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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.

Visit our research areas at the right to find out 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.

Publications

Publications By Research Area

2015

Weber, Adam Z., Girish Ghatikar, Dale A. Sartor, and Steven Lanzisera."Design and Development of an Integrated Workstation Automation Hub." (2015).

2014

Rawal, Rajan, Keyur Vadodaria, Mona Galsar, Girish Ghatikar, Reshma Singh, and Diane Douglas."Collaborative research to promote energy efficiency innovation towards significant reduction in buildings energy use in the United States and India." (2014).

Basu, Chandrayee, Girish Ghatikar, and Prateek Bansal."Enabling Efficient, Responsive, and Resilient Buildings: Collaboration Between the United States and India."IEEE Great Lakes Symposium on Smart Grid and the New Energy Economy (2014).

2013

Piette, Mary Ann, Richard E. Brown, Phillip N. Price, Janie Page, Jessica Granderson, David Riess, Stephen Czarnecki, Girish Ghatikar, and Steven Lanzisera."Automated Measurement and Signaling Systems for the Transactional Network." (2013).

Singh, Reshma, Dale A. Sartor, and Girish Ghatikar."Best Practices Guide for High - Performance Indian Office Buildings." (2013) 53.

2011

Granderson, Jessica, Mary Ann Piette, and Girish Ghatikar."Building Energy Information Systems: User Case Studies."Energy Efficiency 4.1 (2011) 17-30. DOI

Marini, Kyle, Girish Ghatikar, and Richard C. Diamond."Using Dashboards to Improve Energy and Comfort in Federal Buildings." (2011).

2010

Kircher, Kevin, Girish Ghatikar, Steve E. Greenberg, David S. Watson, Richard C. Diamond, Dale A. Sartor, Clifford C. Federspiel, Alex McEachern, and Tom Owen."Toward the Holy Grail of Perfect Information: Lessons Learned Implementing an Energy Information System in a Commercial Building."2010 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2010).

2009

Granderson, Jessica, Mary Ann Piette, Girish Ghatikar, and Phillip N. Price."Building Energy Information Systems: State of the Technology and User Case Studies." (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).

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