US Taps Federal Buildings to Test Next-Generation Climate Tech

July 18, 2024, 10:00 AM UTC

The Biden administration on Thursday will unveil 17 cutting-edge technologies it’s going to test in federal buildings, part of a $9.6 million effort to boost climate tech products at the edge of commercialization.

“The government has invested in R&D for a long time, but at GSA because we have these facilities we can actually test them out in the real world,” said Robin Carnahan, administrator of the General Services Administration.

The announcement also pairs up with the Biden administration’s broad effort to cut carbon emissions across the federal government’s vast buildings portfolio.

The GSA ...

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