Big Energy Savings in The New York Times Building Confirmed by Berkeley Lab Study
… at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) of the performance of The New York Times Building in New … 52-story building has 1.5 million square feet of commercial office space, and the Times Company has occupied floors 2 … of their participation in the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Commercial Buildings Partnership (CBP) program to …
Heat Island Group's cool cars study reported in Israeli energy newsletter EnergiaNews.com
… Alex Doron, former science & technology editor of the Israeli daily newspaper Maariv, writes about the Heat Island Group's cool cars study for the Israeli energy newsletter EnergiaNews.com. Read the original Hebrew … article here, or a Google translation into the language of your choice here. … Heat Island Group's cool cars study …
Ravi Prasher New ETA Leader
… Director for Energy Technologies at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley … Energy Technologies Area (ETA), which includes ESDR, does research and analysis in a wide variety of areas, … collaboration funded by DOE's Advanced Manufacturing Office.He developed new research areas in the division, …
Grants for Greener Buildings
… has been awarded more than $4 million by the Department of Energy (DOE) to undertake three projects aimed at improving the … parties involved."The projects are supported by the DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). … …
… & Attachments Window attachments represent a wide range of products that are commonly attached to windows in a house … reasons, privacy, and glare control, although some energy benefits of their use is recognized. While we … While these equations are physically based, the standard does not cite any validation of the approach through either …
Rachel Slaybaugh
… Rachel Slaybaugh is the Division Director of the Cyclotron Road Division in the Energy Technologies … In addition, Slaybaugh is an Associate Professor of Nuclear Engineering at the University of California, … served as a Program Director at theDepartment of Energy (DOE)Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) and …
Technology Commercialization Awards
… The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Technology Commercialization Fund has … Technology Commercialization Fund program managed by the Office of Technology Transitions offers an opportunity for …
High Performance Windows
… High Performance Windows Thermal and optical performance of residential and commercial windows Strengthening a … "Skin" Building envelopes play a crucial role in the energy balance of buildings, imposing an annual 15.5 quad … The most efficient HVAC or lighting system is the one that does not have to work at all because the envelope has …
Berkeley Lab Scientists Developing Paint-on Coating for Energy Efficient Windows
… Low-cost coating would disrupt the building retrofit market and potentially save billions in … coating is a major deterrent. U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE)’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) … materials as a user at the Molecular Foundry, a DOE Office of Science User Facility at Berkeley Lab.“We were …
IEA's Technology Roadmap for Energy Efficient Building Envelopes features cool roofing
… – is the boundary between the conditioned interior of a building and the outdoors. The energy performance of building envelope components, … testing of air leakage (e.g.at least every 10 years).New office buildings should be fitted with integrated facade …
Innovative Device Reduces Energy Use in Buildings
… and Brazil have developed a new device that can reduce energy losses in buildings by measuring and assessing the energy performance of windows without removing them from their site. The … Laboratory (LBNL) and from Brazil’s Federal University of Santa Catarina, and is part of a large effort funded by …
Daylighting Window Film Shows Potential to Significantly Reduce Lighting Energy Use in Buildings
… Daylighting is the strategy of admitting light from the sun and sky to reduce use of electric lighting in buildings. Since lighting energy use represents 13 percent of the total primary energy … with support from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and the …
Retrofits Slash Energy Use in New York Living Lab
… and automated shades, scientists from the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley … Lab) found that occupants on one floor of a high-rise office building in New York City were able to reduce … the business case for these advanced technologies and with DOE and manufacturers to develop next-generation products …
Heat Island Group's Art Rosenfeld highlighted in Reuters feature on white roofs
… (Reuters) - Converting the world's roofs from dark colours to reflective white would cancel the … it's cost effective.By 2010, the Department's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), which maintains the … outside air on the same sunny summer afternoon.But it still does much better than a standard grey roof, which reflects …
High-Performance Window Demonstrates Berkeley Lab-to-Market Success
… After several years of a research and development relationship, one of the … of 1.0 Btu/hr-ft 2 -℉. The Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) … the comfort benefits and expanding our focus from homes to office buildings, which have enormous additional energy …
High-Performance Windows to Benefit Low-Income California Communities
… A grant of nearly $2 million was recently awarded to install … Energy Commission (CEC) and the Department of Energy (DOE), this project will work with industry partners to … goals, and with support from DOE’s Building Technologies Office, researchers at DOE’s Lawrence Berkeley National …
New ARPA-E Projects Will Advance Efficient Buildings, Windows, Electric Grid
… ARPA-E (Advanced Research Projects – Energy) has announced 66 research grants to develop … participate in a third project awarded to the University of California, Berkeley.Three-dimensional maps of commercial buildings improve energy efficiencyPhilip …
Cool roofs offer a salve for hot cities — and the climate, too
… From his office in the Berkeley hills, Art Rosenfeld looks out on the … the system like a white roof."For example, roof reflectance doesn't address insulation, which can reduce energy bills by …
Whole House Total Energy Calculations
Outreach
… Outreach Throughout our half-century of windows and energy-efficiency research, we've been firmly dedicated to … for Energy Efficiency (CIEE) Department of Energy (DOE) National Fenestration Rating Council (NFRC) Window …
