabus for the course might include topics such as basic thermodynamics, heat and mass transfer, intruduction to computer models such as DOE-2/BLAST/ENERGY PLUS, ENERGY-10, moisture models being developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and comtemporary research results such as highly reflective roofing materials, and sustainable envelope materials. The Center will also develop a design competition for new energy efficient envelope technologies for college students including awards for winning designs. Interested parties are advised that no solicitation is available for this acquisition. See Note(s): 22. ***** Posted 07/28/00 (W-SN479791).

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