Lab given 2017 Leadership in Sustainability and Energy Efficiency Award
News Brief
July 03, 2017 
RICHLAND, Wash. - 2 organizations dedicated to energy efficiency in buildings have named the D.O.E.'s Pacific Northwest National Lab the government winner of their yearly sustainability award.
PNNL is being recognized with the International Code Council & Institute for Market Transformation's 2017 National Leadership in Sustainability and Energy Efficiency Award for bringing "national attention to the cause of energy conservation and sustainability in the built environment," wrote awards committee chair Brian Bishop in a letter. The award will be presented at the International Code Council's yearly conference in September.
The award specifically acknowledges PNNL's work over 20 years to help develop and implement more effective building energy codes. PNNL analysis has found implementing better building codes could save the U.S. $126 billion and 12.82 quadrillion British Thermal Units of energy between 2010 and 2040, or roughly enough energy to power 340 million U.S. homes.
PNNL supports DOE's Building Energy Codes Plan by participating in industry-led processes to develop building energy codes, analyzing the impacts of potential building code updates, and providing technical assistance and software tools to states that adopt and comply with the codes.
Bing Liu is the manager of PNNL's building energy codes team. The PNNL staff who were acknowledged by the award include Rosemarie Bartlett, Mike Rosenberg, Reid Hart, Todd Taylor, Rahul Athalye, Pam Cole, David Conover, Mark Halverson, Vrushali, Mendon, Bob Schultz, Jian Zhang, Eric Richman, Yulong Xie and Yan Chen.
Tags: Energy, Awards and Recognizes, Energy Efficiency
Interdisciplinary teams at Pacific Northwest National Lab address many of America's most pressing issues in energy, the environment and national security through advances in basic and applied science. Founded in 1965, PNNL employs 4,400 staff and has an yearly budget of nearly $1 billion. It is managed by Battelle for the D.O.E.'s Office of Science. As the single biggest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States, the Office of Science is working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information on PNNL, visit the PNNL News Center, or follow PNNL on Facebook, Google+, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.
