Richard Brown
Rich Brown is an academic researcher in the California Institute for Energy and Environment (CIEE) at UC Berkeley, and a retiree affiliate in the Building Technologies and Urban Systems Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
At CIEE, Rich works on the EcoBlock project, which is developing and demonstrating neighborhood-scale approaches to decarbonizing our building stock. He spent over 30 years as a Research Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, where he led a variety of research projects on energy in buildings.
Rich holds an M.A. degree from the Energy and Resources Group at the University of California at Berkeley, and a B.S.E. in Engineering and Management Systems from Princeton University.
Curriculum Vitae
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Spot: CalFlexHub Annual Symposium Team - April 17th 2024
Erin Harbin, Rachel Foushee and Rich Brown have provided exceptional support in the 2023 CalFlexHub Annual Symposium which was instrumental to the success of this critical and impactful event.
Spot: Richard Brown - August 29th 2019
Extreme flexibility for last-minute travel to the NREL Residential workshop immediately after returning from vacation.
Spot: Rich Brown, Howdy Goudey, Paul Mathew, Iain Walker and Teresa Williams - September 11th 2017
Participation as a Lab Mentor for the first-ever Berkeley Lab Energy Design Challenge.
2010 R&D 100 Award - July 8th 2010
For Home Energy Saver, a free online tool that helps consumers identify the best, most cost-effective ways to save energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from their homes, and Microsoft's implementation, Hohm.