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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.

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1993

Papamichael, Konstantinos M., and Jean-Pierre Protzen."The Limits of Intelligence in Design."Focus Symposium on "Computer-Assisted Buildong Designs Systems", of the Fourth International Symposium on System Research, Informatics and Cybernetics (1993).

Chan, James S., T.C. Fu, Nathan W. Cheung, Jennifer T. Ross, Nathan Newman, and Michael D. Rubin."Comparison of AIN Films Grown by RF at Magnetron Sputtering and Ion-Assisted Molecular Beam Epitaxy."Materials Research Society 300 (1993).

Siminovitch, Michael J., and Chin Zhang."Increasing Fixture Efficiency with Convective Venting in Compact Fluorescent Downlights."Annual Association of Energy Engineers Conference (1993).

Piette, Mary Ann, Richard C. Diamond, Odon D. Buen, and Bruce Nordman."The Need for Improved Commissioning of Energy Efficiency Measures in Commercial Buildings from Energy Edge."National Conference on Building Commissioning (1993).

Bauman, Fred S., R.S. Helm, Edward A. Arens, William J. Fisk, and David Faulkner."Air Movement, Comfort, and Ventilation in Partitioned Work."ASHRAE Journal 35.3 (1993) 42-50.

Papamichael, Konstantinos M., Liliana O. Beltran, Reto A. Furler, Eleanor S. Lee, Stephen E. Selkowitz, and Michael D. Rubin."The Energy Performance of Prototype Holographic Glazings." (1993).

Walker, Iain S., and David J. Wilson."Evaluating Models for Superposition of Wind and Stack Effects in Air Infiltration."Building and Environment 28.2 (1993) 201-210.

Jiang, Yi, and Tianzhen Hong."Stochastic analysis of building thermal processes."Building and Environment 28.4 (1993) 209-218. DOI

Jiang, Yi, and Tianzhen Hong."Stochastic analysis of overheating risk in buildings."CLIMA 2000 (1993).

Sherman, Max H., and Nance Matson."Ventilation-Energy Liabilities in U.S. Housing."Proceedings 14th Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centre Conference (1993).

Forest, Tom W., and Iain S. Walker."Attic Ventilation and Moisture." (1993).

Walker, Iain S.."Attic Ventilation, Heat and Moisture Transfer."Department of Mechanical Engineering Ph.D. (1993).

Lampert, Carl M, Steven J. Visco, Marca M. Doeff, Yan Ping Ma, Yongxiang He, and Jean-Christophe Giron."Characteristics of Laminated Electrochromic Devices Using Polyorganodisulfate Electrodes."SPIE Proceedings 2017 (1993) 143.

."Daylighting Design Tool Survey." (1993).

Wray, Craig P.."Development of Usable Techniques for Designing, Commissioning, and Testing Smoke Control Systems."G.K. Yuill and Associates (B.C.) Ltd. Report to Public Works Canada (1993).

Wilson, David J., and Iain S. Walker."Infiltration Data From the Alberta Home Heating Research Facility."AIVC Technical Note 41 (1993).

Ross, Jennifer T., Michael D. Rubin, X. Yao, Nathan Newman, and Amy Moll."Ion Implantation of Mg and C into GaN Films Grown by Ion-Assisted MBE." (1993).

Berman, Sam M., George Fein, Don L. Jewett, and F. Ashford."Landolt C Recognition in Elderly Subjects is Affected by Scotopic Intensity of Surround Illuminants."Journal of the Illuminating Engineering Society 23 (1993).

Berman, Sam M., George Fein, Don L. Jewett, and F. Ashford."Luminance Controlled Pupil Size Affects Landolt C Task Performance."Journal of the Illuminating Engineering Society 22 (1993).

Yazdanian, Mehry, and Joseph H. Klems."Measurement of the Exterior Convective Film Coefficient for Windows in Low-Rise Buildings."ASHRAE Transactions 100, Part 1 (1993).

Akbari, Hashem, Sarah E. Bretz, James W. Hanford, Dan M. Kurn, Beth L. Fishman, and Haider Taha."Monitoring peak power and cooling energy savings of shade trees and white surfaces in the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) service area: data analysis, simulations, and results." (1993).

Klems, Joseph H.."A New Method for Predicting the Solar Heat Gain of Complex Fenestration Systems II. Detailed Description of the Matrix Layer Calculation."ASHRAE Transactions 100.1 (1993).

Piette, Mary Ann, Bruce Nordman, Odon D. Buen, and Richard C. Diamond."Predicted versus Monitored Performance of Energy-Efficiency Measures in New Commerical Buildings from Energy Edge."6th International Energy Program Evaluation Conference, Chicago, Illinois. (1993).

Rubin, Michael D., Nathan Newman, James S. Chan, T.C. Fu, and Jennifer T. Ross."P-Type Gallium Nitride by Reactive Ion-Beam Molecular Beam Epitaxy with Ion Implantation, Diffusion or Coevaporation of Mg."Applied Physics Letters 64.1 (1993) 64-66. DOI

Sailor, David J.."Role of Surface Characteristics in Urban Meteorology and Air Quality." (1993).