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Stephen Selkowitz
Group Leader, Windows and Building Envelope
A Green Building Vision:
Progress and Challenges
Senior Advisor, Building Science
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
seselkowitz@lbl.gov
1. Framing the Energy/Carbon Challenge
2. Framing the Building Performance Challenge
3. Delivering what we promise
4. Data, Tools, Transparency
5. The California Experiment
6. Do We Need New Research, Technology?
7. The Case for Integrated Systems
8. Evaluating Real-World Systems Performance
Presentation Outline
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Energy Use 
Carbon Emissions 
Climate Change 
Sea level rise 
????
Greenland Glaciers
Disney World
Antarctic Ice Shelf
+
Rising Sea Level
1. Optimize “Lifestyle” to Minimize Energy
Services and Needs
• Buildings…
• Make cities walkable, food,…
2. Maximize Efficient Use of Energy
• LED light bulbs,…..
3. Decarbonize energy sources
• Solar energy,…..
But more difficult to plan, execute and scale
50-80% Reduction in Carbon?
Solution is Simple in Concept
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~1960 – Early R&D on Low Carbon Energy Supply
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What Do Global Industry Leaders Think About This?
World Business Council for
Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
VISION 2050
Incorporating the costs of externalities, starting with carbon, ecosystem services and
water, into the structure of the marketplace;
Halving carbon emissions worldwide (based on 2005 levels) by 2050 through a
shift to low-carbon energy systems;
Improved demand-side energy efficiency, and providing universal access to low-
carbon mobility.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Why Focus on Buildings??
Total Building Energy Use; End Use Consumption
Buildings consume 40% of
total U.S. energy
• 71% of electricity
•54% of natural gas
No Single End Use Dominates
Building sector has:
Largest Energy Use!
Fastest growth rate!
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2007 Annual
Energy
Outlook
Forecast
~+30%
2008
1990
-50%
-80% Carbon
U.S. Energy Use:
History and Aggressive Future Goals
20301973 2005 205020201950
Goals
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U.S. Refrigerator Energy Use vs. Time
United States Refrigerator Use v. Time
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2,000
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AverageEerngyUseperUnitSold(kWhperyear)
0
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Refrigeratorvolume(cubicfeet)
Energy Use per Unit
Refrigerator Size
(cubic feet)
Refrigerator Price in 1983 Dollars
$ 1,270
$ 462
Conclusion: Policy + technology + standards works
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U.S. Building Energy Projections Declining
EIA:
Energy
Information
Agency
AEO:
Annual
Energy
Outlook
Business
As Usual
Best Available
Technology
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Economic Savings from AEO Data
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Addressing the Building “Grand Challenge”
• Focus on Life Cycle of the Building
– Design  Construction  Operations  Renovation Decommissioning
• Focus on Measurable, Documented Energy Impacts
– Make performance visible, understandable, actionable
• Focus on Integrated Smart Building Systems
– Materials  Devices  Integrated Systems  Buildings
• Focus on Buildings and the Grid
– Renewables, Storage, Microgrids, Neighborhoods, “Smart Grid”
• Focus on People and Behavior
– Policy makers, Designers, Investors, Contractors, Occupants,..
– Occupant behavior, life style, satisfaction, comfort,….
• Focus on “Intersection” of Technology and Policy
– Incremental + Innovative, Disruptive technologies
– Investment and Decision making
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Significant Impact Comes Only from
Comprehensive Balanced Program
To routinely deliver high performance, low-energy buildings
we must find a balance between:
Technology
Process
Solutions fail without this balance
Markets
Economics
Policy
People
Innovation
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•Increase Rate of Adoption of Existing/Emerging Technologies
– Operational improvements
– Better Design and Selection Guidance
– New Market channels
– New Voluntary and Mandatory Programs
– Education: best use for a particular application (climate, etc.)
•Create Pipeline of New Technology Options and Business Models:
– Incremental improvements to technology available today
- Performance enhancements but Cost reductions
- New features
– Breakthrough R&D
- Innovation- new products, new applications
– Components  Integrated Systems
– “Net Zero Buildings” – Efficiency + Energy Generation
“Do It Now” vs “Wait and Do It Better Tomorrow”
Why Not Do Both!
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A Framework for Building Performance
1. Predict Performance: Use fully validated simulation
models and processes to reliably simulate and
optimize a wide range of systems and their
interactions.
