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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

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2005

Anders, André."Plasma and Ion Sources in Large Area Coatings: A Review." (2005).

Pelletier, Jacques, and André Anders."Plasma-Based Ion Implantation and Deposition: A Review of Physics, Technology, and Applications."IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science 33 (2005) 1944-1959.

Wray, Craig P, Richard C Diamond, and Max H Sherman."Rationale For Measuring Duct Leakage Flows in Large Commercial Buildings."26th AIVC International Conference (2005) pp. 83-88.

Sherman, Max H, and Jennifer A McWilliams."Report on Applicability of Residential Ventilation Standards in California." (2005).

Frenze, David, Steve E Greenberg, Paul A Mathew, Dale A Sartor, and William Starr Jr."Right-Sizing Laboratory Equipment Loads." (2005).

Singer, Brett C, Alfred T Hodgson, Toshifumi Hotchi, Katherine Y Ming, Richard G Sextro, Emily E Wood, and Nancy J Brown."Sorption of organic gases in residential bedrooms and bathrooms."Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate - Indoor Air 2005 2(9) (2005) 2314-2319.

Walker, Iain S."State-of-the-art in Residential and Small Commercial Air Handler Performance." (2005).

Haves, Philip, and David S Watson."System Architectures for Performance Monitoring." (2005).

Wray, Craig P."The Opportunity to Improve a Critical Conduit for Energy Efficiency: Air Distribution Systems in Commercial Buildings." (2005).

Prasher, Ravi S, Prajesh Bhattacharya, and Patrick E Phelan."Thermal Conductivity of Nanoscale Colloidal Solutions (Nanofluids)."Physical Review Letters 94.025901-1 – 025901-4. (2005).

Wray, Craig P."Tools & Guidelines for Commissioning Small Commercial Duct Systems." (2005).

Dickerhoff, Darryl J, Iain S Walker, and Max H Sherman."Validating and Improving the DeltaQ Duct Leakage Test."ASHRAE Transactions 110 - Pt. 2 (2005) 741-751.

2004

Wetter, Michael."BuildOpt - A new building energy simulation program that is built on smooth models."Building and Environment 40.8 (2004). DOI

Zhou, Nan, Weijun Gao, Masaru Nishida, Hiroki Kitayama, and Toshio Ojima."Field Study on the Thermal Environment of Passive Cooling System in RC Building."Energy and Buildings Journal 36 (2004) 8.

Faulkner, David, William J Fisk, Douglas P Sullivan, and Seung-Min Lee."Ventilation Efficiencies and Thermal Comfort Results of a Desk-Edge-Mounted Task Ventilation System."Indoor Air (Supplement 8) 14.Supplement s8 (2004) 92-97. DOI

Wetter, Michael, and Elijah Polak."A convergent optimization method using pattern search algorithms with adaptive precision simulation."Building Services Engineering Research and Technology 25.4 (2004) 327-338. DOI

Bhattacharya, Prajesh, P Vijayan, T Tang, S Nara, Patrick E Phelan, Ravi S Prasher, J Wang, and David W Song."Evaluation of the Temperature Oscillation Technique to Calculate Thermal Conductivity of Water and Systematic Measurement of the Thermal Conductivity of Aluminum Oxide – Water Nanofluiids."International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, (2004).

Payne, Christopher T, and Beverly Dyer."Federal participation in LEED."Greenbuild 2004 (2004).

Kohler, Christian, Howdy Goudey, and Dariush K Arasteh."A First-Generation Prototype Dynamic Residential Window." (2004) 11.

Zhou, Nan, Chris Marnay, Ryan M Firestone, Weijun Gao, and Masaru Nishida."The Potential for Distributed Generation in Japanese Prototype Buildings: A DER-CAM Analysis of Policy, Tariff Design, Building Energy Use, and Technology Development." (2004) 75.

Wang, Liping, and Angui Li."A numerical study of vertical solar chimney for Enhancing stack ventilation in buildings."The 21st International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture, The Netherlands (2004).

Wetter, Michael, and Elijah Polak."Building Design Optimization Using a Convergent Pattern Search Algorithm with Adaptive Precision Simulations."Energy and Buildings 37 (2004) 603-612.

Golove, William H, Richard E Brown, and Edward Holt."Guide to Purchasing Green Power: Renewable Electricity, Renewable Energy Certificates and On-Site Renewable Generation." (2004).

Xu, Tengfang T, and Ming-Shan Jeng."Laboratory Evaluation of Fan-Filter Units Aerodynamic and Energy Performance."Journal of the Illuminating Engineering Society 47.1 (2004) 5. DOI

Griffith, Brent T, and Peter G Ellis."Photovoltaic and Solar Thermal Modeling with the EnergyPlus Calculation Engine."World Renewable Energy Congress VIII and Expo (2004).