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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

Publications By Research Area

2022

Moudio, Marie Pelagie Elimbi, Richard Bolin, Alberta Carpenter, Samantha Bench Reese, Arman Shehabi, and Prakash Rao."Characterizing manufacturing sector disruptions with targeted mitigation strategiesAbstract."Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability 2.4 (2022) 042001. DOI

2019

Mills, Evan, Norman Bourassa, Leo I. Rainer, Jimmy Mai, Ian Vaino, Claire Curtin, Arman Shehabi, Louis-Benoit Desroches, and Nathaniel Mills."A Plug-Loads Game Changer: Computer Gaming Energy Efficiency without Performance Compromise." (2019).

2017

Mills, Evan, Norman Bourassa, Leo I. Rainer, Jimmy Mai, Louis-Benoit Desroches, Arman Shehabi, Ted Pollak, and Nathaniel Mills."An Energy-focused Profile of the Video Gaming Marketplace." (2017).

Shehabi, Arman, Mohan Ganeshalingam, Laurèn DeMates, Paul A. Mathew, and Dale A. Sartor."Characterizing the Laboratory Market." (2017).

2016

Shehabi, Arman, Sarah Josephine Smith, Dale A. Sartor, Richard E. Brown, Magnus Herrlin, Jonathan G. Koomey, Eric R. Masanet, Nathaniel Horner, Inês Lima Azevedo, and William Lintner."United States Data Center Energy Usage Report." (2016).

2015

DeForest, Nicholas, Arman Shehabi, James O'Donnell, Guillermo Garcia, Jeffery B. Greenblatt, Eleanor S. Lee, Stephen E. Selkowitz, and Delia J. Milliron."United States energy and CO2 savings potential from deployment of near-infrared electrochromic window glazings."Building and Environment 89 (2015) 107 - 117. DOI

2013

Shehabi, Arman, Nicholas DeForest, Andrew McNeil, Eric R. Masanet, Jeffery B. Greenblatt, Eleanor S. Lee, Georgeta Masson, Brett A. Helms, and Delia J. Milliron."U.S. energy savings potential from dynamic daylighting control glazings."Energy and Buildings 66 (2013) 415-423. DOI

DeForest, Nicholas, Arman Shehabi, Guillermo Garcia, Jeffery B. Greenblatt, Eric R. Masanet, Eleanor S. Lee, Stephen E. Selkowitz, and Delia J. Milliron."Regional performance targets for transparent near-infrared switching electrochromic window glazings."Building and Environment 61 (2013) 160 - 168. DOI

2010

Shehabi, Arman, Srirupa Ganguly, Lara A. Gundel, Arpad Horvath, Thomas W. Kirchstetter, Melissa M. Lunden, William F. Tschudi, Ashok J. Gadgil, and William W. Nazaroff."Can combining economizers with improved filtration save energy and protect equipment in data centers?."Building and Environment 45.3 (2010) 718-726. DOI

2007

Shehabi, Arman, William F. Tschudi, and Ashok J. Gadgil."Data Center Economizer Contamination and Humidity Study." (2007).

2002

Shehabi, Arman, Charles N. Eley, Dariush K. Arasteh, and Phil Degens."A Characterization of the Nonresidential Fenestration Market." (2002).