2. Ensure Actual Performance: Validate/integrate
simulation with measurements in testbeds and real
buildings.
3. Deploy at Scale: Implement performance prediction
tools and smart operations in routine practice
Vision: To design and operate buildings with “guaranteed”
energy performance.
Goal: To accurately predict and verify energy performance
across the building life cycle, from design to operations
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Information-Technology based
Building Life-Cycle Integration View
Commissioning
Tools & Active Tests
Design
Operations
Design Tools
Energy Tools
Retrofit Tools
Automated
Diagnostic
Tools
Commissioning
Construction
Information Monitoring
& Diagnostic System
Local / web-based
Metrics,
Program
Requirements
Building
Information
Model
Maintenance &
Operations
Occupancy
Renovation
and
Decommissioning
buildingSMART
Data model
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The Challenge:
Design Goals vs Measured Performance
Observations:
1. Various building types, ages,
locations
2. Average over all projects is not bad
3. Max over-predict by 120%
4. Max under-predict by 65%
5. Almost all under-predicted
for low energy designs
(red triangle: EUI <= 40)
6. Uncalibrated simulated results
Source: Energy performance of LEED-NC buildings, NBI, 2008
Design EUI (kBtu/ft2)
MeasuredEUI
(kBtu/ft2)
Measured=Design
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Can We Guarantee Performance???
Measured Performance vs Design Goals
Measured Performance =
– Design Goals x
– Simulation Tool Accuracy x
– Simulator Skill x
– Value Eng’ing “Aftermath” x
– Construction “Artifacts” x
– Schedule “Adjustments” x
– Facility Operations x
– Occupant “Adjustments x
– Weather “Adjustments”
Design/Construct
A/ETeam
Operate
FacilitiesTeam
What is the Sensitivity/Uncertainty Associated with Each Factor?
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“guaranteed” Energy Performance
• Can a Design Team Guarantee Energy Use target?
• Design – Bid – Build – Operate….??
• Need new metrics and new business practices
• New Market Drivers:
• Outcome-based codes:
– “Build anything you want but prove that the building
energy use is lower than target level after occupancy…”
• More Transparency: Energy Disclosure laws
– “Publicly” disclose your annual energy use!
– European Union implementation
– US: 29 Cities and States now have disclosure laws
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“All Simulation Models are Wrong,
But Some are Useful”
How do we ensure our tools are useful?
Data, Models and Tools
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Retro-commissioning
Codes and standards development
Interoperability
Benchmarking
Ratings, Labels
New R&D: Tools and Data
EnergyPlus engine development:
New features to model low energy designs
Speed-up, Technical support and maintenance
EnergyPlus Graphical User Interface
EnergyPlus derivatives: special purpose tools
e.g. COMFEN- façade early design tool
Building Controls Virtual Test Bed – co-simulation, real controls
New Simulation/Data apps:
Design assistance
Real-time performance assessment
Operation/Behavior modeling
Fault Detection and Diagnostics
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Making Data and Performance Visible
Innovation at the State and City Level
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Quantifying and Exposing Performance:
Disclosure Legislation
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Meters-> “Big Data” Comes to the Buildings World:
Energy Analytics for Buildings
EnergyIQ Benchmarking Tool
• Seminal work on building commissioning cost-
benefit analysis of >600 buildings
• Energy Information & Benchmarking Systems for
commercial, residential
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DOE/EERE Building Energy Data Initiatives
Actionable information to support investors, owners, operators, designers.
Advanced statistical methods
to analyze emerging “big data” from data-rich buildings
and large portfolio datasets
Standard Energy
Efficiency Data (SEED)
platform
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
~ 147 buildings
in 37 states!
Zero Net Energy
Buildings Status: 2014
But there are 5 M buildings in US
Can we Scale This? How?
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Scale and Impact:
We Need Both to Achieve Sector-wide Efficiency Goals
Narrow Wide
Shallow
Deep
Depth
Breadth
• Incremental change on existing
technology
• Tighten standards; tune up &
retrofit programs
e.g. ESCOs 5-20% Savings
• Major advances in components
• Demonstration projects
• Limited deployment in systems
e.g. Research, Demonstrations
50% to Zero Net Energy
• Systems approach: integrate
advanced components, optimize
energy, comfort, cost
• Capture social equity, health,
comfort, productivity issues
• Private/public partnership - Business
case, risk reduction and credible
third party data
NZEB
Solutions
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
NZEB: Net (Nearly) Zero Energy Buildings
• “Net Zero Energy Buildings” is the right goal
• NZEB = 60-80% savings + renewables
The Reality
The Vision
The Dream
• Just Do It
– Set a goal - march toward it
– Its easy, if we commit and apply ourselves
– We have the technology and know-how
• Major National Challenge
– Technically attainable - Difficult to achieve in scale
– Shortcomings: Owners? Users? Tools?
