Sumner County was awarded a 3-year DOE field testing study. Lead scientist, Chuck Booten, from NREL came to Wellington to review the team’s progress at the end of August, 2022. Look for continued updates in 2023.
Jason Newberry, Interim City Manager, and Barry Dicker, Project Leader and President of Decent Energy, Inc. provided Dr. Chuck Booten, Senior Engineer, Building Energy Sciences Mechanical and Thermal Systems Engineering with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) a tour of the buildings and thermal tile installation in Sumner County’s “Building Technologies Proving Ground – Public Sector Field Validation” project that was awarded by the United States Department of Energy (DOE).
WELLINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Marshall received a firsthand update at the Wellington Police and Fire/EMS Building regarding the progress being made with Sumner County’s “Building Technologies Proving Ground – Public Sector Field Validation” project awarded by the United States Department of Energy (DOE).
Sensors are being installed in the Wellington Police/Fire Station this week as part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Building Technologies Proving Ground – Public Sector Field Validation Funding Opportunity awarded to Sumner County in partnership with the City of Wellington, Insolcorp, LLC, the University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc., Decent Energy, Inc. and others.