Among the programs currently underway:
-DOE is working on breakthrough R&D in solid-state lighting that, if successful, could reduce lighting energy in commercial buildings by 50 percent.
-The Federal government has generated $1.5 billion in savings by leveraging private capital to improve its own energy efficiency. Through technical assistance and private investment facilitation, we affect energy savings at Federal facilities equivalent to the annual needs of 150,000 households.
-New magnesium casting technology has led to expanded applications of this lightweight metal, saving 30% of the weight of components it replaced.
-DOE has launched 200 energy savings assessments teams, of which more than 100 have been completed, which will significantly reduce natural gas and electricity consumption by large, energy intensive businesses.
-DOE will deliver in 2007 close to 10 times the number of energy assessments to large businesses than were completed in 2005 without increasing funding.
