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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.

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2009

Kumar, V., Bettina Frohnapfel, Jovan Jovanović, Michael Breuer, Wangda Zuo, Ibrahim Hadzić, and Richard Lechner."Anisotropy invariant Reynolds stress model of turbulence (AIRSM) and its application on attached and separated wall-bounded flows."Flow, Turbulence and Combustion 83.1 (2009) 81-103. DOI

Barringer, Felicity."By Degrees: White Roofs Catch On as Energy Cost Cutters."The New York Times (2009).

Aden, Nathaniel T., David Fridley, Nina Zheng, and Nina Khanna."China’s Coal: Demand, Constraints, and Externalities." (2009) 41.

Mills, Evan."A Global Review of Insurance Industry Responses to Climate Change."The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice 34.3 (2009) 323-359. DOI

Trcka, Marija, Michael Wetter, and Jan Hensen."An implementation of co-simulation for performance prediction of innovative integrated HVAC systems in buildings."Proc. of the 11th IBPSA Conference (2009) 724-731.

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.

Wetter, Michael."A Modelica-based model library for building energy and control systems."Proceedings of the 11th IBPSA Conference (2009) 652-659.

Zhou, Nan, Michael A. McNeil, and Mark D. Levine."Energy for 500 million Homes: Drivers and Outlook for Residential Energy Consumption in China." (2009).

Sherman, Max H., Iain S. Walker, and Darryl J. Dickerhoff."Final Report on Residential Integrated Ventilation Energy Controller."Energy Innovations Small Grant 55044A (2009).

Akbari, Hashem, Surabi Menon, and Arthur H. Rosenfeld."Global cooling: increasing world-wide urban albedos to offset CO₂."Climatic Change 94.3-4 (2009) 275-286. DOI

Granderson, Jessica, Mary Ann Piette, Girish Ghatikar, and Phillip N. Price."Preliminary Findings from an Analysis of Building Energy Information System Technologies."2009 National Conference on Building Commissioning, June 3-5, 2009 (2009).

Konstantoglou, Maria, Jacob C. Jonsson, and Eleanor S. Lee."Simulating Complex Window Systems Using BSDF Data."26th Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture (PLEA), June-22-24 (2009).

Petithuguenin, Thomas D.P., and Max H. Sherman."Air Distribution Effectiveness for Residential Mechanical Ventilation: Simulation and Comparison of Normalized Exposures." (2009).

Jonsson, Jacob C., Michael D. Rubin, Annica M. Nilsson, Andreas Jonsson, and Arne Roos."Optical characterization of fritted glass for architectural applications."Optical Materials 31.6 (2009) 949 - 958. DOI

Keenan, Christina R., Regine Goth-Goldstein, Donald Lucas, and David L. Sedlak."Oxidative Stress Induced by Zero-Valent Iron Nanoparticles and Fe(II) in Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells."Environmental Science & Technology 43.12 (2009) 4555-4560. DOI

Akbari, Hashem, and Arthur H. Rosenfeld."Cool roofs could save money, save planet."KGO-TV (abc7news) (2009).

Rubinstein, Francis M., Girish Ghatikar, Jessica Granderson, David S. Watson, Paul Haugen, and Carlos Romero."Barrier Immune Radio Communications for Demand Response." (2009).

Hong, Tianzhen."A close look at the China design standard for energy efficiency of public buildings."Energy and Buildings 41.4 (2009) 426-435. DOI

Liu, Xiaobing, and Tianzhen Hong."Comparison of energy efficiency between variable refrigerant flow systems and ground source heat pump systems."Energy and Buildings 42.5 (2009) 584-589. DOI

Wang, Liping, and Nyuk Hien Wong."Coupled simulations for naturally ventilated rooms between building simulation (BS) and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) for better prediction of indoor thermal environment."Building and Environment 44.1 (2009) 95-112.

Sherman, Max H.."Infiltration in ASHRAE’s Residential Ventilation Standards."ASHRAE Transactions 115 (2009) 887-896.

Walker, Iain S.."Ozone Reductions Using Residential Building Envelopes."INIVE EEIG 30 (2009).

Shen, Eric, and Tianzhen Hong."Simulation-based assessment of the energy savings benefits of integrated control in office buildings."Building Simulation 2.4 (2009) 239-251. DOI

Xu, Tengfang T., Chuang Wang, Tianzhen Hong, and Mark D. Levine."Technical Assistance to Beichuan Reconstruction: Creating and Designing Low- to Zero-carbon Communities in New Beichuan." (2009).

Krus, Martin, Thierry Stephane Nouidui, and Klaus Sedlbauer."Application of software tools for moisture protection of buildings in different climate zones."6th International Conference on Cold Climate, Heating, Ventilating and Air-Conditioning (2009).