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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.

Visit our research areas at the right to find out more.
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Enjoy presentations from Building Technology & Urban systems research experts on a wide variety of topics in the areas of building energy efficiency, the electricity grid and how it relates to buildings and much more.
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We offer a variety of technologies designed to simulate and model real-world circumstances to assist in energy-saving programs and help building owners build better buildings. These tools can help calculate performance of building systems like windows and shades, help consumers and builders pick the best windows for a variety of applications and much more.

Publications

Publications By Research Area

2016

Granderson, Jessica, Samir Touzani, Claudine Y. Custodio, Michael D. Sohn, David A. Jump, and Samuel Fernandes."Accuracy of Automated Measurement and Verification (M&V) Techniques for Energy Savings in Commercial Buildings."Applied Energy 173 (2016) 296-308. DOI

2015

Granderson, Jessica, Samir Touzani, Claudine Y. Custodio, Michael D. Sohn, Samuel Fernandes, and David A. Jump."Assessment of Automated Measurement and Verification (M&V) Methods." (2015).

Touzani, Samir, Claudine Y. Custodio, Michael D. Sohn, Samuel Fernandes, Jessica Granderson, David A. Jump, and Cody Taylor."M & V Shootout: Setting the Stage For Testing the Performance of New Energy Baseline."2015 International Energy Program Evaluation Conference (2015).

Granderson, Jessica, Phillip N. Price, David A. Jump, Nathan J. Addy, and Michael D. Sohn."Automated Measurement and Verification: Performance of Public Domain Whole-Building Electric Baseline Models."Applied Energy 144 (2015) 106-113. DOI

Mathew, Paul A., Laurel N. Dunn, Michael D. Sohn, Andrea C. Mercado, Claudine Custudio, and Travis Walter."Big-data for building energy performance: Lessons from assembling a very large national database of building energy use."Applied Energy 140 (2015) 85 - 93. DOI

2014

Mathew, Paul A., Laurel N. Dunn, Michael D. Sohn, Andrea C. Mercado, Claudine Y. Custodio, and Travis Walter."Big-Data for Building Energy Performance: Lessons from Assembling a Very Large National Database of Building Energy Use." (2014).

Granderson, Jessica, David A. Jump, Phillip N. Price, and Michael D. Sohn."Performance Metrics and Objective Testing Methods for Energy Baseline Modeling Software." (2014).

Bonvini, Marco, Michael D. Sohn, Jessica Granderson, Michael Wetter, and Mary Ann Piette."Robust on-line fault detection diagnosis for HVAC components based on nonlinear state estimation techniques."Applied Energy 124 (2014) 156 - 166. DOI

2013

Price, Phillip N., Jessica Granderson, Michael D. Sohn, Nathan J. Addy, and David A. Jump."Commercial Building Energy Baseline Modeling Software: Performance Metrics and Method Testing with Open Source Models and Implications for Proprietary Software Testing." (2013).

Jump, David A., Phillip N. Price, Jessica Granderson, and Michael D. Sohn."Functional Testing Protocols for Commercial Building Efficiency Baseline Modeling Software." (2013).