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Refer to the Application Instructions (PDF) under Related Documents for additional information on eligible activities and application submission details. For proposals to receive consideration, applicants must submit all materials to AFCP@state.gov. The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State (the Bureau) and the U.S. Embassy to Ukraine announce an open competition for organizations to submit proposals for funding through the Bureau’s U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation – Ukraine Response (AFCP-UR) to carry out urgent projects to preserve and protect cultural heritage in Ukraine impacted by Russia’s unjust and unprovoked war of aggression. The overall intent of this program is to safeguard prominent examples of Ukraine’s cultural heritage. It will support the following activities: Assessment and documentation of risk and damage to cultural heritage sites, objects, and collections. Protection of cultural heritage sites, objects, and collections from theft, damage, or further damage. Stabilization or temporary repair of damaged cultural heritage sites, objects, and collections. Recovery or conservation of cultural heritage objects and collections as conditions allow. Recovery, restoration, or reconstruction of damaged cultural heritage sites as conditions allow. AFCP-UR will support projects in the following two categories: 1) Site-Specific Projects, and 2) Regional Assessment and Rapid Response Projects. Eligible applicants may submit multiple applications and may apply to one or both project categories. Site-Specific Projects: For these projects, an applicant shall carry out protection and stabilization activities at a specific site or for a specific collection. It is expected that an initial damage assessment has already been conducted and can form the basis of a project proposal. Regional Assessment and Rapid Repair Projects: For these projects, an applicant shall identify a geographic area in Ukraine, conduct risk and damage assessments in that area, and prioritize and implement response and recovery activities. Refer to the Application Instructions (PDF) under Related Documents for additional information on eligible activities, and application submission details. For proposals to receive consideration, applicants must submit all materials to AFCP@state.gov.

On hot summer days, energy demand increases because thousands of customers are using their air conditioning units. PG&E may remotely activate SmartAC devices on those days in order to help maintain adequate power supplies and avoid power interruptions.

If you're a SmartRate™ participant, on SmartRate™ event days, your SmartAC™ device(s) are activated under the SmartRate™ program guidelines. SmartAC is free and automated. It can also help make event days more successful by helping to prevent power interruptions.

Event season: SmartAC™ events occur between May 1 and October 31.

Event length: SmartAC events Days can be as short as an hour or two and no more than six hours in a day.

Participants must have standard central air conditioners and/or heat pumps.

SmartAC technology and activation

SmartAC™ technology will be installed free of charge by a certified technician and maintained at no cost to the customer as long as you are a participant in the SmartAC program.

The SmartAC authorized contractor is Franklin Energy. A Franklin Energy technician may contact you:

To help you complete your enrollment

• To get your permission to activate the SmartAC device
• To install the SmartAC device, which may involve replacement with updated technology
• To help solve a tech issue you may have contacted the program about
• To visit your home and carry out the free AC check-up
• To leave a Welcome Kit door-hanger with your AC checkup results and program details

SmartAC™ switch technology will be installed on or near the outside compressor component of participant's air conditioning (AC) unit. Participants must have standard central air conditioners and/or heat pumps.

PG&E may remotely activate SmartAC™ device(s) in anticipation of a state or local energy emergency to help maintain adequate power supplies and avoid widespread power interruptions.

During a SmartAC™ event (or SmartDay™ event for SmartRate™ participants), your device will be remotely activated and your air conditioner will run slightly less than it normally would.

Residential participants with SmartAC™ switch technology may experience no more than 50 percent reduction in the air conditioner's average run time.

During a SmartAC™ event, if your thermostat calls for the air conditioner to make cool air, your AC will ignore that signal for approximately 15 out of 30 minutes. At all other times, the AC will respond normally, and make cool air.

Opt out policy

With the exception of extreme energy emergencies, where rotating outages may occur, participants may call a SmartAC™ representative at 1-866-908-4916 and opt-out of an event for the day, without penalty. The AC will be returned to its previous operational setting.

