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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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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

2016

McNeil, Michael A, Wei Feng, Stephane de la Rue du Can, Nina Khanna, Jing Ke, and Nan Zhou."Energy efficiency outlook in China’s urban buildings sector through 2030."Energy Policy 97 (2016) 532 - 539. DOI

Iyer, Maithili, Satish Kumar, Sangeeta Mathew, Hannah Stratton, Paul A Mathew, and Mohini Singh."Establishing a Commercial Buildings Energy Data Framework for India: A Comprehensive Look at Data Collection Approaches, Use Cases and Institutions." (2016).

Rao, Prakash, Arian Aghajanzadeh, Paul Sheaffer, William R Morrow III, Sabine Brueske, Caroline Dollinger, Kevin Price, Prateeti Sarker, Nicholas Ward, and Joe Cresko."Volume 1: Survey of Available Information in Support of the Energy-Water Bandwidth Study of Desalination Systems." (2016).

Alschuler, Elena, Cindy Zhu, Evan Mills, Andrew White, and Theddi Wright Chappell."Appraising Green: Show me the Market Value."2016 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, August 21-26, 2016 (2016).

Leifer, Ira, Christopher Melton, Jason Frash, Marc L Fischer, Xinguang Cui, John Murray, and David S Green."Fusion of Mobile In Situ and Satellite Remote Sensing Observations of Chemical Release Emissions to Improve Disaster Response." (2016).

Therkelsen, Peter L, Robert K Cheng, and Darren Sholes."Research and Development of Natural Draft Ultra-Low Emissions Burners for Gas Appliances." (2016).

Lee, Eleanor S, Anothai Thanachareonkit, Samir Touzani, Spencer M Dutton, Jordan Shackelford, Darryl J Dickerhoff, and Stephen E Selkowitz."Technology Assessments of High Performance Envelope with Optimized Lighting, Solar Control, and Daylighting." (2016).

Granderson, Jessica, Marco Bonvini, Mary Ann Piette, Janie Page, Guanjing Lin, and R. R Lily Hu."Can We Practically Bring Physics-based Modeling Into Operational Analytics Tools?."Proceedings of the 2016 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Pacific Grove, CA, August 2016 (2016).

Mathew, Paul A, Travis Walter, Reshma Singh, and Yash Shukla."Commercial Building Benchmarking Database for India - Requirements and Considerations." (2016).

Johnson, Karl, Vagelis Vossos, Margarita Kloss, Gerald Robinson, and Richard E Brown."Direct Current as an Integrating Platform for ZNE Buildings with EVs and Storage: DC Direct Systems – A Bridge to a Low Carbon Future?."2016 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2016).

Johnson, Karl, Vagelis Vossos, Margarita Kloss, Gerald Robinson, and Richard E Brown."Direct Current as an Integrating Platform for ZNE Buildings with EVs and Storage: DC Direct Systems - A Bridge to a Low Carbon Future."ACEEE 2016 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2016).

Wenzel, Thomas P."Effect of using Different Vehicle Weight Groups on the Estimated Relationship between Mass Reduction and U.S. Societal Fatality Risk per Vehicle Miles of Travel." (2016).

Aghajanzadeh, Arian, Peter L Therkelsen, Prakash Rao, and Aimee T McKane."Global Impact Estimation of ISO 50001 Energy Management System for Industrial and Service Sectors." (2016).

Feng, Wei, Nina Khanna, David Fridley, Jing Ke, Ke Huang, and Nan Zhou."Impact Analysis of Developing Net Zero Energy Buildings in China."2016 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in BUildings 10 (2016).

Mills, Evan."Job Creation and Energy Savings Through a Transition to Modern Off-grid Lighting."Energy for Sustainable Development 33 (2016) 155-166. DOI

Brown, Richard E, Erin Beddingfield, Marshall Duer-Balkind, Ali Levine, and Elena Alschuler."Putting Data to Work: Using Building Energy Performance Data to Expand the Market for Energy Efficiency in Buildings." (2016). DOI

Khanna, Nina, Nan Zhou, David Fridley, and Jing Ke."Quantifying the potential impacts of China's power-sector policies on coal input and CO2 emissions through 2050: A bottom-up perspective."Utilities Policy 41 (2016) 128-138. DOI

Therkelsen, Peter L, Prakash Rao, Arian Aghajanzadeh, and Aimee T McKane."The ISO 50001 Impact Estimator Tool (IET 50001 V1.1.4) - User Guide and Introduction to the ISO 50001 Impacts Methodology." (2016).

Liu, Ping, Wei Feng, Chris Marnay, Spencer M Dutton, Ming Jin, Lingwei Zheng, and Nan Zhou."Towards the Optimal Development of Low-Carbon Community Energy Systems."2016 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2016).

Granderson, Jessica, Samir Touzani, Cody Taylor, and Samuel Fernandes."Will the Measurement Robots Take Our Jobs? An Update on the State of Automated M&V for Energy Efficiency Programs."Proceedings of the 2016 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Pacific Grove, CA, August 2016." (2016).

Granderson, Jessica, Samir Touzani, Claudine Y Custodio, Michael D Sohn, David A Jump, and Samuel Fernandes."Accuracy of Automated Measurement and Verification (M&V) Techniques for Energy Savings in Commercial Buildings."Applied Energy 173 (2016) 296-308. DOI

Berger, Michael A, Paul A Mathew, and Travis Walter."Big Data Analytics in the Building Industry."ASHRAE Journal (2016) 38-45.

Price, Lynn K, Nan Zhou, David Fridley, Stephanie Ohshita, Nina Khanna, Hongyou Lu, Lixuan Hong, Gang He, John Romankiewicz, and Hu Min."Low-Carbon City Policy Databook." (2016).

Khanna, Nina, Nan Zhou, David Fridley, and Michael A McNeil."Prospective Evaluation of the Energy and CO₂ Emissions Impact of China’s 2010 – 2013 Efficiency Standards for Products." (2016).

Granderson, Jessica, Erin L Hult, Samuel Fernandes, Paul A Mathew, and Robin Mitchell."Unlocking Energy Efficiency in Small Commercial Buildings through Mechanical Contractors."Journal of Architectural Engineering (2016).