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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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We are at the forefront of cutting-edge research that redefines building technology and explores all areas of urban systems.

We have been leaders for decades in developing energy-efficient windows, improving indoor air quality, coming up with new ideas to fix the nation's electricity grid, and so much more.

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Mathew, Paul A, Nancy Wallace, Paulo Issler, Baptiste Ravache, Philip Coleman, and Cindy Zhu."Do energy costs really affect commercial mortgage default risk? New results and implications for energy efficiency investments."2018 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2018). DOI

Gerke, Brian F, Jennifer Potter, Peter Schwartz, Alastair Robinson, David Jagger, Jasmine Shepard, Teddy Kisch, and Adel Suleiman."Driving Adoption of Demand-Responsive Commercial Lighting with a Clarified Value Proposition: Site Level Energy Savings and Cost-Benefit Analysis."2018 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2018).

Granderson, Jessica, Guanjing Lin, Rupam Singla, Samuel Fernandes, and Samir Touzani."Field evaluation of performance of HVAC optimization system in commercial buildings."Energy and Buildings 173 (2018) 577 - 586. DOI

Sofos, Marina, and Jared Langevin."Laying Down the Foundation: An R&D Roadmap for Energy Savings through Advancements in Smart Building Technologies."2018 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2018).

Gallo, Giulia, Brian F Gerke, Jingjing Liu, Mary Ann Piette, Peter Schwartz, and Peter Alstone."Mobilizing the Anti-Duck Brigade: Technology and Market Pathways for Load-Shifting Demand Response in California."2018 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2018). DOI

Langevin, Jared."Modeling the adoption of building efficiency technologies: A review of methods and datasets."2018 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2018).

Ming, Tingzhen, Cunjin Cai, Wei Yang, Wenqing Shen, Wei Feng, and Nan Zhou."Optimization of Dimples in Microchannel Heat Sink with Impinging Jets—Part B: the Influences of Dimple Height and Arrangement."Journal of Thermal Science 27.4 (2018) 321 - 330. DOI

Piette, Mary Ann, Rebecca Zarin Pass, Reshma Singh, and Tianzhen Hong."Review of City Energy and Emissions Analysis Needs, Methods & Tools."2018 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2018). DOI

Pang, Xiufeng, Carlos Duarte, Philip Haves, and Frank Chuang."Testing and demonstration of model predictive control applied to a radiant slab cooling system in a building test facility."Energy and Buildings 172 (2018) 432 - 441. DOI

Blum, David, Guanjing Lin, Michael Spears, Janie Page, and Jessica Granderson."When Data Analytics Meet Site Operation: Benefits and Challenges."2018 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2018).

Belafi, Zsofia, Tianzhen Hong, and Andras Reith."A critical review on questionnaire surveys in the field of energy-related occupant behaviour."Energy Efficiency (2018) 1-21. DOI

Jia, Hongyuan, Xiufeng Pang, and Philip Haves."Experimentally-determined characteristics of radiant systems for office buildings."Applied Energy 221 (2018) 41 - 54. DOI

Huo, Tengfei, Hong Ren, Weiguang Cai, Wei Feng, Miaohan Tang, and Nan Zhou."The total-factor energy productivity growth of China’s construction industry: evidence from the regional level."Natural Hazards 92.3 (2018) 1593 - 1616. DOI

Hart, Nora, Tripp Shealy, Hannah Kramer, Jessica Granderson, and Georg Reichard."A Framework for Monitoring-Based Commissioning: Identifying Variables That Act as Barriers and Enablers to the Process."Energy and Buildings 168 (2018) 331 - 346. DOI

Chen, Sharon S, Hugo Destaillats, Jing Ge, and Ronnen M Levinson."Calibration of laboratory aging practice to replicate changes to roof albedo in a Chinese city." (2018).

Huo, Tengfei, Hong Ren, Xiaoling Zhang, Weiguang Cai, Wei Feng, Nan Zhou, and Xia Wang."China's energy consumption in the building sector: A Statistical Yearbook-Energy Balance Sheet based splitting method."Journal of Cleaner Production 185 (2018) 665 - 679. DOI

Wang, Wei, Jiayu Chen, Tianzhen Hong, and Na Zhu."Occupancy prediction through Markov based feedback recurrent neural network (M-FRNN) algorithm with WiFi probe technology."Building and Environment 138 (2018) 160 - 170. DOI

Aghajanzadeh, Arian, Marshall English, and Collin English."Opportunities for Electricity Demand Management in Irrigated Agriculture." (2018). DOI

Fuchs, Heidi, Arian Aghajanzadeh, and Peter L Therkelsen."Using Industry’s Own Words to Evaluate ISO 50001 Energy Management Systems Adoption." (2018). DOI

Fuchs, Heidi, Arian Aghajanzadeh, and Peter L Therkelsen."Using industry’s own words to quantify the benefits and challenges of ISO 50001."eceee Industrial Summer Study 2018 (2018).

Liu, Jingjing, and Paul Sheaffer."ISO 50001 for US Commercial Buildings – Current Status and Opportunities." (2018).

Hart, Robert."Numerical and experimental validation for the thermal transmittance of windows with cellular shades."Energy and Buildings 166 (2018) 358 - 371. DOI

Singh, Reshma, Paul A Mathew, Jessica Granderson, Yash Shukla, Amiya Ranjan Behera, and Michael Pitt."Packaged Scalable Energy Information Systems for Hotels."Journal of Facilities Management 16.2 (2018) 119 - 141. DOI

Singer, Brett C, and William W Delp."Response of consumer and research grade indoor air quality monitors to residential sources of fine particles."Indoor Air 28.4 (2018) 624-639. DOI

Guyot, Gaelle, Max H Sherman, and Iain S Walker."Smart ventilation energy and indoor air quality performance in residential buildings: A review."Energy and Buildings 165 (2018) 416 - 430. DOI