Do you live in an apartment or manufactured home? Do you own or operate a multifamily or manufactured housing community? If so, we may have ways to help reduce  your energy costs by participating in the new innovative Residential Zero Net Energy Transformation (RZNET) program. 

The Residential Zero Net Energy Transformation (RZNET) program will  assist SDG&E multifamily and manufactured housing customers with navigating their path to zero net energy. 

What is Zero Net Energy(ZNE)?  ZNE is the total amount of energy used by the building on an annual basis is equal to or less than the amount of renewable energy (energy created by sources that are naturally replenished, such as wind, rain, or solar) created on-site.

RZNET allows you to connect with an Energy Advisor that will help you make informed decisions about how to achieve your energy efficiency goals. 

RZNET program participants on the path to zero net energy, begin with the installation of no-cost measures and a complimentary ASHRAE Level 1 audit. Information on advanced energy efficiency, solar PV installations, and battery storage opportunities for multifamily and manufactured housing properties is also available.   

No- cost Measures may include:

• Low flow showerheads
• Low flow aerators
• Pipe  (near water heater)
• Auto-diverting tub spout
• ECM furnace motor replacement
• Air conditioning tune-up
• Efficient fan control
• Smart thermostat

NOTE: This is a Notice of Intent. There is no announcement related to this notice. We are not accepting applications. Subject to the availability of funds, USDOL’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) intends to provide funding to the Solidarity Center without full and open competition. Authority: DLMS 2-836 G.3: Services are available from only one responsible source and no substitute will suffice; or the recipient has unique qualifications to perform the type of activity to be funded.

Purpose: Future Army forces will need to conduct cross-domain maneuver (CDM) and at times, operate semi-independently, disbursed, and while communications and infrastructure such as Global Positioning System (GPS) are disrupted or denied. Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS) will play a key role in expanding the operational reach, situational awareness, and effectiveness of maneuver forces in CDM. The Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Army Research Laboratory (ARL) is focused on developing fundamental understanding and informing the art-of-the-possible for warfighter concepts through research to greatly improve air and ground based autonomous vehicle perception, learning, reasoning, communication, navigation, and physical capabilities to augment and increase the freedom of maneuver in complex and contested environments. The Scalable, Adaptive, and Resilient Autonomy (SARA) program is focused on developing and experimentally accelerating emerging research in autonomous mobility and maneuverability, scalable heterogeneous and collaborative behaviors, and human agent teaming to realize adaptive and resilient Intelligent Systems that can reason about the environment, work in distributed and collaborative heterogeneous teams, and make op-tempo decisions to enable Autonomous Maneuver in complex and contested environments. In order to achieve this vision, advancements are needed in following: Novel methods for all-terrain ground and aerial maneuver to interact with and move through complex environments. Methods for scalable and heterogeneous collaborative behaviors in support of collaborative air and ground manned-unmanned teaming operations. Techniques for improved perception, decision-making, and adaptive behaviors for fully autonomous maneuver in contested environments. Methods, metrics, and tools to facilitate, simulate, and enable testing and evaluation of emerging approaches for intelligent and autonomous systems under Army relevant constraints and environments Experimental testbeds to develop and refine knowledge products to inform and transition technology to Army stakeholders.

