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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

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2003

Levin, Hal."Indoor Air Pollutants Part 1: General description of pollutants, levels and standards."Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centre (2003) 1-12.

Reichard, Georg, Adil Al-Mumin, and Konstantinos M Papamichael."Instructor: Let the Experts Guide the Use of Simulation Software."DIGITAL DESIGN - 22nd International eCAADe Conference (2003).

Siegel, Jeffrey A, and Iain S Walker."Integrating ducts into the conditioned space: Successes and challenges."Architectural Engineering Institute Conference, Austin, TX (2003).

Xu, Peng, and Philip Haves."Library of component reference models for fault detection." (2003).

Macleod, Matthew."On the influence of forests on the overall fate of semivolatile organic contaminants."Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment 17 (2003) 256-259.

Xu, Tengfang T."Performance Evaluation of Cleanroom Environmental Systems."Journal of the Illuminating Engineering Society 46 (2003) 66-73.

Thatcher, Tracy L, David J Wilson, Emily E Wood, Mathias J Craig, and Richard G Sextro."Pollutant Dispersion in a Large Indoor Space: Part 1 -- Scaled experiments using a water-filled model with occupants and furniture."Indoor Air 14 (2003) 258-271.

Wray, Craig P, Iain S Walker, Jeffrey A Siegel, and Max H Sherman."Practical Diagnostics for Evaluating Residential Commissioning Metrics."Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report to the California Energy Commission (2003).

Sherman, Max H, and Nance Matson."Reducing Indoor Residential Exposures to Outdoor Pollutants." (2003).

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.

McWilliams, Jennifer A."Review of air flow measurement techniques." (2003).

Walker, Iain S, and Max H Sherman."Sealant Longevity for Residential Ducts."Durability of Building and Construction Sealants and Adhesives ASTM STP 1453 (2003).

Martin, Rodney, Peng Xu, Moosung Kim, and Philip Haves."Software toolbox for component-level model-based fault detection methods." (2003).

Rubinstein, Francis M, Stephen Treado, and Pete Pettler."Standardizing Communication Between Lighting Control Devices."2003 IEEE-IAS Conference (2003).

Akbari, Hashem, and Steven J Konopacki."Streamlined energy-savings calculations for heat-island reduction strategies." (2003).

Mitchell, Robin, Christian Kohler, Dariush K Arasteh, John Carmody, Charlie Huizenga, and Dragan C Curcija."THERM 5/WINDOW 5 NFRC Simulation Manual." (2003).

Diamond, Richard C, Craig P Wray, Darryl J Dickerhoff, Nance Matson, and Duo Wang."Thermal distribution systems in commercial buildings." (2003).

Walker, Iain S, and Max H Sherman."Ventilation Technologies Scoping Study." (2003).

Hodgson, Alfred T."Volatile organic chemical emissions from structural insulated panel (SIP) materials and implications for indoor air quality." (2003).

Hodgson, Alfred T, and Hal Levin."Volatile organic compounds in indoor air: A review of concentrations measured in North America since 1990." (2003).

Motegi, Naoya, Mary Ann Piette, Satkartar Kinney, and Karen Herter."Web-Based Energy Information Systems for Energy Management and Demand Response in Commercial Buildings." (2003).

2002

Richardson, Thomas J, Baker Farangis, Jonathan L Slack, Ponnusamy Nachimuthu, Rupert C.C Perera, Nobumichi Tamura, and Michael D Rubin."X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy of Transition Metal-Magnesium Hydride Thin Films."Journal of Alloys and Compounds 356-357 (2002) 204-207. DOI

Klems, Joseph H."Measured Winter Performance of Storm Windows."ASHRAE Transactions 109, Part 2 (2002).

Apte, Joshua S, Dariush K Arasteh, and Yu Joe Huang."Future Advanced Windows for Zero-Energy Homes."ASHRAE Transactions 109, pt 2 (2002) 871-888.

Motegi, Naoya, and Mary Ann Piette."Web-Based Energy Information Systems for Large Commercial Buildings."10th National Conference on Building Commissioning (2002).