Henze /rasei/ en RASEI Innovators awarded Lab Venture Challenge Prizes /rasei/2024/10/28/rasei-innovators-awarded-lab-venture-challenge-prizes RASEI Innovators awarded Lab Venture Challenge Prizes Daniel Morton Mon, 10/28/2024 - 14:59 News Recognition Buildings Catalysis Energy Applications Energy Systems Henze Holewinski Daniel Morton

Fourteen teams from across the University of Colorado competed for a combined total of $1.25M in startup funding grants as part of the 2024 Lab Venture Challenge (LVC). 

Judges from across the network heard Shark-Tank-Style pitches across two evenings, one for innovations in biosciences, and another for physical sciences and engineering. Two RASEI Fellows, Gregor Henze and Adam Holewinski were members of two of the successful teams, being awarded a total of $250k in startup funding ($125k each). 

Find out more about EcoValeric Innovations

Visit EcoValeric Innovation's website

RASEI Fellow Adam Holewinski was the lead for EcoValeric Innovations, built around an electrochemical process that converts biomass-based building blocks (levulinic acid) into commodity chemicals (4-hydroxyvaleric acid (HVA)), versatile intermediates for producing biodegradable plastics, biofuels and green solvents. This scalable, renewable process has the potential to significantly reduce the reliance on fossil fuels in a sustainable fashion. Also on the EcoValeric team were CEO and CTO . 

Find out more about Whisper Energy

Visit Whisper Energy's website

RASEI Fellow Gregor Henze was the lead for Whisper Energy, built around the development of a wireless, battery-free sensor platform for smart buildings. Using machine learning to cut energy consumption by >30%, the platform can provide real-time data to optimize energy use, reduce emissions, and drive toward more energy efficient homes and commercial buildings. Developed through an initial $2M ARPA-E grant, it advances zero emissions in an economic and efficent manner. Gregor was supported by CEO and Technical lead . 

Off

Traditional 0 On White ]]> Mon, 28 Oct 2024 20:59:29 +0000 Daniel Morton 1188 at /rasei Optimal environmental and economic performance trade-offs for fifth generation district heating and cooling network topologies with waste heat recovery /rasei/2024/04/27/optimal-environmental-and-economic-performance-trade-offs-fifth-generation-district Optimal environmental and economic performance trade-offs for fifth generation district heating and cooling network topologies with waste heat recovery Anonymous (not verified) Sat, 04/27/2024 - 00:00 Publication Buildings Energy Applications Grid Innovation Henze ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT, 2024, 309, 118322 window.location.href = `https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2024.118322`;

Off

Traditional 0 On White ]]> Sat, 27 Apr 2024 06:00:00 +0000 Anonymous 985 at /rasei The Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering group receives $8 million from DOE's Renew America Nonprofits program /rasei/2023/12/04/department-civil-environmental-and-architectural-engineering-group-receives-8-million The Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering group receives $8 million from DOE's Renew America Nonprofits program Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 12/04/2023 - 00:00 News Henze RASEI Fellow Gregor Henze is a Co-PI on this five-year award window.location.href = `/ceae/2023/11/21/ceae-group-receives-8-million-does-renew-america-nonprofits-program`;

Off

Traditional 0 On White ]]> Mon, 04 Dec 2023 07:00:00 +0000 Anonymous 661 at /rasei A dynamic programming based method for optimal control of a cascaded heat pump system with thermal energy storage /rasei/2023/10/09/dynamic-programming-based-method-optimal-control-cascaded-heat-pump-system-thermal-energy A dynamic programming based method for optimal control of a cascaded heat pump system with thermal energy storage Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 10/09/2023 - 00:00 Publication Buildings Energy Applications Energy Storage Energy Systems Grid Innovation Henze OPTIMIZATION AND ENGINEERING, 2023, 25, 229-251 window.location.href = `https://doi.org/10.1007/s11081-023-09853-5`;

Off

Traditional 0 On White ]]> Mon, 09 Oct 2023 06:00:00 +0000 Anonymous 629 at /rasei Reinforcement learning building control approach harnessing imitation learning /rasei/2023/03/28/reinforcement-learning-building-control-approach-harnessing-imitation-learning Reinforcement learning building control approach harnessing imitation learning Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 03/28/2023 - 00:00 Publication Buildings Energy Applications Grid Innovation Henze ENERGY AND AI, 2023, 14, 100255 window.location.href = `https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyai.2023.100255`;

Off

Traditional 0 On White ]]> Tue, 28 Mar 2023 06:00:00 +0000 Anonymous 601 at /rasei Inverse Reinforcement Learning Control for Building Energy Management /rasei/2023/03/05/inverse-reinforcement-learning-control-building-energy-management Inverse Reinforcement Learning Control for Building Energy Management Anonymous (not verified) Sun, 03/05/2023 - 00:00 Publication Buildings Energy Applications Energy Systems Grid Innovation Henze ENERGY AND BUILDINGS, 2023, 286, 112941 window.location.href = `https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2023.112941`;

Off

Traditional 0 On White ]]> Sun, 05 Mar 2023 07:00:00 +0000 Anonymous 719 at /rasei An optimization framework for the network design of advanced district thermal energy systems /rasei/2022/06/08/optimization-framework-network-design-advanced-district-thermal-energy-systems An optimization framework for the network design of advanced district thermal energy systems Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 06/08/2022 - 00:00 Publication Baker Buildings Energy Applications Energy Systems Henze Energy Conversion and Management, 2022, 266, 115839 window.location.href = `https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2022.115839`;

Off

Traditional 0 On White ]]> Wed, 08 Jun 2022 06:00:00 +0000 Anonymous 133 at /rasei A high-fidelity building performance simulation test bed for the development and evaluation of advanced controls /rasei/2022/04/06/high-fidelity-building-performance-simulation-test-bed-development-and-evaluation A high-fidelity building performance simulation test bed for the development and evaluation of advanced controls Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 04/06/2022 - 00:00 Publication Buildings Computational Modeling Energy Applications Grid Innovation Henze J. Building Perf. Simul., 2022, 15, 3, 379-397 window.location.href = `https://doi.org/10.1080/19401493.2022.2058091`;

Off

Traditional 0 On White ]]> Wed, 06 Apr 2022 06:00:00 +0000 Anonymous 169 at /rasei Multimodal sensor fusion framework for residential building occupancy detection /rasei/2022/01/29/multimodal-sensor-fusion-framework-residential-building-occupancy-detection Multimodal sensor fusion framework for residential building occupancy detection Anonymous (not verified) Sat, 01/29/2022 - 00:00 Publication Buildings Energy Applications Henze Energy and Buildings, 2022, 258, 111828 window.location.href = `https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2021.111828`;

Off

Traditional 0 On White ]]> Sat, 29 Jan 2022 07:00:00 +0000 Anonymous 195 at /rasei Affordable and accurate sensors to better understand residential buildings /rasei/2021/11/17/affordable-and-accurate-sensors-better-understand-residential-buildings Affordable and accurate sensors to better understand residential buildings Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 11/17/2021 - 00:00 News Publication Highlight Buildings Energy Systems Henze This publication from RASEI Fellow Gregor Henze describes new, affordable and accurate sensors to better understand energy use in residential buildings. window.location.href = `/ceae/2021/11/17/nature-paper-takes-initial-steps-towards-high-accuracy-low-cost-occupancy-sensors`;

Off

Traditional 0 On White ]]> Wed, 17 Nov 2021 07:00:00 +0000 Anonymous 786 at /rasei