This funding opportunity is only available for the Colorado Plateau CESU region. Project Title: Natural Resources Support, Nellis AFB (NAFB), NV See attachments for additional information Responses to this Request for Statements of Interest will be used to identify potential investigators for a project to be funded by the US Air Force, which provides professional and technical support for its Integrated Natural Resources Management Plan (INRMP) in order to facilitate successful implementation of the 16 USC 670c-1 Sikes Act. Approximately $1,800,000.00 is expected to be available for the base year to support this project. Background:The objectives of the work to be performed under this cooperative agreement are to conduct natural resource tasks on the federal lands belonging to Nellis Air Force Base (AFB), and to prepare reports detailing the results of this work for submission to the USACE Omaha Project Manager (PM), AFCEC Nellis Installation Support Section (ISS) POC, and Nellis Natural Resource POC. Type of Award:In accordance with the Sikes Act (Sec. 103A [16 USC 670c-1]) “the Secretary of a military department may enter into cooperative agreements with States, local governments, Indian Tribes, non-governmental organizations, and individuals” This project is in support of the Integrated Natural Resources Management Plan, as directed in the Sikes Act, and as a result, it is anticipated that a cooperative agreement through the CESU program will be awarded. Such awards may be administered through a CESU only upon mutual agreement and official authorization by both parties of the acceptance of the application of the CESU Network IDC rate (17.5%). Note: Must be a non-federal partner in the CESU Unit to be qualified to be considered. Brief Description of Anticipated Work:This project focuses on the following objectives: 1) MGT, INVASIVE SPECIES, MULITPLE The purpose of this task is for the NFE to conduct required Invasive Weed Surveys and Eradication on Nellis AFB and the NTTR. This work will concentrate first on invasive populations close to both the main base and range boundaries. The goal is to prevent invasive plants from moving throughout Air Force property. While this work is ongoing an invasive plant inventory of areas on Nellis AFB and the NTTR will continue. The survey will concentrate on areas most likely to contain invasive plants based on review of maps, photographic imagery and ground surveys. Based on the survey results efforts will continue to concentrate on the largest populations or areas where the potential for population expansion is high. Re-vegetation efforts will begin and continue if required and as soon as practical based on the type of treatment used. Re- seeding disturbed areas where invasive plants would pose additional wildland fire risk will be the primary focus of the re-vegetation efforts. All planted species will be native and drought tolerant. When possible the plants will help prevent erosion and be suitable for wildlife. 2) MGT, SPECIES, MULTIPLE a) REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS The overall purpose of this project is to continue to document reptile and amphibian populations and seasonal habitat use on the Nellis AFB, Creech AFB, and NTTR and provide best management practices to sustain military air training operations and readiness. The project’s product will be the continuation of mapping and updating Nellis AFB, Creech AFB, and NTTR reptile and amphibian populations, habitat use, and seasonal distribution. GIS data such as species occurrence, seasonal habitat use, and estimated population densities will be collected and entered into the Natural Resources GIS data base. Areas for wildlife surveys will be determined based on scheduled activities and range access. Survey types may include but are not limited to diurnal reptile surveys, nocturnal amphibian surveys, night driving/spotlighting surveys, live trapping, call recordings, pit fall trapping, etc. b) WILDHORSE & LARGE MAMMALS The overall purpose of this project is to conduct large mammal surveys and inventories for the purpose of collecting species composition, distribution, population health and trends, and ecosystem degradation and rangeland utilization. Wild horse monitoring will be conducted to assist in determining wild horse herd impacts to over utilization of natural resources, potential safety issues to NTTR personnel and equipment, and impacts to continuation of the military mission. The NFE will coordinate with BLM for wild horse and burro data. The project’s product will be the evaluation of large mammal and wild horse populations, habitat use, range impacts, and seasonal distribution. GIS data such as species, size or age, sex, and habitat occurrence of large mammals and wild horses will be collected and entered into the Natural Resources GIS data base. c) GOLDEN EAGLE The overall purpose of this project is to implement the required golden eagle surveys, inventories, and monitoring to document golden eagle populations that occur on the NTTR and provide best management practices to sustain military air training operations, readiness and reduce potential BASH issues. These best management practices will provide guidance for eagle conservation while sustaining the military mission. The project’s product will be the continuation of mapping and updating the NTTR golden eagle populations, productivity, foraging and nesting habitat, and prey population trends. Appropriate GIS data, as determined by the Nellis-Natural Resources Program Manager, will be collected and entered into the Natural Resources GIS data base. d) DESERT TORTOISE The overall purpose of this project is to survey and document the desert tortoise population density habitat on Nellis AFB and the NTTR and provide best management practices to sustain military air training operations and readiness. These best management practices will provide guidance on proper management of desert tortoise habitat on Nellis AFB and NTTR in order to support mission activities. The project’s product will be the continuation of surveying and mapping desert tortoise population density, habitat use, and distribution as well as the continued development of the desert tortoise management recommendations. GIS data such desert tortoise occurrence, habitat use, and estimated population densities will be collected and entered into the Natural Resources GIS data base. The NFE will conduct compliance surveys and clearances as necessary in order to support mission activities that occur in desert tortoise habitat. Surveys must