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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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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: Building Technology and Urban Systems Division

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2011

Walker, Iain S, and Darryl J Dickerhoff."Development of a Residential Integrated Ventilation Controller." (2011).

Peffer, Therese, Marco Pritoni, Alan K Meier, Cecilia Aragon, and Daniel Perry."How people use thermostats in homes: A review."Building and Environment 46.12 (2011). DOI

Basarkar, Mangesh, Philip Haves, Xiufeng Pang, Liping Wang, and Tianzhen Hong."Modeling and simulation of HVAC faults in EnergyPlus."Building Simulation 2011 (2011).

Meier, Alan K, Cecilia Aragon, Therese Peffer, Daniel Perry, and Marco Pritoni."Usability of Residential Thermostats: Preliminary Investigations."Building and Environment 46.10 (2011) 1891-1898. DOI

Perry, Daniel, Cecilia Aragon, Alan K Meier, Therese Peffer, and Marco Pritoni."Making Energy Savings Easier: Usability Metrics for Thermostats."Journal of Usability Studies 6.4 (2011) 226-244.

Mortensen, Dorthe Kragsig, Iain S Walker, and Max H Sherman."Optimization of Occupancy Based Demand Controlled Ventilation in Residences."International Journal of Ventilation 10.1 (2011) 49-60.

Booker, Kayje, Tae Won Han, Jessica Granderson, Jennifer L Jones, Kathleen M Lask, Nina Yang, and Ashok J Gadgil."Performance of Charcoal Cookstoves for Haiti, Part 1: Results from the Water Boiling Test." (2011).

Leighty, Wayne, and Alan K Meier."Accelerated electricity conservation in Juneau, Alaska: A study of household activities that reduced demand 25%."Energy Policy 39.5 (2011). DOI

Sherman, Max H, Dorthe Kragsig Mortensen, and Iain S Walker."Derivation of Equivalent Continuous Dilution for Cyclic, Unsteady Driving Forces."International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 54.11-12 (2011) 2696-2702.

Sherman, Max H, and Iain S Walker."Meeting Residential Ventilation Standards Through Dynamic Control of Ventilation Systems."Energy and Buildings 43.8 (2011) 1904-1912.

Cheung, Hoi Ying, Alan K Meier, and Richard E Brown."Energy savings assessment for digital-to-analog converter boxes."Energy Policy 39.3 (2011) 1312-1317. DOI

Meier, Alan K, Cecilia Aragon, Daniel Perry, Therese Peffer, Marco Pritoni, and Jessica Granderson."Measuring the Usability of Appliance Controls."Energy Efficiency in Domestic Appliances and Lighting Conference (2011).

Zhu, Dandan, Chuang Wang, Da Yan, and Tianzhen Hong."A Comparison of DeST and EnergyPlus."China HVAC Simulation Conference (2011).

Malone, Elizabeth L, Tom Sanquist, Amy K Wolfe, Richard C Diamond, Christopher T Payne, and Jerry Dion."Evidence-Based Background Material Underlying Guidance for Federal Agencies in Implementing Strategic Sustainability Performance Plans Implementing Sustainability: The Institutional-Behavioral Dimension." (2011).

Earni, Shankar, Philip Coleman, and Mark D Sanders."Integrated Framework toward a Closed Loop Measurement and Verification Approach."ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry 1 (2011) 68-79.

Pasquier, Sara, and Alan K Meier."Creating long-term electricity savings from short-term crises."ECEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency (2011).

Perry, Daniel, Cecilia Aragon, Alan K Meier, and Marco Pritoni."Developing standards for affordances on embedded devices: poster abstract."IConference ’11 (2011). DOI

Mortensen, Dorthe Kragsig, Iain S Walker, and Max H Sherman."Energy and air quality implications of passive stack ventilation in residential buildings."ACEEE 16th Biennial Summer Study (2011).

Sherman, Max H, Iain S Walker, and Jennifer M Logue."Equivalence in Ventilation and Indoor Air Quality."HVAC&R Research (2011).

Meier, Alan K, Therese Peffer, Marco Pritoni, Cecilia Aragon, and Daniel Perry."Facilitating energy savings through enhanced usability of thermostats."ECEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency (2011).

Mills, Evan, and Arne Jacobson."From Carbon to Light: A New Framework for Estimating Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reducitons from Replacing Fuel-Based Lighting with LED Systems.."Energy Efficiency (2011). DOI

Hermelink, Andreas, and Alan K Meier."Introduction to Panel 6 Innovations in buildings and appliances."ECEEE 2011 SUMMER STUDY (2011).

2010

Harris, Jeffrey P, Richard C Diamond, Carl Blumstein, Chris Calwell, Maithili Iyer, Christopher T Payne, and Paul Siderius."Towards a Policy of Progressive Efficiency."People-Centered Initiatives for Increasing Energy Saving (2010).

Mathew, Paul A, William F Tschudi, Dale A Sartor, and James Beasley."Cleanroom Energy Efficiency: Metrics and Benchmarking."ASHRAE Journal 52 (2010).

Walker, Iain S, Mile Lubliner, Darryl J Dickerhoff, and William W Delp."Air Leakage of Furnaces and Air Handlers."2010 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings: The Climate for Efficiency is Now (2010).