Construction? Operations?
– Integrated Standards -Deployment-Demonstration-
Research
– Issues- Policy, Finance, Design Process, Technology
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California – Test Case
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California Path to Net Zero by 2030
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Develop Path to ZNE Non-Res. Buildings in Title 24-
Start with the (technically) “Easiest” Buildings
Source: “The Road to ZNE” (2012, PG&E/HMG), p. 161.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Zero Net Energy Buildings in California:
Commercial Buildings
60 ZNE commercial buildings since 2007*
• Analysis performed by New Buildings Institute. Includes ZNE Ready and Near ZNE buildings. Not all verified.
SMUD East Campus Operations Center, Doug Norwood
Bacon St. Offices,
SDG&E & Hanna
Gabriel Wells
Architects
DPR Construction San Diego
Corporate Office , Chip Fox
• Building Size
• Building Type
• Design Team Skill
• COST
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0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
Control Green Platinum NZE/LB
What is the Incremental Cost of NZEB?
Construction Cost of Low Rise Office Buildings
statistical analysis
BUILDINGS MEASURED$ / SF Lisa Matthiessen, Peter Morris and Laura Lesniewski
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
NZEB Programs in Context:
California Efficiency Plans and Programs
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Current Dialogue re: CA ZNE Building Goals
– Are the current ZNE goals the right goals?
– If not, how should they be changed?
- Building type, timing,….
– What should be the various role of the state agencies and
teams to address / advance ZNE Comm goals?
- In utility programs? (~$1B/yr)
- In CPUC Updated Strategic Plan?
– Role of Mandatory Standards?
– Role of Utility Incentive and Rebate programs?
– Role of Training and Education: Designers, Contractors,…?
– Role of Innovation and R&D…
- Efficiency but also Risk, Cost
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Building Innovation “Game Changers”
MATERIALS AND SYSTEMS
• Smart Glass/Dynamic solar control
• High R Windows, Insulation
• Thermal Storage- Envelope, structural
• >200 lumen/watt lighting
• Daylight integration
• Dimmable, Addressable Lighting Controls
• Task Conditioning HVAC
• Climate Integrated HVAC
• HVAC vs comfort and IEQ
• Miscellaneous Electrical Loads
• Demand Response
• Controls infrastructure- sensors, networks
• Building- and Grid- Smart electronics
• Electrical Storage
SYSTEMS: IT, LIFE-CYCLE OPERATIONS
• Building Life Cycle Perspective
• Benchmarks and Metrics
• Building Information Models (BIM)
• Integrated Design Process and Tools
• Building Operating Controls/Platform
• Building Performance Dashboards
• Understanding Occupants/Behavior
• Facility Operations
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Singapore Likes Glass !
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1976 Perspective:
Code Official’s View of Ideal Window
2014 Perspective:
Architect’s View of Ideal Window
Glazing, Windows and Facades:
Two Contrasting Views of Energy Efficiency
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Vision: Windows for Zero-Energy Buildings
“Zero Energy Windows”
Energy Losers --> Neutral --> Suppliers
• Heating climates
– Reduce heat losses so that ambient solar energy
balances and exceeds loss
– Need lower heat loss technologies
• Cooling climates
– Reduce cooling loads
– Natural Ventilation
– Static control -> dynamic control
• All climates
– Replace electric lighting with daylight
• Electricity supply options?
– Photovoltaics-building skin as power source
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Optimizing Energy in Integrated Facades
Increased solar
heat gains
Increased lighting
energy use and gains
Minimum energy use
Slopes vary depending on
efficiency of lighting and
HVAC systems
Energy Use
Balance Performance issues
• Energy
• Demand
• Carbon
• Peak Cooling
• Comfort: visual/thermal
• View
• Appearance
• ……
• Ideal: Integrated approach to
façade-lighting-HVAC building
systems to achieve optimum energy-
efficiency and comfort.
… Its Complicated!!
Key parameters
• Climate
• Orientation
• Building Type
• Fenestration area
• Glass type
• Operations
• Daylight
• Shading
• ……
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An “Intelligent” Façade might…..