be conducted by qualified biologists that are approved by the Nellis-Natural Resources Program Manager. e) BATS The overall purpose of this project is to continue to inventory bat species presently inhabiting caves, mines, seeps, springs, crevices, and other potential habitats on Nellis AFB, Creech AFB, and NTTR and provide best management practices to sustain military air training operations and readiness. These best management practices will provide awareness of habitat use of bat species, and sensitive areas that may impact bat health and overall populations, in order to prevent mission delays. The project’s product will be the continuation of mapping and updating Nellis AFB, Creech AFB, and NTTR bat species populations, habitat use, and seasonal distribution. GIS data such as bat species occurrence, seasonal habitat use, population densities, and known roosting areas will be collected and entered into the Natural Resources GIS data base. The NFE will conduct night mist netting surveys at open water or the entrances of caves/mines on the Nellis AFB, Creech AFB, and NTTR during the spring/summer season. Bat handling protocols and equipment cleaning techniques to prevent white nose syndrome will be followed at all times. All protocols used will also ensure compliance with Range access/restrictions. Adjustments to the protocols will be documented and submitted with data sheets. The NFE will conduct passive bat call collection at night using Anabat bat detectors for analysis of bat calls /population composition at open water or caves/mines. f) SPECIES AT RISK The overall purpose of this project is to continue to document species at risk populations and seasonal habitat use on the Nellis AFB, Creech AFB, and NTTR and provide best management practices to sustain military air training operations and readiness. The project’s product will be the continuation of mapping and updating the Nellis AFB, Creech AFB, and NTTR species at risk and populations, habitat use, and seasonal distribution. Survey types may include but are not limited to avian point counts, diurnal field surveys, night driving/spotlighting surveys, live trapping, call recordings, mist netting, etc. GIS data such as species occurrence, seasonal habitat use, and estimated population densities will be collected and entered into the Natural Resources GIS data base. The NFE will conduct live mammal trapping. Each trapping session will be coordinated with the Nellis-Natural Resources Program Manager. Trapping sessions on the NTTR will be scheduled based on range availability and weather to minimize mortality of trapped animals. Trapping protocols and locations will be coordinated and approved by the Nellis-Natural Resources Program Manager prior to initial trapping session. g) MIGRATORY & NEOTROPICAL BIRDS The overall purpose of this project is to continue to document the migratory bird and raptor populations and seasonal habitat use on the Nellis AFB, Creech AFB, and NTTR and provide best management practices to sustain military air training operations, readiness and reduce potential BASH issues. These best management practices will provide awareness of habitat use for nesting and major migration activities to increase mission training safety. The project’s product will be the continuation of mapping and updating the Nellis AFB, Creech AFB, and NTTR migratory bird and raptor populations, habitat use, and seasonal distribution. GIS data such as bird species occurrence, seasonal habitat use, average species migratory population densities, and known nesting areas will be collected and entered into the Natural Resources GIS data base. h) CANDIDATE SPECIES The overall purpose of this project is to continue to document candidate and other special status species populations and seasonal habitat use on the Nellis AFB, Creech AFB, and NTTR, and provide best management practices to sustain military air training operations and readiness. The project’s product will be the continuation of mapping and updating Nellis AFB, Creech AFB, and NTTR candidate and special status species and populations, habitat use, and seasonal distribution. GIS data such as species occurrence, seasonal habitat use, and estimated population densities will be collected and entered into the Natural Resources GIS data base. All new findings and data analysis conducted for specific species studied during this project will be incorporated into the existing Special Status Species Management Guidelines, a living document used by the Nellis-Natural Resources Program Manager for ecosystem management of the base and range. 3) MGT, HABITAT a) MONITOR WETLANDS The overall purpose of this project is to continue to map, photograph, survey, and determine water quality parameters and water levels of each seep/spring survey on the NTTR, and provide best management practices to sustain military air training operations and readiness through ecosystem management. The project’s product will be the continuation of mapping seeps and spring locations, water quality parameters, and condition. GIS data such as spring or seep designation, location, surrounding vegetation and wildlife use will be collected and entered into the Natural Resources GIS data base. b) UNIQUE HABITATS & RARE PLANTS The overall purpose of this project is to conduct surveys and inventory the unique habitats/rare plants on Nellis AFB and the NTTR and provide best management practices to sustain military air training operations and readiness through ecosystem management. The project’s product will be the continuation of mapping unique habitats as well as rare plants and updating the Unique Habitat/Rare Plants Management program guidelines with the most current data collected/ analyzed during this project. GIS data such as unique habitat designations and boundaries, rare plant species population locations and densities, will be collected and entered into the Natural Resources GIS data base. c) VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION The overall purpose of this project is to initiate the process of surveying and mapping habitats through vegetation classification on the North-South Range of the NTTR. GIS data such as designated vegetation community boundaries will be collected and entered into the Natural Resources GIS data base. Please send responses or direct questions to:USACE Sandy Justman Contract Specialist CESWF-CT Email: sandra.justman@usace.army.mil Office: 817-886-1073 Timeline for Review of Statements of Interest: Review of Statements of Interest will begin 16 Feb 2020, approximately .

