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• Introducing IEA EBC Annex 79: Key challenges and opportunities in the field of occupant-centric

  Abstract Despite the fact that buildings are designed for occupants in principle, evidence suggests buildings are often uncomfortable compared to the requirements of standards; difficult to control by...

• Advanced Measurement & Verification (M&V) Research | Building Technology and Urban Systems

  Summary of Work The growing availability of smart meter energy data and energy analytics software presents tremendous promise to accurately measure project energy savings in near real-time using advan...

• Energy Modeling in Urban Districts: Forecast of multi-sector Energy Use and GHG Emissions | Building

  Abstract This document reports the findings of the energy use and greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions model loosely based on three districts in the Bay Area, District A, District B, and District C. Model...

• Best Practices Guide: Benchmarking Energy Efficiency in Laboratories | Building Technology and Urban

  Purpose and Audience  A wide spectrum of laboratory owners, ranging from universities to federal agencies, have explicit goals for energy efficiency and greenhouse gas reductions in their facilities. ...

• Building Analytics Tool Deployment at Scale: Benefits, Costs, and Deployment Practices | Building

  Abstract Buildings are becoming more data-rich. Building analytics tools, including energy information systems (EIS) and fault detection and diagnostic (FDD) tools, have emerged to enable building ope...

• A National Roadmap for Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings | Building Technology and Urban Systems

  Authors Abstract The way electricity is generated and consumed in the US is quickly changing, including in terms of the rapid growth in variable power generation resources and the need for large-scale...