WASHINGTON, July 21 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy announced that it expects to award cooperative agreements for energy conservation research and development. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) intends to issue, on behalf of the Building Technologies Office (BTO), a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) entitled "Advanced Building Construction (ABC) - 2021. more ST