Systems for Monitoring and Analytics for Renewable Transportation Fuels from Agricultural Resources and Management (SMARTFARM) Agency Overview: The Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E), an organization within the Department of Energy (DOE), is chartered by Congress in the America COMPETES Act of 2007 (P.L. 110-69), as amended by the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-358) to: “(A) to enhance the economic and energy security of the United States through the development of energy technologies that result in— (i) reductions of imports of energy from foreign sources; (ii) reductions of energy-related emissions, including greenhouse gases; and (iii) improvement in the energy efficiency of all economic sectors; and (B) to ensure that the United States maintains a technological lead in developing and deploying advanced energy technologies.” ARPA-E issues this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) under the programmatic authorizing statute codified at 42 U.S.C. § 16538. The FOA and any awards made under this FOA are subject to 2 C.F.R. Part 200 as amended by 2 C.F.R. Part 910. ARPA-E funds research on and the development of high-potential, high-impact energy technologies that are too early for private-sector investment. The agency focuses on technologies that can be meaningfully advanced with a modest investment over a defined period of time in order to catalyze the translation from scientific discovery to early-stage technology. For the latest news and information about ARPA-E, its programs and the research projects currently supported, see: http://arpa-e.energy.gov/. Program Overview: U.S. agriculture has the potential to produce ~5 Quadrillion Btu of energy in the form of biofuels, and with new innovations throughout the biofuel supply chain, these fuels could become carbon negative. Reaching this potential and achieving greater carbon reductions requires that feedstock producers adopt new technologies and management practices that simultaneously improve yield, drive down production associated emissions, and enhance carbon sequestration in soils. To facilitate the adoption of these new technologies and practices for improved carbon management, feedstock producers need incentives beyond yield. While carbon management incentive structures exist elsewhere in the biofuel supply chain, they do not extend to feedstock production because monitoring and verification of feedstock production emissions is too costly to conduct at the field level. Instead, all feedstock producers are assumed to produce the same amount of emissions— the national average —despite significant variations in actual emissions when moving to state or regional averages, let alone field-level estimates. The objective of the Systems for Monitoring and Analytics for Renewable Transportation Fuels from Agricultural Resources and Management (SMARTFARM) program is to bridge the data gap in the biofuel supply chain by funding the development of technologies that can replace national averages and emissions factors for feedstock-related emissions with field-level estimates. The value of such technologies will be evaluated by their ability to reliably, accurately (i.e. low uncertainty), and cost-effectively quantify feedstock production lifecycle emissions (in g CO2e/acre) at the field level (i.e. scalable to >80 acres). If successful, the technologies funded by this phase of the SMARTFARM program will catalyze new market incentives for efficiency in feedstock production and carbon management, reducing annual U.S. emissions by ~1%, and with substantially greater potential emissions reductions implications if expanded to other agricultural products beyond biofuels.

