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DOE Offers Zero-Energy Approval for Higher Ed
The DOE’s Zero Energy Design Designation (ZEDD) program recognizes post-secondary programs that teach students to design and construct high-efficiency, low-carbon buildings.
In 2022, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) launched the Zero Energy Design Designation (ZEDD) programto recognize post-secondary programs that are doing just that. Last year, 17 programs across 12 institutions (11 in the U.S. and one in South Korea) earned the designation, which is valid for three years.
To be recognized, programs must have certain course requirements. Programs can use a pre-existing curriculum associated with the Solar Decathlon program or the DOE Zero Energy Ready Home certification. Alternately, they can make a case for their own in-house curriculum, which requires demonstrating their program includes certain features, like building science education or a zero-energy-design practicum.
DOE is currently accepting applications for 2023. The deadline to apply is July 7.
For more information:
U.S. Department of Energy
energy.gov
Published June 23, 2023 Permalink Citation
Waters, E. (2023, June 23). DOE Offers Zero-Energy Approval for Higher Ed. Retrieved from https://www.buildinggreen.com/newsbrief/doe-offers-zero-energy-approval-higher-ed
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