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Singh, Reshma, Roozbeh Mahdavi, Paul A Mathew, Jessica Granderson, and Yash Shukla."Guidelines for Datacenter Energy Information System." (2013).

Singh, Reshma, Paul A Mathew, Jessica Granderson, and Yash Shukla."Guidelines for Datacenter Energy Information System ." (2013).

Curcija, D. D Charlie, Howdy Goudey, Robin Mitchell, and Erin Dickerhoff."Highly Insulating Window Panel Attachment Retrofit ." (2013).

Parrish, Kristen, Jessica Granderson, Andrea C Mercado, and Paul A Mathew."Improving Energy Efficiency through Commissioning: Getting Started with Commissioning, Monitoring, and Maintaining Performance." (2013).

Robinson, Alastair, and Cynthia Regnier."Lights, Camera, Action ... and Cooling - The case for centralized low carbon energy at Fox Studios." (2013).

Regnier, Cynthia, Alastair Robinson, Kevin Settlemyre, and Zorana Bosnic."Oregon Sustainability Center: Weighing Approaches to Net Zero." (2013).

Cheung, H.Y Iris, Margarita Kloss, Richard E Brown, and Alan K Meier."Using Public Participation to Improve MELs Energy Data Collection." (2013).

Granderson, Jessica, and Phillip N Price."Development and Application of a Statistical Methodology to Evaluate the Predictive Accuracy of Building Energy Baseline Models." (2013).

Hong, Tianzhen, Hung-Wen Lin, Wen-Kuei Chang, Liping Wang, William J. N Turner, Da Yan, Dandan Zhu, Xin Zhou, Chuang Wang, Chen Peng, and Xiaoxin Ren."Building Performance Simulation." (2013).

Pang, Xiufeng, Tianzhen Hong, and Mary Ann Piette."Improving Building Performance at Urban Scale with a Framework for Real-time Data Sharing." (2013).

Taylor, Margaret, and K Sydny Fujita."Accounting for Technological Change in Regulatory Impact Analyses: The Learning Curve Technique." (2013).

Singh, Reshma, Dale A Sartor, and Girish Ghatikar."Best Practices Guide for High - Performance Indian Office Buildings." (2013) 53.

Fujita, K Sydny, and Margaret Taylor."Accounting for Innovation in Energy Efficiency Regulation."European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (2013).

Walker, Iain S, Max H Sherman, Jeffrey Joh, and Wanyu R Chan."Applying Large Datasets to Developing a Better Understanding of Air Leakage Measurement in Homes."International Journal of Ventilation 11.4 (2013) 323-338.

Robinson, Alastair, Claudine Custudio, and Stephen E Selkowitz."Integrated Daylighting Systems." (2013).

Walker, Iain S, Darryl J Dickerhoff, David Faulkner, and William J. N Turner."System Effects of High Efficiency Filters in Homes."ASHRAE Annual Conference (2013).

Robinson, Alastair."Zone Level Occupant-‐Responsive Building Energy Systems at the GSA." (2013).

Parrish, Kristen, Alastair Robinson, and Cynthia Regnier."Commercial Buildings Partnerships – Overview of Higher Education Projects." (2013).

Walker, Iain S, and Max H Sherman."Effect of Ventilation Strategies on Residential Ozone Levels."Building and Environment 59 (2013) 456–465. DOI

Logue, Jennifer M, Max H Sherman, Iain S Walker, and Brett C Singer."Energy Impacts of Envelope Tightening and Mechanical Ventilation for the U.S. Residential Sector."Energy and Building 65 (2013) 281-291. DOI

Bremson, Joel, Alan K Meier, C.-Y Cynthia Lin, and Joan Ogden."New Approach to Modeling Large-Scale Transitions to Alternative Fuels and Vehicles."Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2385.1 (2013) 61 - 69. DOI

Hong, Tianzhen, and Hung-Wen Lin."Occupant Behavior: Impact on Energy Use of Private Offices."ASim 2012 - 1st Asia Conference of International Building Performance Simulation Association (2013).

Gengnagel, Tim, Phillipp Wollburg, and Evan Mills."Alternatives to Fuel-based Lighting for Night Fishing." (2013).

Walker, Iain S, Darryl J Dickerhoff, David Faulkner, and William J. N Turner."Energy Implications of In-‐Line Filtration in California." (2013).

Payne, Christopher T, Andrew R Weber, and Abby Semple."Energy-efficient Public Procurement Best Practice in Program Delivery SEAD Initiative Procurement Working Group." (2013).