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The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) intends to issue, on behalf of the Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO), a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) entitled “FY20 Bioenergy Technologies Multi-Topic FOA”. BETO develops technologies that convert domestic biomass and waste resources into fuels, products, and power to enable affordable energy, economic growth, and innovation in renewable energy and chemicals production. The activities funded through this opportunity will be a component of the comprehensive U.S. energy strategy to enhance energy supply, create domestic jobs, secure the nation’s global leadership in bioenergy technologies and improve U.S. energy security. This FOA will support high-impact technology research and development (R&D) to enable growth and innovation of the Bioeconomy. The topic areas will focus on BETO's objectives to reduce the minimum fuel selling price of drop-in biofuels, lower the cost of biopower, and enable high-value products from biomass or waste resources. This notice of intent (NOI) is issued so that interested parties are aware of EERE’s intention to issue this FOA in the near term. All of the information contained in this NOI is subject to change. EERE will not respond to questions concerning this NOI. Once the FOA has been released, EERE will provide an avenue for potential applicants to submit questions. EERE plans to issue the FOA via the EERE Exchange website https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/. If applicants wish to receive official notifications and information from EERE regarding this FOA, they should register in EERE Exchange. When the FOA is released, applications will be accepted only through EERE Exchange.

Background: The overall goal of this project is to improve water quality conditions in Willow Creek Reservoir for the benefit of the community in and surrounding Heppner, Oregon. Water quality issues that plague the lake include: dense cyanobacteria (or blue-green algae) blooms, low dissolved oxygen concentrations, and high nutrient concentrations. Blooms of cyanobacteria are known to produce toxins, thereby threatening the aquatic ecosystem and potentially exposing humans and animals to risk of death or chronic illness such as neurodegeneration and liver damage. Each summer, Willow Creek Reservoir is posted with health advisories warning users of the potential hazards associated with recreating on the lake. Furthermore, fish kills, foul odors and other nuisances are common in Willow Creek Reservoir affecting the community’s ambiance, limiting tourism and recreation on the lake. This analysis draws upon prior research, readily available data, and new research and data to develop and implement an evaluation program for the restoration of Willow Creek Reservoir and its upper basin. Research results will provide public benefit through enhanced water quality in Willow Creek Reservoir producing public recreation opportunities and natural resource benefits. Brief Description of Anticipated Work: Objective 1: Conduct biweekly monitoring of in- and outflows and a site in the reservoir to continue the long-term dataset development for Willow Creek Reservoir to support management decisions and evaluate their effectiveness if and when implemented. Objective 2: Develop a whole-lake hydrodynamic model to evaluate reservoir water quality trajectory under future management strategies. Objective 3: Re-evaluate the currently installed aeration system for efficiency, modification in operation (e.g., timing, or air vs pure oxygen) or deployment (physical location in reservoir, and specific configuration). Once evaluation of equipment is complete, efficacy of aeration system within the reservoir could lead to a long term study. Objective 4: Present research results at public and technical meetings to disseminate findings.