The Simple Building Calculator, developed at PNNL, meets a need for a quick, interactive, and economic method to evaluate energy use—and potential savings from efficiency measures—in simple commercial buildings.

PNNL’s Ján Drgoňa and Draguna Vrabie are part of an international team that authored a most-cited paper on Model Predictive Control, an approach for improving operations, energy efficiency, and comfort in buildings.

A newly funded research project draws inspiration from nature to store carbon dioxide.

Research organizations work toward compelling market-ready solutions for building operations.

From landfills to fill-ups: novel catalysts may make plastic upcycling cleaner and more cost-effective.

Teams at PNNL welcomed their first two interns this summer from the competition-based program.

PNNL’s Reid Hart and Bing Liu have earned individual Champions of Energy Efficiency in Buildings awards from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy.

Plastic upcycling efficiently converts plastics to valuable commodity chemicals while using less of the precious metal ruthenium. The method could recycle waste plastic pollution into useful products, helping keep it out of landfills.

A new approach to epitaxial growth can produce different complex oxides through ion movement.

Tiffany Kaspar’s work has advanced the discovery and understanding of oxide materials, helping develop electronics, quantum computing, and energy production. She strives to communicate her science to the public.

PNNL researchers created a model that helps materials scientists not only predict what is, but what could be.

An innovative artificial enzyme has shown it can chew through woody lignin, an abundant carbon-based substance that stores tremendous potential for renewable energy and materials.

Srinivas Katipamula and Ron Underhill were invited to share their expertise in energy efficient building operations.

Fu brings expertise in identifying defects in quantum materials to the PNNL.

Materials scientist Arun Devaraj is committed to improving the quality and performance of metals with a big assist from atom probe tomography.

A bioinspired molecule can direct gold atoms to form perfect five-pointed nanoscale stars. The feat is the product of a collaborative team from PNNL and the University of Washington.

PNNL lighting research scientist Kate Hickcox will contribute her expertise to help guide industry lighting standards.

Semiconductor experiments reveal a surprising new source of conductivity from oxygen atoms trapped inside the material.

Four research staff from PNNL are part of an international team that earned top honors for a journal paper focused on a new algorithm-evaluation approach for buildings.

Two PNNL staff recognized for work advancing materials synthesis and computational tools by selection to join the National Academy of Engineering.