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November 02, 2015 - Inventors and innovators are invited to submit their ideas to JUMP, Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s latest buildings technology crowdsourcing platform. JUMP, launched in partnership with General Electric, AO Smith and United Technologies Research Center, aims to solicit novel solutions to a number of technical challenges in energy-efficient buildings technologies. Current campaigns are focused on HVAC sensors, refrigerator defrost systems and water heater thermal energy storage. Winners, selected by a panel of lab and industry technical advisers, will qualify for cash prizes of $3,000 to $5,000 in addition to consideration for up to $320,000 of in-kind technical support. To learn more, visit http://web.ornl.gov/jump.
