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Piette, Mary Ann, Richard E. Brown, Phillip N. Price, Janie Page, Jessica Granderson, David Riess, Stephen Czarnecki, Girish Ghatikar, and Steven Lanzisera."Automated Measurement and Signaling Systems for the Transactional Network." (2013).

Mullen, Nasim A., Marion L. Russell, Melissa M. Lunden, and Brett C. Singer."Investigation of formaldehyde and acetaldehyde sampling rate and ozone interference for passive deployment of Waters Sep-Pak XPoSure samplers."Atmospheric Environment 80 (2013) 184-189. DOI

Fisk, William J., Federico Noris, and Brett C. Singer."Energy impacts of energy and indoor environmental quality retrofits of apartments." (2013).

Hong, Tianzhen, Wen-Kuei Chang, and Hung-Wen Lin."A Fresh Look at Weather Impact on Peak Electricity Demand and Energy Use of Buildings Using 30-Year Actual Weather Data."Applied Energy 111 (2013) 333-350. DOI

Noris, Federico, Gary Adamkiewicz, William W. Delp, Toshifumi Hotchi, Marion L. Russell, Brett C. Singer, Michael Spears, Kimberly Vermeer, and William J. Fisk."Indoor environmental quality benefits of apartment energy retrofits."Building Environment 68 (2013) 170–178. DOI

Zhu, Dandan, Tianzhen Hong, Da Yan, and Chuang Wang."A Detailed Loads Comparison of Three Building Energy Modeling Programs: EnergyPlus, DeST and DOE-2.1E."Building Simulation 6.3 (2013) 323-335. DOI

Dutton, Spencer M., David W. Banks, Samuel L. Brunswick, and William J. Fisk."Health and economic implications of natural ventilation in California offices."Building and Environment 67 (2013) 34-45. DOI

Maddalena, Randy L., Na Li, Alfred T. Hodgson, Francis J. Offermann, and Brett C. Singer."Maximizing Information from Residential Measurements of Volatile Organic Compounds."Healthy Buildings 2012 - 10th International Conference (2013).

Hong, Tianzhen, Wei Feng, Alison Lu, Jianjun Xia, Le Yang, Qi Shen, Piljae Im, and Mahabir Bhandari."Building Energy Monitoring and Analysis." (2013).

Hong, Tianzhen, Hung-Wen Lin, Wen-Kuei Chang, Liping Wang, William J. N. Turner, Da Yan, Dandan Zhu, Xin Zhou, Chuang Wang, Chen Peng, and Xiaoxin Ren."Building Performance Simulation." (2013).

Noris, Federico, William W. Delp, Kimberly Vermeer, Gary Adamkiewicz, Brett C. Singer, and William J. Fisk."Protocol for maximizing energy savings and indoor environmental quality improvements when retrofitting apartments."Energy and Buildings 61 (2013) 378-386. DOI

Taylor, Margaret, and K. Sydny Fujita."Accounting for Technological Change in Regulatory Impact Analyses: The Learning Curve Technique." (2013).

Rapp, Vi H., Albert Pastor-Perez, Brett C. Singer, and Craig P. Wray."Predicting Backdrafting and Spillage for Natural-Draft Gas Combustion Appliances: Validating VENT-II." (2013). DOI

Fujita, K. Sydny, and Margaret Taylor."Accounting for Innovation in Energy Efficiency Regulation."European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (2013).

Walker, Iain S., Max H. Sherman, Jeffrey Joh, and Wanyu R. Chan."Applying Large Datasets to Developing a Better Understanding of Air Leakage Measurement in Homes."International Journal of Ventilation 11.4 (2013) 323-338.

Chang, Wen-Kuei, and Tianzhen Hong."Statistical Analysis and Modeling of Occupancy Patterns in Open-Plan Offices using Measured Lighting-Switch Data."Building Simulation 6.1 (2013) 23–32. DOI

Walker, Iain S., Darryl J. Dickerhoff, David Faulkner, and William J. N. Turner."System Effects of High Efficiency Filters in Homes."ASHRAE Annual Conference (2013).

Bhangar, Seema, Brett C. Singer, and William W. Nazaroff."Calibration of the Ogawa Ozone Passive Sampler for Aircraft Cabins."Atmospheric Environment 65 (2013) 21-24. DOI

Walker, Iain S., and Max H. Sherman."Effect of Ventilation Strategies on Residential Ozone Levels."Building and Environment 59 (2013) 456–465. DOI

Hong, Tianzhen, and Hung-Wen Lin."Occupant Behavior: Impact on Energy Use of Private Offices."ASim 2012 - 1st Asia Conference of International Building Performance Simulation Association (2013).

Zhu, Dandan, Da Yan, Tianzhen Hong, and Chuang Wang."Comparison of Building Energy Simulation Programs: Dest, EnergyPlus and DOE-2." (2013).

Zhou, Xin, Da Yan, Xiaoxin Ren, and Tianzhen Hong."Data Analysis and Modeling of Lighting Energy Use in Large Office Buildings." (2013).

Walker, Iain S., Darryl J. Dickerhoff, David Faulkner, and William J. N. Turner."Energy Implications of In-‐Line Filtration in California." (2013).

Payne, Christopher T., Andrew R. Weber, and Abby Semple."Energy-efficient Public Procurement Best Practice in Program Delivery SEAD Initiative Procurement Working Group." (2013).

Black, Douglas R., Steven Lanzisera, Judy Lai, Richard E. Brown, and Brett C. Singer."Evaluation of Miscellaneous and Electronic Device Energy Use in Hospitals."World Review of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development 10.1/2/3 (2013) 113-128. DOI