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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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Publications

Publications By Research Area

2009

Cho, Young-Hum, Mingsheng Liu, and Xiufeng Pang."Improving Control and Operation of a Single Duct VAV System through CCLEP."ASHRAE Transactions 115.2 (2009) 760-768.

Wu, Lixia, Mingsheng Liu, Xiufeng Pang, Gang Wang, and Thomas G Lewis."CCLEP Reduces Energy Consumption by More than 50% for a Luxury Shopping Mall."ASHRAE Transactions 115.2 (2009) 492-501.

2007

Feng, Jingjuan, Mingsheng Liu, and Xiufeng Pang."Economizer Control Using Mixed Air Enthalpy."the 7th International Conference of Enhanced Building Operations (2007).

Wu, Lixia, Mingsheng Liu, Gang Wang, and Xiufeng Pang."Integrated Static Pressure Reset with Fan Air Flow Station in Dual-duct VAV System Control."ASME Energy Sustainability (2007).

Cho, Young-Hum, Xiufeng Pang, and Mingsheng Liu."VAV System Optimization through Continuous Commissioning in an Office Building."the 7th International Conference of Enhanced Building Operations (2007).

2006

Pang, Xiufeng, B Zheng, and Mingsheng Liu."Case Study of Continuous Commissioning in an Office Building."the 6th International Conference of Enhanced Building Operations (2006).

2005

Pang, Xiufeng, B Zheng, and Mingsheng Liu."Building Pressure Control in VAV System with Relief Air Fan."the 5th International Conference of Enhanced Building Operations (2005).

Zheng, B, Mingsheng Liu, and Xiufeng Pang."Continuous Commissioning of an Office Building."the 5th International Conference of Enhanced Building Operations (2005).

Zheng, B, Xiufeng Pang, and Mingsheng Liu."Using a Fan Air Flow Station to Control Building Static Pressure in a VAV System."the 2005 International Solar Energy Conference (2005).

2004

Jiang, Yongcheng, and Xiufeng Pang."ANN Modeling and Self-tuning Control of the Oil Field Heating Furnace."Computer Measurement and Control (Chinese) 12.4 (2004) 338-240.

2003

Pang, Xiufeng, Yongcheng Jiang, Yan-shu Miao, and Jun Xiong."Computer Measurement and Automation System for Gas-fired Heating Furnace."Journal of Harbin Institute of Technology (Chinese) 35.3 (2003) 374-378.

Jiang, Yongcheng, Xiufeng Pang, and Shaobo Fu."Research of ANN Internal Model Self-tuning Control Applied in Combustion Process Control of Heating Furnace in Oil Field."Journal of Central South University, Technology 34.2 (2003) 108-112.