Wanni Zhang

Wanni Zhang

Technology Researcher II
(510) 486-4079
eta.lbl.gov/people/Wanni-Zhang
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Education

Building Science and Technology, Bachelor of Science, Tsinghua University, 2016
Building Performance and Diagnostics, Master of Science, Carnegie Mellon University, 2018

Awards

2022 R&D 100 Award: City Buildings, Energy, and Sustainability (CityBES) Web Tool for Climate Change Strategies -  August 22nd 2022

Buildings generate 39% of global CO2 emissions, but evaluating and prioritizing cost-effective technical solutions for individual buildings at city scale poses a significant challenge for city stakeholders. CityBES is a free, powerful modeling and analysis tool that enables quick and quantitative assessments of actionable recommendations for decarbonizing buildings and improving their thermal resilience against extreme weather at the urban scale. CityBES builds upon open city datasets, international data standards, the powerful EnergyPlus simulation engine, a library of mitigation and adaptation measures, and 3D-GIS visualization to inform decision making on city buildings, energy, and sustainability.

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Publications

2023

Nexus of electrification and energy efficiency retrofit of commercial buildings at the district scale

Authors: Hong, Tianzhen; Sang Hoon Lee; Wanni Zhang; Kaiyu Sun; Barry Hooper, and Janghyun Kim.
04/2023

2022

A data schema for exchanging information between urban building energy models and urban microclimate models in coupled simulations

Authors: Luo, Na; Xuan Luo; Mohammad Mortezazadeh; Maher Albettar; Wanni Zhang; Dongxue Zhan; Liangzhu Wang, and Tianzhen Hong.
11/2022

Large scale energy analysis and renovation strategies for social housing in the historic city of Venice

Authors: Teso, Lorenzo; Laura Carnieletto; Kaiyu Sun; Wanni Zhang; Andrea Gasparella; Piercarlo Romagnoni; Angelo Zarrella, and Tianzhen Hong.
08/2022

Large scale energy analysis and renovation strategies for social housing in the historic city of Venice

Authors: Teso, Lorenzo; Laura Carnieletto; Kaiyu Sun; Wanni Zhang; Andrea Gasparella; Piercarlo Romagnoni; Angelo Zarrella, and Tianzhen Hong.
08/2022

Exploring Decarbonization and Clean Energy Pathways for Disadvantaged Communities in California

Authors: Sun, Kaiyu; Patricia Kusumah; Wanni Zhang; Max Wei, and Tianzhen Hong.
07/2022

Investigation of pre-cooling as a recommended measure to improve residential buildings’ thermal resilience during heat waves

Authors: Zeng, Zhaoyun; Wanni Zhang; Kaiyu Sun; Max Wei, and Tianzhen Hong.
02/2022

2021

Passive cooling designs to improve heat resilience of homes in underserved and vulnerable communities

Authors: Sun, Kaiyu; Wanni Zhang; Zhaoyun Zeng; Ronnen M. Levinson; Max Wei, and Tianzhen Hong.
12/2021

Urban microclimate and its impact on building performance: A case study of San Francisco

Authors: Hong, Tianzhen; Yujie Xu; Kaiyu Sun; Wanni Zhang; Xuan Luo, and Barry Hooper.
07/2021

Heat Vulnerability Index Development and Mapping

Authors: Xu, Yujie; Tianzhen Hong; Wanni Zhang; Zhaoyun Zeng, and Max Wei.
04/2021

Italian prototype building models for urban scale building performance simulation

Authors: Carnieletto, Laura; Martina Ferrando; Lorenzo Teso; Kaiyu Sun; Wanni Zhang; Francesco Causone; Piercarlo Romagnoni; Angelo Zarrella, and Tianzhen Hong.
04/2021

2020

Extract useful information from building permits data to profile a city’s building retrofit history

Authors: Zhang, Wanni; Tianzhen Hong, and Xuan Luo.
08/2020

State-of-the-art on research and applications of machine learning in the building life cycle

Authors: Hong, Tianzhen; Zhe Wang; Xuan Luo, and Wanni Zhang.
04/2020

2019

Visualizing Urban Microclimate and Quantifying its Impact on Building Energy Use in San Francisco

Authors: Hong, Tianzhen; Yujie Xu; Kaiyu Sun; Wanni Zhang, and Xuan Luo.
11/2019