Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

[15] EERE manages the Energy Saver website that promotes energy-efficient technologies for heating, cooling, and weatherizing buildings and lists tips for saving electricity and fuel.

The competition winner is the team that best blends affordability, consumer appeal, and design with optimal energy production and maximum efficiency.

[24] The Collegiate Wind Competition is a contest where college teams are judged by their ability to design a wind turbine based on market research, develop a business plan to market the product, build and test the turbine against set requirements, and demonstrate knowledge of siting constraints and location challenges for product installation.

[25] In partnership with the Center for Advanced Energy Studies and the Idaho National Laboratory, the Geothermal Technologies Offices hosts a competition for high school and university teams.

Teams of two to three members research data, interpret information, and design an infographic that tells a compelling story about the future of geothermal energy.

[28] The Cleantech University Prize provides competitive funding for business development and commercialization training to clean energy entrepreneurs.

EERE oversees the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado .
A scooter modified to use hydrogen as fuel within its internal combustion engine
The Solar Decathlon held at the National Mall in 2009