SBIR/STTR Research Award
Advanced Grid Interactive Load Efficiency (AGILE)
Award amount
$650,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2023Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Agriculture
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- COMMUNITY ENERGY LABS INC
- Proposal award date
- 2023-08-18
- Contract end date
- 2025-08-31
- UEI
- JS8JK9CDLP73
- Solicitation number
- USDA-NIFA-SBIR-009642
- Topic code
- 8.6
Research abstract
PROJECTSUMMARY
Title: AdvancedGrid-InteractiveLoadEfficiency(AGILE)
PD: BarhamTanyaA Institution:CommunityEnergyLabsINC
Policiesnationwidearetargetingrapidadoptionofgrid-integratedbuildingstrategiestime-varying
electricitypricesbuildingelectrificationandresiliency.Butadvocatesworrythattop-down
innovationleavessmallerandmorevulnerablecommunitiesbehind. Thisprojectbringsaffordable
gridconnectivitytocornerstonesofruralcommunities:smallandmid-sizedcommercialbuildings
(SMSCB)thathavebeenunder-representedingridintegrationprojectstodate.Manyrural
communitieshaveolderbuildingstockandareattheendofpowerdistributionnetworks-meaning
energyburdenpowerqualityandoutagedurationtendtobeworseforruralcustomers.Outages
impactcommercialbuildingsystemssuchasrefrigerationthatarekeytoreducingfoodspoilage
andcontaminationinagriculturalproduction. Byshapingenergyusetobettermatchlocal
renewableoutputreduceenergycostsanddemandchargestheinnovationproposedinthisSBIR
lowerscommercialelectricalbillsforendusersandextendsthetimethatcriticalpowerbackupcan
reliablyprovidepowerduringoutagesanddisturbances. InPhaseICELdefinedamodel
architecturethatcanbereplicated—withoutsignificantcustomization—inotherbuildingsand
verifiedandoptimizedthatmodelarchitectureusingreal-worlddataandusecasesinSMSCBand
ruralcommunities.InPhaseIICELwilltesttheprototypeinfullfielddeploymentinadiverse
subsetofruralK12schoolsandmunicipalbuildingsverifythemodelperformanceanddevelopa
deploymentplan.ThisprojectaddressesUSDA'sobjectivetotoimprovethequalityoflifeinrural
Americabypromotingenergyefficiencyresiliencyandadoptionofrenewableenergyresources.
CELadvancesdeliberatestrategiestomaketechnologiesforenergyanddemandchargereduction
moreaffordableinordertomeettheneedsofthissignificantsegmentoftheUSbuildingstock.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- SBIR Phase I:Smart Control Automation and Learning for Energy
- Easy Does IT - Automated Model Input for Building MPC
- Advanced Grid Interactive Load Efficiency (AGILE)
- Easy Does It_ Automated Model Input for Building MPC
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Sargassum-Based Building Material for Affordable Housing Construction and Job Creation in Rural Communities
- Defending Fisheries and Rural Communities: Innovative 3D-Printed Living Seawalls
- Bridging Nutritional Education and Autonomy for Rural Health Transformation
- AMA: An AI-Driven Special Education Support Platform for Education in Rural Communities.
- SBIR Phase I: Evaluating the Feasibility of an On-site Rapid Lead Analyzer to Support Community and Rural Based Healthy Drinking Water Initiatives
Research funding history
5 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2021–2023). Reported award amounts total $2,403,361. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Agriculture, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation