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Berkeley Lab is working with the energy, building, and transportation sectors to advance grid-interactive efficient building technologies, incorporate renewable energy resources into our utility grid, plan a next-generation charging infrastructure for tomorrow’s electric vehicles, and more." theme="white" > <lbl-pattern slot="pattern" theme="intro-block" > </lbl-pattern> <lbl-eyebrow has-breakline slot="eyebrow" text="" > </lbl-eyebrow> </lbl-intro-callout> <lbl-divider></lbl-divider> <lbl-container> <lbl-quote-block text="We are working to integrate renewables and the electricity grid, to balance and manage demand and supply, develop new forms of energy storage, and to make buildings, industrial and transportation systems more energy efficient and grid-interactive." name="Mary Ann Piette" description="Associate Lab Director, Energy Technologies Area" > <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="285" height="285" src="https://www.lbl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/XBD-202210-171-005-1.jpg" class="attachment-lbl-components-sm size-lbl-components-sm" alt="A person with short brown hair wearing a white top and a black blazer." slot="media" /> <lbl-pattern slot="pattern" theme="quote-block" > </lbl-pattern> </lbl-quote-block> </lbl-container> <lbl-divider></lbl-divider> <lbl-container> <lbl-section-header title="Facilities, Centers, Projects, and Partnerships" text="" margin-bottom > </lbl-section-header> <lbl-grid columns="3" layout="grid-card" > <lbl-grid-card layout="" date="" text="" link-url="https://flexlab.lbl.gov" link-target="" title="FLEXLAB®" > <lbl-image slot="media" img-caption="" img-credit="" > <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="890" height="594" src="https://www.lbl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Capabilities-Landing_Impact-Module_FLEXLAB_XBD-202108-0095-001-scaled.jpg" class="attachment-lbl-components-md size-lbl-components-md" alt="The sun obscured behind smokey skies over a blue building." slot="media" /> </lbl-image> <lbl-rich-text slot="rich-text"> <p>The world’s most advanced integrated building and grid technologies testbed.</p> </lbl-rich-text> <lbl-button icon="" slot="btn" text="Visit site" link-target="" link-url="https://flexlab.lbl.gov" type="inline" > </lbl-button> </lbl-grid-card> <lbl-grid-card layout="" date="" text="" link-url="https://eta.lbl.gov/integrated-energy-systems" link-target="" title="Integrated energy systems" > <lbl-image slot="media" img-caption="" img-credit="" > <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="531" src="https://www.lbl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/RT_energy-systems_iStock-116142300.jpg" class="attachment-lbl-components-md size-lbl-components-md" alt="Birdseye view of downtown Auckland, New Zealand." slot="media" /> </lbl-image> <lbl-rich-text slot="rich-text"> <p>Aiming to enable an economically sustainable, lower-carbon energy economy by creating an integrated energy system simulation 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