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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

Publications By Research Area

2010

Han, Hwataik, Douglas P Sullivan, and William J Fisk."Airflow Simulations around OA Intake Louver with Electronic Velocity Sensors."Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering 9.1 (2010) 237-242. DOI

Keane, Marcus, Andrea Costa, James O'Donnell, Karsten Menzel, and Alan Dirk."BuildWise Final Report." (2010).

Willem, Henry, and Brett C Singer."Chemical Emissions of Residential Materials and Products: Review of Available Information." (2010).

Coffey, Brian E, Philip Haves, Michael Wetter, Brandon Hencey, Francesco Borrelli, Yudong Ma, and Sorin Bengea."Development and Testing of Model Predictive Control for a Campus Chilled Water Plant with Thermal Storage."2010 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2010).

Victor, Norrefeldt, Thierry Stephane Nouidui, and Gunnar Gruen."Development of an isothermal 2D zonal air volume model with impulse conservation."Clima 2010, 10th Rehva World Congress "Sustainable Energy Use in Buildings" (2010).

Wray, Craig P, and Max H Sherman."Duct Leakage Modeling in EnergyPlus and Analysis of Energy Savings from Implementing SAV with InCITeTM." (2010).

Raferty, Paul, Marcus Keane, James O'Donnell, and Andrea Costa."Energy Monitoring Systems value, issues and recommendations based on five case studies."Clima 2010 conference (2010).

Zuo, Wangda, and Qingyan Chen."Fast and informative flow simulation in a building by using fast fluid dynamics model on graphics processing unit."Building and Environment 45.3 (2010) 747-757.

Zuo, Wangda, and Qingyan Chen."Fast simulation of smoke transport in buildings."the 41st International HVAC&R congress (2010).

Mills, Evan, and J Tracy."Illuminating The Pecking Order in Off-Grid Lighting: A Demonstration of LED Lighting for Saving Energy in the Poultry Sector."Light & Engineering 19.4 (2010).

Hu, Jianjun, Wangda Zuo, and Qingyan Chen."Impact of time-splitting schemes on the accuracy of FFD simulations."the 7th International Indoor Air Quality, Ventilation and Energy Conservation in Buildings Conference (IAQVEC 2010) (2010) 55-60.

Sherman, Max H, and Iain S Walker."Impacts of Mixing on Acceptable Indoor Air Quality in Homes."HVAC & Research Journal (2010).

Liu, Mingsheng, Jingjuan Feng, Zhan Wang, Keke Zheng, and Xiufeng Pang."Impacts of Static Pressure Reset on VAV System Air Leakage, Fan Power, and Thermal Energy."ASHRAE Transactions 116.1 (2010) 428-436.

Zuo, Wangda, Jianjun Hu, and Qingyan Chen."Improvements on FFD modeling by using different numerical schemes."Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B Fundamentals 58.1 (2010) 1-16.

Zuo, Wangda, and Qingyan Chen."Improvements on the fast fluid dynamics model for indoor airflow simulation."the 4th National Conference of IBPSA-USA (SimBuild2010) (2010) 539-546.

Sherman, Max H, Jennifer M Logue, and Brett C Singer."Infiltration Effects on Residential Pollutant Concentrations for Continuous and Intermittent Mechanical Ventilation Approaches."HVAC&R Research 17.2 (2010) 159. DOI

Najafi, Massieh, David M Auslander, Peter L Bartlett, Philip Haves, and Michael D Sohn."Modeling and Measurement Constraints in Fault Diagnostics for HVAC Systems."ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Controls (2010).

Sartor, Dale A, and Mark Wilson."Money for Research, Not for Energy Bills: Finding Energy and Cost Savings in High Performance Computer Facility Designs."Computing in Science and Engineering 12 (2010) 19-Nov.

Sherman, Max H, and Craig P Wray."Parametric System Curves: Correlations Between Fan Pressure Rise and Flow for Large Commercial Buildings." (2010).

Zuo, Wangda, and Qingyan Chen."Simulations of air distribution in buildings by FFD on GPU."HVAC&R Research 16.6 (2010) 783-796.

Narayanan, Satish, Michael G Apte, Philip Haves, Mary Ann Piette, and John Elliott."Systems Approach to Energy Efficient Building Operation: Case Studies and Lessons Learned in a University Campus."2010 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2010).

Rajkovich, Nicholas B, Richard C Diamond, and Bill Burke."Zero Net Energy Myths and Modes of Thought." (2010).

2009

Lee, Eleanor S, Stephen E Selkowitz, Dennis L DiBartolomeo, Joseph H Klems, Robert D Clear, Kyle S Konis, Robert J Hitchcock, Mehry Yazdanian, Robin Mitchell, and Maria Konstantoglou."High Performance Building Facade Solutions: PIER Final Project Report." (2009).

Levinson, Ronnen M, Hashem Akbari, Melvin Pomerantz, and Smita Gupta."Solar access of residential rooftops in four California cities."Solar Energy 83.12 (2009) 2120-2135. DOI

Granderson, Jessica, Mary Ann Piette, Girish Ghatikar, and Phillip N Price."Building Energy Information Systems: State of the Technology and User Case Studies." (2009).