$30M and Counting: Building Up Early-Stage Cleantech with Fraunhofer TechBridge
As an initiative designed to assist early-stage energy start-ups in finding the resources needed to bring their promising concepts to market, the success of Fraunhofer TechBridge is all in the numbers:...
View ArticleFraunhofer’s Photovoltaic Durability Initiative: Reducing Investment Risks
Financing photovoltaic power plants can be an uphill battle. As with any power plant, the payback time to recover the upfront building costs is a crucial factor in securing project funding. With a...
View ArticleInside the Building Technology Showcase: Heating
Fraunhofer CSE’s Building Technology Showcase is a far-reaching, energy-efficient retrofit of a 100-year-old historic structure in Boston’s Innovation District. In this new series, we look ‘under the...
View ArticleWill Your Next Tablet Have Infinite Battery Life?
If you didn’t have an opportunity to visit us at the ARPA-E showcase this week, you’ve still got another chance to see something very special in action. At tonight’s MIT Energy Showcase, TechBridge...
View ArticleBE13 Attendees Tour the Building Technology Showcase
On Wednesday, March 5th, BuildingEnergy 2013 attendees were given the opportunity to tour our Building Technology Showcase construction site in the Boston Innovation District. BuildingEnergy, an annual...
View ArticleInside the Building Technology Showcase: Elevator System
Fraunhofer CSE’s Building Technology Showcase is a far-reaching, energy-efficient retrofit of a 100-year-old historic structure in Boston’s Innovation District. In this new series, we look ‘under the...
View ArticleMaking Oil Heat Count: Finding Thermal Efficiency with YShape’s HeatMeter
There aren’t a lot of times in my life that I have had to pay $1000 for a single bill. Yet that’s how much it cost to fill my heating oil tank in...
View ArticleJoseph Kennedy Tours the Building Technology Showcase
Last week we had the pleasure of hosting former Massachusetts Congressman Joseph P. Kennedy, II at our new headquarters in Boston. As the son of the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy, Joseph Kennedy...
View Article“Plug-and-Play” Solar Kickoff: CSE Hosts First SunShot Project Meeting
Yesterday marked the official kickoff of our five-year, $11.7M research effort into “plug-and-play” solar systems for the US residential market. Funded by the Department of Energy’s SunShot Initiative,...
View ArticleTouring the BTS: One Group At A Time
With the move to our new location in Boston’s Innovation District now over, we’re starting to open our doors to outside groups eager to get a first look at the Building Technology Showcase....
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Fraunhofer’s Photovoltaic Durability Initiative Reduces Solar Investment Risks
A PV module being subjected to hail testing at Fraunhofer ISE. Financing photovoltaic power plants can be an uphill battle. As with any power plant, the payback time to recover the upfront building...
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Inside the Building Technology Showcase: Heating
A Viega radiant heating system being installed at the Building Technology Showcase. Fraunhofer CSE’s Building Technology Showcase is a far-reaching, energy-efficient retrofit of a 100-year-old...
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Will Your Next Tablet Have Infinite Battery Life?
The ClearView™ film attaches directly to the screen of a tablet or e-reader, allowing it to be recharged even as you’re using it. If you didn’t have an opportunity to visit us at the ARPA-E showcase...
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BE13 Attendees Tour the Building Technology Showcase
BuildingEnergy 13 attendees tour the roof of CSE’s Building Technology Showcase. On Wednesday, March 5th, BuildingEnergy 2013 attendees were given the opportunity to tour our Building Technology...
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Inside the Building Technology Showcase: Elevator
Elevator installation in progress at the Building Technology Showcase. Image courtesy of Kathy Chapman/ThyssenKrupp Elevator Americas. Fraunhofer CSE’s Building Technology Showcase is a far-reaching,...
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Making Oil Heat Count: Finding Thermal Efficiency with YShape’s HeatMeter
YShape’s HeatMeter is able to track energy consumption for oil and propane heat – a segment where reliable metering has been thin on the ground until now. There aren’t a lot of times in my life that I...
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Joseph Kennedy Tours the Building Technology Showcase
Joseph Kennedy (right) discusses technology policy with CSE Managing Director Nolan Browne (center) and Geoffrey Kinsey, CSE’s Director of PV Technologies (left). Last week we had the pleasure of...
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Kicking Off “Plug-and-Play” Solar, CSE Hosts First SunShot Project Meeting
Team members gather in the main conference room of the Building Technology Showcase. Yesterday marked the official kickoff of our five-year, $11.7M research effort into “plug-and-play” solar systems...
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Touring the BTS, One Group at a Time
With the move to our new location in Boston’s Innovation District now over, we’re starting to open our doors to outside groups eager to get a first look at the Building Technology Showcase. Some of our...
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CSE Takes DOE’s Workplace Charging Challenge
PEVs charging at CSE’s solar research facility in Albuquerque. In January, the US Department of Energy launched the EV Everywhere Workplace Charging Challenge, an initiative that encourages companies...
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