The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced 15 research and deployment partnerships to help dramatically improve the energy efficiency of American homes. These highly-qualified, multidisciplinary teams will receive a total of up to $30 million to deliver innovative energy efficiency strategies to the residential market and address barriers to bringing high-efficiency homes within reach for all Americans. These partnerships will provide technical assistance to retrofit projects and will leverage industry expertise and funding to support DOE’s energy efficiency retrofit programs. One team–Advanced Residential Integrated Energy Solutions (ARIES) led by Levy Partnership, New York, NY–will focus on energy solutions for new and existing affordable housing including factory- and site-built homes. ARIES is a broad based industry team of more than 50 organizations including implementers, product suppliers, and trainers. The ARIES technical team members include SyracuseCoE Patron CDH Energy, Southern Energy Management and SyracuseCoE. For more information, click here.