Building Technology and Urban Systems

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Researchers in the Building Technology & Urban Systems Division (BTUS) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory develop data and technologies that increase energy efficiency and improve the health, safety and comfort of building occupants, in the United States and worldwide.

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2012

Rapp, Vi H., Anthony DeFilippo, Samveg Saxena, Jyh-Yuan Chen, Robert W. Dibble, Atsushi Nishiyama, Ahsa Moon, and Yuji Ikeda."Extending Lean Operating Limit and Reducing Emissions of Methane Spark-Ignited Engines Using a Microwave-Assisted Spark Plug." Journal of Combustion 2012 (2012). DOI

Weber, Andrew R., and Christopher T. Payne."Linking Resources and Structures: Increasing the Effectiveness of Energy Efficient Government Procurement Programs." (2012).

Taylor, Margaret, and K. Sydny Fujita."Who Buys What? Understanding Federal Procurement of Energy Efficient Products."American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (2012).

Mahdavi, Roozbeh, and William F. Tschudi."Wireless Sensor Network for Improving the Energy Efficiency of Data Centers." (2012).

Payne, Christopher T.."The Role of Business Systems in Achieving Market Transformation."Procurement, Innovation and Green Growth: The story continues... (2012).

Payne, Christopher T., and Andrew R. Weber."Public Sector Procurement: Issues in Program Development & Delivery." (2012).

Sanders, Mark D., Kristen Parrish, and Paul A. Mathew."Ready to Retrofit: The Process of Project Team Selection, Building Benchmarking, and Financing Commercial Building Energy Retrofit Projects." (2012).

2011

Malone, Elizabeth L., Tom Sanquist, Amy K. Wolfe, Richard C. Diamond, Christopher T. Payne, and Jerry Dion."Evidence-Based Background Material Underlying Guidance for Federal Agencies in Implementing Strategic Sustainability Performance Plans Implementing Sustainability: The Institutional-Behavioral Dimension." (2011).

Earni, Shankar, Philip Coleman, and Mark D. Sanders."Integrated Framework toward a Closed Loop Measurement and Verification Approach."ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry 1 (2011) 68-79.

DeFilippo, A., Samveg Saxena, Vi H. Rapp, Jyh-Yuan Chen, and Robert W. Dibble."Extending the lean flammability limit of gasoline using a microwave assisted sparkplug." (2011).

2010

Harris, Jeffrey P., Richard C. Diamond, Carl Blumstein, Chris Calwell, Maithili Iyer, Christopher T. Payne, and Paul Siderius."Towards a Policy of Progressive Efficiency."People-Centered Initiatives for Increasing Energy Saving (2010).

Mathew, Paul A., William F. Tschudi, Dale A. Sartor, and James Beasley."Cleanroom Energy Efficiency: Metrics and Benchmarking."ASHRAE Journal 52 (2010).

Shehabi, Arman, Srirupa Ganguly, Lara A. Gundel, Arpad Horvath, Thomas W. Kirchstetter, Melissa M. Lunden, William F. Tschudi, Ashok J. Gadgil, and William W. Nazaroff."Can combining economizers with improved filtration save energy and protect equipment in data centers?."Building and Environment 45.3 (2010) 718-726. DOI

Sartor, Dale A., and Mark Wilson."Money for Research, Not for Energy Bills: Finding Energy and Cost Savings in High Performance Computer Facility Designs."Computing in Science and Engineering 12 (2010) 19-Nov.

2009

Bell, Geoffrey C., Bill Storey, and Michael K. Patterson."Control of Computer Room Air Conditioning using IT Equipment Sensors." (2009).

Singer, Brett C., Paul A. Mathew, Steve E. Greenberg, William F. Tschudi, Dale A. Sartor, Susan Strom, and Walter Vernon."Hospital Energy Benchmarking Guidance." (2009) 32.

Bell, Geoffrey C., and Clifford C. Federspiel."Demonstration of Datacenter Automation Software and Hardware (DASH) at the California Franchise Tax Board." (2009).

Singer, Brett C., and William F. Tschudi."High Performance Healthcare Buildings: A Roadmap to Improved Energy Efficiency." 515 (2009) 5264-69.

Mathew, Paul A., Steve E. Greenberg, Srirupa Ganguly, Dale A. Sartor, and William F. Tschudi."How Does Your Data Center Measure Up? Energy Efficiency Metrics and Benchmarks for Data Center Infrastructure Systems."HPAC Journal (2009).

Mills, Evan, and Paul A. Mathew."Monitoring Based Commissioning: Benchmarking Analysis of 24 UC/CSU/IOU Projects." (2009).

Mathew, Paul A., Dale A. Sartor, and William F. Tschudi."Self-benchmarking Guide for Cleanrooms: Metrics, Benchmarks, Actions." (2009).

Mathew, Paul A., Srirupa Ganguly, Steve E. Greenberg, and Dale A. Sartor."Self-benchmarking Guide for Data Centers: Metrics, Benchmarks, Actions." (2009).

Mathew, Paul A., Steve E. Greenberg, and Dale A. Sartor."Self-benchmarking Guide for Laboratory Buildings: Metrics, Benchmarks, Actions." (2009).

2008

Coleman, Philip, Christopher T. Payne, and Richard G. White."A Plea for Simpler Electricity Tariffs."2008 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings 7 (2008) 60-69.