Challenges.

Energy efficiency

Energy efficiency.

See where household energy actually goes.

See where household energy actually goes.

Find and kill the standby power drains hiding in plain sight.

Find and kill the standby power drains hiding in plain sight.

Cut a small business's building energy waste.

Cut a small business's building energy waste.

Make smart home devices work together to save energy.

Make smart home devices work together to save energy.

Get energy advice that fits the home, habits, and comfort.

Get energy advice that fits the home, habits, and comfort.

Residential buildings use more energy than necessary because heating, cooling, and insulation problems are found only after energy use rises.

Small businesses pay more for electricity because they cannot tell which equipment and processes use the most power.

Homes and businesses overload electricity networks during peak hours because they have limited ways to shift flexible uses to other hours.

Renewable electricity is wasted when electricity networks cannot deliver all the power generated where and when it is produced.

Multi-site businesses cannot see which locations use the most energy because their energy records use incompatible formats.

Power-system reliability degrades during extreme weather when generation, transmission, and storage assets are exposed to correlated hazards.

Electricity network operators cannot anticipate how storms and other climate hazards will affect multiple critical assets at once.

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  5. Receive feedback from experts and see results at the start of each month.

Are there any deadlines?

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Can I participate as part of a team?

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Can participants apply multiple times?

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