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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

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2004

Webber, Carrie A, Richard E Brown, and Marla C McWhinney."2004 Status Report: Savings Estimates for the ENERGY STAR Voluntary Labeling Program." (2004).

Bhattacharya, Prajesh, Patrick E Phelan, and Ravi S Prasher."Determining the Effective Viscosity of a Nanofluid Using Brownian Dynamics Simulation."1st International Symposium on Micro & Nano Technology (2004).

Selkowitz, Stephen E, and Eleanor S Lee."Integrating Automated Shading and Smart Glazings with Daylight Controls."International Symposium on Daylighting Buildings (2004) B13-B20.

Akbari, Hashem, and Steven J Konopacki."Energy effects of heat-island reduction strategies in Toronto, Canada."Energy 29.2 (2004) 191-210. DOI

Calhoun, R, Patrick E Phelan, Ajay K Yadav, and Prajesh Bhattacharya."Numerical Tools For Particle- Fluid Interactions."Pulmonary Research Forum: American Lung Association of Arizona & New Mexico (2004).

Yee, Gaymond, and Thomas L Webster."Trends in Energy Management Technology - Part 3: State of Practice of Energy Management, Control, and Information Systems." (2004).

Yee, Gaymond, and Thomas L Webster."Trends in Energy Management Technology - Part 4: Review of Advanced Applications in Energy Management, Control, and Information Systems." (2004).

Diamond, Richard C, Craig P Wray, Brian V Smith, Darryl J Dickerhoff, Nance Matson, and Skylar A Cox."A prototype data archive for the PIER "thermal distribution systems in commercial buildings" project." (2004).

Roberson, Judy A, Carrie A Webber, Marla C McWhinney, Richard E Brown, Margaret J Pinckard, and John F Busch."After-hours Power Status of Office Equipment and Inventory of Miscellaneous Plug-Load Equipment." (2004) 33.

Sherman, Max H."ASHRAE's New Residential Ventilation Standard."ASHRAE Journal 46 (2004) 149-156.

Bazjanac, Vladimir."Building Energy Performance Simulation as Part of Interoperable Software Environments."Building and Environment 39 (2004) 879-883.

Ihm, Pyeongchan, Moncef Krarti, and Gregor P Henze."Development of a Thermal Energy Storage Model for EnergyPlus."Energy and Buildings 36 (2004) 807-814.

Wray, Craig P."Efficient Thermal Energy Distribution Systems for Commercial Buildings: Planning Input for the U.S. Department of Energy Space Conditioning Multi-Year Program Plan." (2004).

Sherman, Max H."Next Steps for 62.2."IAQ Applications- ASHRAE 5.1 (2004) 1-3.

Coleman, Philip, and Jeffrey P Harris."Public Sector Leadership: Government Purchasing of Energy-efficient Products to Save Energy and “Pull” the Market."Kuwait ASST Workshop on Energy Conservation in Buildings (2004).

Xu, Peng, Philip Haves, and Joseph J Deringer."A simulation-based testing and training environment for building controls."Simbuild 2004 (2004).

McWilliams, Jennifer A, and Iain S Walker."A systems approach to retrofiting residential HVAC systems."2004 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings 11 (2004) 119-129.

Diamond, Richard C."An R&D guide and multiyear plan for improving energy use in existing commercial buildings." (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.

Sherman, Max H."ASHRAE's first residential ventilation standard."Buildings IX Conference, SP-95 (2004).

Xu, Tengfang T, and Mary Ann Piette."Baseline Information Development for Energy Smart Schools - Applied Research, Field Testing, and Technology Integration." (2004).

Walker, Iain S."Best practices guide for residential HVAC retrofits." (2004).

Bazjanac, Vladimir."Building energy performance simulation as part of interoperable software environments."Building and Environment 39 (2004) 879-883.

Wetter, Michael, Elijah Polak, and Van P Carey."BuildOpt 1.0.1 validation." (2004).

Rosén, Johanna, André Anders, Stanislav Mráz, and Jochen M Schneider."Charge-State-Resolved Ion Energy Distributions of Aluminum Vacuum Arcs."Journal of Applied Physics 97 (2004).