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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.

We work closely with industry partners, academics and government officials to achieve these goals, and share our research widely
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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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2009

Granderson, Jessica, Junqiao Han Dudley, Sila Kiliccote, and Mary Ann Piette."Chilled Water Storage System and Demand Response at the University of California at Merced."9th International Conference for Enhanced Building Operations, November 17-18, 2009 (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.

Destaillats, Hugo, Wenhao Chen, Michael G Apte, Nuan Li, Michael Spears, Jérémie Almosni, Jianshun Zheng, and William J Fisk."Laboratory Measurement of Secondary Pollutant Yields from Ozone Reaction with HVAC Filters."Proceedings of the Healthy Buildings 2009 Conference (2009).

Sherman, Max H, Iain S Walker, and Darryl J Dickerhoff."Final Report on Residential Integrated Ventilation Energy Controller."Energy Innovations Small Grant 55044A (2009).

Granderson, Jessica, Mary Ann Piette, Girish Ghatikar, and Phillip N Price."Preliminary Findings from an Analysis of Building Energy Information System Technologies."2009 National Conference on Building Commissioning, June 3-5, 2009 (2009).

Petithuguenin, Thomas D.P, and Max H Sherman."Air Distribution Effectiveness for Residential Mechanical Ventilation: Simulation and Comparison of Normalized Exposures." (2009).

Keenan, Christina R, Regine Goth-Goldstein, Donald Lucas, and David L Sedlak."Oxidative Stress Induced by Zero-Valent Iron Nanoparticles and Fe(II) in Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells."Environmental Science & Technology 43.12 (2009) 4555-4560. DOI

Rubinstein, Francis M, Girish Ghatikar, Jessica Granderson, David S Watson, Paul Haugen, and Carlos Romero."Barrier Immune Radio Communications for Demand Response." (2009).

Sherman, Max H."Infiltration in ASHRAE’s Residential Ventilation Standards."ASHRAE Transactions 115 (2009) 887-896.

Walker, Iain S."Ozone Reductions Using Residential Building Envelopes."INIVE EEIG 30 (2009).

Han, Hwataik, Cheol-Yong Shin, Douglas P Sullivan, and William J Fisk."CFD simulations of airflows around outdoor air intake louver."9th International Healthy Buildings Conference 2009, September 13-17, 2009 (2009).

Al-Beaini, Sara, Sam Borgeson, Brian E Coffey, David Gregory, Kyle S Konis, Corinne D Scown, Jelena Simjanovic, John Stanley, Bret Strogen, and Iain S Walker."Feasibility of Achieving a Zero-Net-Energy, Zero-Net-Cost Homes." (2009).

Mendell, Mark J, and Anna G Mirer."Indoor Thermal Factors and Symptoms in Office Workers: Findings from the U.S. EPA BASE Study."Indoor Air 19.4 (2009) 291-302.

Sherman, Max H, and Iain S Walker."Measured Air Distribution Effectiveness for Residential Mechanical Ventilation Systems."ASHRAE HVAC&R Research Journal 15.2 (2009) 211-230.

Singer, Brett C, Michael G Apte, Douglas R Black, Toshifumi Hotchi, Donald Lucas, Melissa M Lunden, Anna G Mirer, Michael Spears, and Douglas P Sullivan."Natural Gas Variability in California: Environmental Impacts and Device Performance - Experimental Evaluation of Pollutant Emissions from Residential Appliances." (2009).

Walker, Iain S, Max H Sherman, and William W Nazaroff."Ozone Reductions Using Residential Building Envelopes." (2009).

Fisk, William J, Michael Spears, Douglas P Sullivan, and Mark J Mendell."Ozone Removal by Filters Containing Activated Carbon: a Pilot Study."Proceedings of the Healthy Buildings 2009 Conference (2009).

Kalantzi, Olga I, F. F Reber Brown, Maira Caleffi, Regine Goth-Goldstein, and Myrto Petreas."Polybrominated diphenyl ethers and polychlorinated biphenyls in human breast adipose samples from Brazil."Environment International 35 (2009) 113-117. DOI

Sherman, Max H, and Iain S Walker."Residential Integrated Ventilation Energy Controller."EISG – PIER report (2009).

Ehrlich, Paul, and Richard C Diamond."Smart Buildings:Business Case and Action Plan." (2009).

Singer, Brett C, Jennifer L Coughlin, and Paul A Mathew."Summary of Information and Resources Related to Energy Use in Healthcare Facilities - Version 1." 78 (2009).

Coffey, Brian E, Sam Borgeson, Stephen E Selkowitz, Joshua S Apte, Paul A Mathew, and Philip Haves."Towards a Very Low Energy Building Stock: Modeling the U.S. Commercial Building Sector to Support Policy and Innovation Planning."Building Research & Information (2009).

2008

Bauman, Fred S, Thomas L Webster, and Darryl J Dickerhoff."Air Leakage Test Report EPA Region 8 Headquarters, Denver, Colorado. CBE Summary Report."Center for the Built Environment (2008).

Dickerhoff, Darryl J, and Iain S Walker."Evaluation of the Repeatability of the Delta Q Duct Leakage Testing Technique Including Investigation of Robust Analysis Techniques and Estimates of Weather Induced Uncertainty." (2008).

Selkowitz, Stephen E, Jessica Granderson, Philip Haves, Paul A Mathew, and Jeffrey P Harris."Scale Matters: An Action Plan for Realizing Sector-Wide "Zero-Energy" Performance Goals in Commercial Buildings."Proceedings of the 2008 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2008).