Category: Member News

The roofing community is filled with great people–please join them for the annual Roofing Contractors Association of Washington  Holiday Gala and Casino Night.  This year’s event will be an amazing evening–and will make a difference.  As a new tradition, a portion of all proceeds of the gala will be donated to Toys for Tots.  Everyone […]

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Source: U.S. Dept. of Energy, October 31, 2019 Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced selections for up to $24.9 million in funding to drive innovative, industry-led technology solutions to advance the marine and hydrokinetics industry and increase hydropower’s ability to serve as a flexible grid resource. Innovative water power technologies have the potential to increase […]

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The Energy Leadership Summit is the must-attend clean energy event. Presented jointly by the CleanTech Alliance and the NEBC, this unique event connects policy with practice and addresses the industry’s current challenges and future opportunities. In 2019, join us in exploring the nexus of energy and climate change with more than 400 leaders and policymakers.

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Source: Alan Boyle, GeekWire, October 3, 2019 Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is joining forces with two other research powerhouses to pioneer a new $5.5 million research center created by the U.S. Department of Energy to focus on the biggest challenges in artificial intelligence. The Center for Artificial Intelligence-Focused Architectures and Algorithms, or ARIAA, will promote collaborative projects for scientists […]

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Source: Washington State Department of Commerce, October 21, 2019 The Washington State Department of Commerce is hosting a public webinar at 2 p.m. PDT on Oct. 30 to introduce the upcoming process that will develop rules for adoption of the state energy performance standard for commercial buildings. The on-line session, which will be recorded and […]

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Source: Nick Hennen, PNNL, October 9, 2019 With the simple cutting of a ribbon this week, residents of Nantucket Island, joined by state and local officials and representatives from National Grid, the U.S Department of Energy’s Office of Electricity (OE), and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), ushered in a new era of energy resiliency and efficiency on […]

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Source: PNNL, October 14, 2019 Scientists have uncovered a root cause of the growth of needle-like structures—known as dendrites and whiskers—that plague lithium batteries, sometimes causing a short circuit, failure, or even a fire. The team, led by Chongmin Wang at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, has shown that the presence of […]

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Source: INL, October 3rd, 2019  Dr. John Wagner, associate laboratory director of Idaho National Laboratory’s Nuclear Science & Technology Directorate, has announced the selection of Dr. Ashley Finan to serve as director, and Nicholas Smith to serve as deputy director of the INL-based National Reactor Innovation Center. As NRIC directors, Finan and Smith will lead […]

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Source: John Cook, Geekwire, September 5, 2019 In the season two debut of Elevator Pitch, presented by PACCAR, we meet Virginia Emery of Beta Hatch; Christoph Krumm of Sironix Renewables; and Keith McCall of Pollen Systems. The three entrepreneurs — all operating in the agricultural tech and environmental impact arena — have never before pitched in a moving elevator. […]

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This award recognizes the small business that has achieved significant increased international sales through existing and/or new international markets.

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