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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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2006

McWilliams, Jennifer A, and Melanie Jung."Development of a Mathematical Air-Leakage Model from Measured Data." (2006).

Sherman, Max H."Efficacy of Intermittent Ventilation for Providing Acceptable Indoor Air Quality."ASHRAE Transactions 111.1 (2006) 93-101.

Sherman, Max H."Over-ventilating in Hot, Humid Climates."IAQ Applications- ASHRAE 7.1 (2006) 1-4.

Turner, William J. N, and Hazim B Awbi."Solar-driven hybrid ventilation system."WREC (2006).

Sherman, Max H."Air Tightness of US Homes: Model Development." (2006).

Sartor, Dale A, and Evan Mills."Energy Use and Savings Potential for Laboratory Fume Hoods." (2006).

Diamond, Richard C, Mike Opitz, Tom Hicks, Bill Von Neida, and Shawn Herrera."Evaluating the energy performance of the first generation of LEED-certified commercial buildings."ACEEE 2006 Summer Study 3 (2006) 245-257.

Wray, Craig P, Hashem Akbari, Ronnen M Levinson, and Tengfang T Xu."Inclusion of Solar Reflectance and Thermal Emittance Prescriptive Requirements for Residential Roofs in Title 24." (2006).

Akbari, Hashem, Craig P Wray, Ronnen M Levinson, and Tengfang T Xu."Inclusion of Solar Reflectance and Thermal Emittance Prescriptive Requirements for Steep-Sloped Nonresidential Roofs in Title 24." (2006).

2005

Zhou, Nan, Masaru Nishida, Weijun Gao, and Chris Marnay."Assessment of Distributed Energy Adoption in Commercial Buildings. Part 1: An Analysis of Policy, Building loads, Tariff Design, and Technology Development."Bulletin of The Faculty of Engineering Kyushu Sangyo University 42 (2005) 8.

McWilliams, Jennifer A, and Max H Sherman."Review of Literature Related to Residential Ventilation Requirements." (2005).

Sherman, Max H."Houses Need to Breathe…Right?." (2005).

Moezzi, Mithra M, and Richard C Diamond."Is Efficiency Enough? Towards a New Framework for Carbon Savings in the California Residential Sector." (2005).

Levin, Hal."National Expenditures for IAQ Problem Prevention or Mitigation." (2005).

Wray, Craig P, Richard C Diamond, and Max H Sherman."Rationale For Measuring Duct Leakage Flows in Large Commercial Buildings."26th AIVC International Conference (2005) pp. 83-88.

Sherman, Max H, and Jennifer A McWilliams."Report on Applicability of Residential Ventilation Standards in California." (2005).

Wray, Craig P."The Opportunity to Improve a Critical Conduit for Energy Efficiency: Air Distribution Systems in Commercial Buildings." (2005).

Wray, Craig P."Tools & Guidelines for Commissioning Small Commercial Duct Systems." (2005).

2004

Zhou, Nan, Weijun Gao, Masaru Nishida, Hiroki Kitayama, and Toshio Ojima."Field Study on the Thermal Environment of Passive Cooling System in RC Building."Energy and Buildings Journal 36 (2004) 8.

Diamond, Richard C, and Mithra M Moezzi."Changing trends: A brief history of the U.S. household consumption of energy, water, food, beverages and tobacco."Proceedings of the 10 (2004) 1-12.

Matson, Nance, and Max H Sherman."Why We Ventilate Our Houses – An Historical Look."2004 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, August 22-27, 2004 7 (2004) 241-250.

Webster, Thomas L."Alternative Air Conditioning Technologies: Underfloor Air Distribution (UFAD)." (2004).

Yee, Gaymond, and Thomas L Webster."Trends in Energy Management Technology - Part 3: State of Practice of Energy Management, Control, and Information Systems." (2004).

Yee, Gaymond, and Thomas L Webster."Trends in Energy Management Technology - Part 4: Review of Advanced Applications in Energy Management, Control, and Information Systems." (2004).

Diamond, Richard C, Craig P Wray, Brian V Smith, Darryl J Dickerhoff, Nance Matson, and Skylar A Cox."A prototype data archive for the PIER "thermal distribution systems in commercial buildings" project." (2004).