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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 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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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).

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

1992

Wilson, David J, and Iain S Walker."Feasibility of Passive Ventilation by Constant Area Vents to Maintain Indoor Air Quality in Houses."Proceedings Indoor Air Quality '92, ASHRAE/ACGIH/AIHA Conf., San Francisco, October 1992. (1992).

Selkowitz, Stephen E, and Jennifer E Schuman."Integrated Envelope and Lighting Technologies for Commercial Buildings."Thermal Performance of the Exterior Envelopes of Buildings V (1992).

Sullivan, Robert, Eleanor S Lee, and Stephen E Selkowitz."Impact Assessment and Performance Targets for Lighting and Envelope Systems." (1992).

Atkinson, Barbara A, James E McMahon, Evan Mills, Peter T Chan, Terry W Chan, Joseph H Eto, Judy D Jennings, Jonathan G Koomey, Kwok-Wai Ken Lo, Matthew E Lecar, Lynn K Price, Francis M Rubinstein, Osman Sezgen, and Thomas P Wenzel."Analysis of Federal Policy Options for Improving U.S. Lighting Energy Efficiency: Commercial and Residential Buildings." (1992).

Forest, Tom W, and Iain S Walker."Attic Ventilation Model."Proceedings ASHRAE/DOE/BTECC 5th Conf. on Thermal Performance of Exterior Envelopes of Buildings (1992) 399-408.

Walker, Iain S."Pressure Coefficients on Sheltered Buildings."Air Infiltration Review 13 (1992).

1991

Papamichael, Konstantinos M, and Stephen E Selkowitz."A Computer-Based Building Design Support Environment."1st International Symposium on Building Systems Automation-Integration (1991).

Forest, Tom W, and Iain S Walker."Field Study on Attic Ventilation and Moisture."Proceedings CANCAM '91, (1991).

Forest, Tom W, Iain S Walker, and Kerry Checkwitch."Moisture Accumulation in a Building Envelope - Final Report - The AHHRF 1989-1990 Heating Season."Report #80 (1991).

Wilson, David J, and Iain S Walker."Passive Ventilation to Maintain Indoor Air Quality."Report # 81 (1991).

Hitchcock, Robert J, William L Carroll, and Bruce E Birdsall."RESEM: Retrofit Energy Savings Estimation Model Reference Manual - Version 1.00." (1991).

Wilson, David J, and Iain S Walker."Wind Shelter Effects for a Row of Houses."Proceedings 12th AIVC Conference 1 (1991) 335-346.

1990

Wilson, David J, and Iain S Walker."Combining Air Infiltration and Exhaust Ventilation."Indoor Air '90, (1990) 467-472.

Papamichael, Konstantinos M."Modeling the Building-Design Process and Expertise." 96(2) (1990).

Forest, Tom W, and Iain S Walker."Drying of Walls - Prairie Region." (1990).

Walker, Iain S, and David J Wilson."Including Furnace Flue Leakage in a Simple Air Infiltration Model."Air Infiltration Review 11.4 (1990).

Walker, Iain S, and David J Wilson."The Alberta Infiltration Model, AIM - 2."Report #71. (1990).

1989

Seppänen, Olli, William J Fisk, Joseph H Eto, and David T Grimsrud."Comparison of Conventional Mixing and Displacement Air Conditioning and Ventilating Systems in U.S. Commerical Buildings."ASHRAE Summer Meeting (1989).

Walker, Iain S."Single Zone Air Infiltration Modeling."Department of Mechanical Engineering (1989).

1987

Eto, Joseph H."The GE-BOMA Energy Use in Office Buildings Project: A Second Look at the Data." (1987).

1986

Mills, Evan, Ronald L Ritschard, and Charles A Goldman."Financial Impacts of Energy Conservation Investment in Public Housing." (1986).