IMPEL Lab Innovation teams and mentors at the first IMPEL Training event at the Energy Exchange in Cleveland, August 2018.  Left to right: Gayathri Eranki (LBNL), Benson Chen and Renil Paramel (Strategy of Things), Mary Hubbard (DOE program lead), Chris Mather (Leveragent), Diana Hun (ORNL), John Dierkes (Schneider), Walt Vernon (Mazzetti), Howdy Goudey (LBNL), Harry Bergmann (DOE), Baptiste Ravache (LBNL), Nora Wang (PNNL), Dale Sartor (LBNL), Reshma Singh (LBNL program lead), Dane Christensen (NREL), Mark Borkum (PNNL)

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Five Lab Innovation Teams, chosen and assembled from the ranks of the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Lab family, successfully finished the 2018-2019 "Incubating Market-Propelled Entrepreneurial-mindset at the Labs” (IMPEL) program. IMPEL is an eight-month, professional development program funded by the Building Technologies Office (BTO), within DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, and implemented by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. IMPEL provides promising scientists with mentorship from building industry professionals, monthly expert webinars, and pitch coaching from Silicon Valley specialists.