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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

Price, Phillip N, Mary Ann Piette, Jessica Granderson, and John Elliott."Automated Measurement and Verification of Transactive Energy Systems, Load Shape Analysis, and Consumer Engagement."GridWise® Architecture Council Transactive Energy Conference (2015).

Price, Phillip N, Bruce Nordman, Mary Ann Piette, Richard E Brown, Janie Page, Steven Lanzisera, and Jessica Granderson."Automated Measurement and Verification and Innovative Occupancy Detection Technologies." (2015).

Granderson, Jessica, Phillip N Price, David A Jump, Nathan J Addy, and Michael D Sohn."Automated Measurement and Verification: Performance of Public Domain Whole-Building Electric Baseline Models."Applied Energy 144 (2015) 106-113. DOI

Granderson, Jessica, Phillip N Price, Stephen Czarnecki, Janie Page, Richard E Brown, and Mary Ann Piette."Development of Diagnostic and M&V Agents, and Implementation in an Occupied Office Environment." (2015).

2014

Granderson, Jessica, David A Jump, Phillip N Price, and Michael D Sohn."Performance Metrics and Objective Testing Methods for Energy Baseline Modeling Software." (2014).

Granderson, Jessica, and Phillip N Price."Development and Application of a Statistical Methodology to Evaluate the Predictive Accuracy of Building Energy Baseline Models."Energy 66 (2014) 981-990. DOI

2013

Price, Phillip N, Jessica Granderson, Michael D Sohn, Nathan J Addy, and David A Jump."Commercial Building Energy Baseline Modeling Software: Performance Metrics and Method Testing with Open Source Models and Implications for Proprietary Software Testing." (2013).

Jump, David A, Phillip N Price, Jessica Granderson, and Michael D Sohn."Functional Testing Protocols for Commercial Building Efficiency Baseline Modeling Software." (2013).

Granderson, Jessica, and Phillip N Price."Development and Application of a Statistical Methodology to Evaluate the Predictive Accuracy of Building Energy Baseline Models." (2013).

2012

Granderson, Jessica, and Phillip N Price."Evaluation of the Predictive Accuracy of Five Whole-Building Baseline Models." (2012).

2011

Granderson, Jessica, Mary Ann Piette, Ben Rosenblum, R. R Lily Hu, Daniel Harris, Paul A Mathew, Phillip N Price, Geoffrey C Bell, Srinivas Katipamula, and Michael Brambley."Energy Information Handbook: Applications for Energy-Efficient Building Operations." (2011).