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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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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.

Publications

Publications By Research Area

1996

Haves, Philip, D.R Jorgensen, Tim I Salsbury, and Arthur L Dexter."Development and Testing of a Prototype Tool for HVAC Control System Commissioning."ASHRAE Transactions 102.Pt. 1 (1996).

1994

Benouarets, Mourad, Arthur L Dexter, Richard S Fargus, Philip Haves, Tim I Salsbury, and Jonathan A Wright."Model-Based Approaches to Fault Detection and Diagnosis in Air-Conditioning System."System Simulation in Buildings '94 (1994).

Dexter, Arthur L, and Philip Haves."Evaluating the Performance of Building Control Systems using an Emulator."Building Services Engineering Research & Technology 15.3 (1994). DOI

Dexter, Arthur L, Richard S Fargus, and Philip Haves."Fault Detection in Air-Conditioning Systems Using A.I. Techniques."BEP'94 (1994).

1993

Dexter, Arthur L, Philip Haves, and D.R Jorgensen."Automatic Commissioning of HVAC Control Systems."CLIMA 2000 (1993).

Dexter, Arthur L, Philip Haves, and D.R Jorgensen."Development of Techniques to Assist in the Commissioning of HVAC Control Systems."CIBSE National Conference (1993).

1991

Vaezi-Nejad, Hossein, E Hutter, Philip Haves, Arthur L Dexter, George E Kelly, Pierre Nusgens, and Shengwei Wang."Use of Building Emulators to Evaluate the Performance of Building Energy Management Systems."Building Simulation '91 (1991) 209-213.

Haves, Philip, and Arthur L Dexter."Use of a Building Emulator to Evaluate Control Strategies Implemented in Commercial BEMS."Building Environmental Performance '91 (1991).

Ling, Keck-Voon, Arthur L Dexter, G Geng, and Philip Haves."Self-tuning Control with Fuzzy Rule-Based Supervision for HVAC Applications."ITAC 91 (1991).

Haves, Philip, Arthur L Dexter, D.R Jorgensen, Keck-Voon Ling, and G Geng."Use of a Building Emulator to Develop Techniques for Improved Commissioning and Control of HVAC Systems."ASHRAE Transactions 97.1 (1991).

1990

Dexter, Arthur L, and Philip Haves."The Influence of Tuning on the Performance of a Building Control System."System Simulation in Buildings '90 (1990).

1989

Dexter, Arthur L, and Philip Haves."A Robust Self-Tuning Controller for HVAC Applications."ASHRAE Transactions (1989).

Dexter, Arthur L, and Philip Haves."Simulation of Local Loop Controls."Building Simulation 89 (1989).

1987

Dexter, Arthur L, Mahroo M Eftekhari, Philip Haves, and Fábio Gonçalves Jota."The Use of Dynamic Simulation Models to Evaluate Algorithms for Building Energy Control: Experience with HVACSIM+."Proceedings of ICBEM’87 8 (1987).