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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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Enjoy presentations from Building Technology & Urban systems research experts on a wide variety of topics in the areas of building energy efficiency, the electricity grid and how it relates to buildings and much more.
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We offer a variety of technologies designed to simulate and model real-world circumstances to assist in energy-saving programs and help building owners build better buildings. These tools can help calculate performance of building systems like windows and shades, help consumers and builders pick the best windows for a variety of applications and much more.

2003

Motegi, Naoya, Mary Ann Piette, Satkartar Kinney, and Karen Herter."Web-Based Energy Information Systems for Energy Management and Demand Response in Commercial Buildings." (2003).

2002

Motegi, Naoya, and Mary Ann Piette."Web-Based Energy Information Systems for Large Commercial Buildings."10th National Conference on Building Commissioning (2002).

McWilliams, Jennifer A."Review of Airflow Measurement Techniques." (2002).

Walker, Iain S, and Max H Sherman."An Easier Way to Measure Duct Leaks."Home Energy Magazine 19.5 September/October (2002).

Pal, Vineeta, William L Carroll, and Norman Bourassa."RESEM-CA: Validation and testing." (2002).

Sherman, Max H."SPC 62.2P Approves Fourth Public Review."IAQ Applications- ASHRAE 3.4 (2002) 7-8.

Wray, Craig P, Iain S Walker, and Max H Sherman."Accuracy of flow hoods in residential applications."Proceedings of the ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, August 18-23, 2002 1 (2002) 339-350.

Diamond, Richard C, and Mithra M Moezzi."Becoming allies: Combining social science and technological perspectives to improve energy research and policy making."Proceedings of the ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, August 18-23, 2002 4 (2002) 89-104.

Siegel, Jeffrey A, Iain S Walker, and Max H Sherman."Dirty air conditioners: Energy implications of coil fouling."Proceedings of the ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, August 18-12, 2002 (2002).

Walker, Iain S, Darryl J Dickerhoff, and Max H Sherman."The Delta Q method of testing the air leakage of ducts."Proceedings of the ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, August 18-23, 2002 1 (2002) 327-338.

Hitchcock, Robert J."Software Interoperability for Energy Simulation."2003 ASHRAE Winter Meeting (2002).

Sherman, Max H."SPC 62.2 P Comments Review."IAQ Applications- ASHRAE 3.3 (2002) 10.

Piette, Mary Ann, Norman Bourassa, Tudi Hassl, David Sellers, Hannah Friedman, and Kenneth L Gillespie."A New Guide for Commissioning Air Handling Systems: Using a Model Functional Test."2002 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2002).

Papamichael, Konstantinos M, Judy Lai, Daniel Fuller, and Tara Tariq."A Web-Based Virtual Lighting Simulator."ACADIA 2002 Conference (2002).

Kinney, Satkartar, and Mary Ann Piette."Development of a California Commercial Building Benchmarking Database."2002 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2002) 7.109-7.120.

Bazjanac, Vladimir."Early Lessons from Deployment of IFC Compatible Software."European Community Product and Process Modeling Conference (ECPPM 2003) (2002).

Xu, Peng, and Philip Haves."Field Testing of Component-Level Model-Based Fault Detection Methods for Mixing Boxes and VAV Fan Systems."2002 American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2002).

Motegi, Naoya, Mary Ann Piette, and Scott Wentworth."From Design Through Operations-Results from New Construction Performance Contract and Beyond."2002 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2002).

Piette, Mary Ann, Satkartar Kinney, Mark S Levi, David McBride, and Stephen May."GEMnet Status and Accomplishments: GSA's Energy and Maintenance Network."2002 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2002).

Papamichael, Konstantinos M, and Vineeta Pal."Barriers in Developing and Using Simulation-Based Decision-Support Software."2002 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2002) 7.179.

Piette, Mary Ann, Satkartar Kinney, Norman Bourassa, Peng Xu, Philip Haves, and Christine Shockman."Early evaluation of a second generation information monitoring and diagnostic system." (2002).

Potter, Amanda, Hannah Friedman, Tudi Haasl, and David Claridge."Investigation of the Persistence of New Building Commissioning."2002 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2002).

Sherman, Max H."Third Review Approved for 62.2P."IAQ Applications- ASHRAE 3.2 (2002) 9.

Papamichael, Konstantinos M, and Vineeta Pal."Bridging the Gap Between Building Science and Design Studios."Computer Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA) Conference (2002).

Sherman, Max H."62.2 Completes 2nd Public Review."IAQ Applications- ASHRAE 3.1 (2002) 10.