• Manage thermal loss and gain
• Provide dynamic solar control:
• Provide glare-free daylight
• Provide fresh air to interior, minimize noise
• Enhance occupant health, comfort
• Reduce demand on utility
• Generate power (photovoltaics)
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Light to Solar Gain Ratio = Tvis / SHGC
LSG = 1.0LSG = 2.0
Tvis
SHGC
6 x cooling load!
2.5 x cooling load!60%
20%
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Light to Solar Gain Ratio = Tvis / SHGC
LSG = 1.0LSG = 2.0
Tvis
SHGC
Tvis: .02  .60
SHGC: .09  .5
SMART
GLASS:
Change
properties
based on
needs
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Smart Coatings for Dynamic Control of Windows
Balancing Cooling and Daylighting, View and Glare
• Flexible, optimized control of solar
gain and daylight
• Passive control
– Photochromic - light sensitive
– Thermochromic - heat sensitive
• Active control
– Liquid Crystal
– Suspended particle display (SPD)
– Electrochromic
• Active control preferred; but
requires wiring windows for power
and control
• + Automated blinds, shades, etc…
“OFF”
“ON”
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Electrochromic “Smart” Windows:
Progress Towards the Marketplace
Technology, Design, Integration Challenges
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Exploring Performance of
Integrated Shading/Lighting Control Systems
in LBNL Facade Testbed Facility
External Dynamic Shading
Daylight Redirecting Glass
Electrochromic Glass
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Automated Shading Controls Glare Throughout the Day
Time Lapse from Tests in LBNL Façade Test Facility:
Interior Daylight Luminance Patterns with Dynamic Shading
LBNL Façade Test Facility
1 2
3
654
321
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(Day)Lighting: 3 challenges
1. A Daylighted Building Doesn’t Save Energy if the Lights are On
2. Why Do We Only Daylight Outer 3-4 M of space
3. Glare vs Light- Occupant Control of Shades, blinds
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Good Lighting Controls (Daylight Dimming) Work
Data from
advanced
lighting controls
demonstration
in Emeryville, CA
(1990) !!!
Energy Use
before retrofit:
After retrofit:
South zone:
North zone:
40-60%
Savings
40-80%
Savings
But Dimming is only
3% of lighting sales!
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Holy Grail: Daylight Redirecting Optics
“Triple floor space impact w/o Glare”
10'
30'
Equinox
Winter
Diffuse light
Summer
10'
lower window
10m
3m
clerestory
Daylight Glazing
provides good, glare-
free daylight 10m from
window wall
Optics, Geometry
optimized for all
seasons, without
moving parts?
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
New Daylighting Technologies and Systems
Venetian blind
Prismatic Coating
• Dimmable lighting
–Addressable
–Tunable
Getting Integrated Systems Solution That Works at Scale
NY Times: Intelligent Lighting, Shade Control, UFAD
Design: 2003; Field Energy Measurement 2013
New York Times office with dimmable
lights and automated shading
Occupied 2007
• Automated Shaded
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Façade Layers
Inside to Outside:
External layer: Fixed
-- Shading, light diffusion
Glazing layer: Fixed
-- Low-E, spectrally selective
- thermal control
- solar gain control
-- Frit - solar, glare control
Internal layer: Dynamic
-- Motorized Shade system
-- Solar control
-- Glare control
Floor to Floor:
Façade Layers
floor to desk
desk to head
head to ceiling
plenum
“All Glass Building” but…
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NY Times Testbed: Optimize: Physical & Virtual
2
1817
Simulated Views
from 3 of 22 view
positions
Phase 1: Physical Testbed, 18 month field study
• Evaluate Shading, daylighting, employee feedback and
constructability in a ~5000 sf testbed
• Fully instrumented; 1 year testing
Phase 2: Virtual Model, extend measured data
• Extend Test Data: more Orientations and Floor Levels
• Shade Control Algorithms for Motorized Shades Developed
using Simulation
• Built a virtual model of the building in its urban context using
hourly weather data to simulate performance
2
17
18
A
B
N
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New York Times Building
Energy Monitoring and Post Occupancy Evaluation
Lighting Control Systems:
On/off: Scheduling
Lights On 5am – 10 PM +
Night Cleaning Crew
Off Off
Time
Power
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New York Times Building
Energy Monitoring and Post Occupancy Evaluation
Lighting Control Systems:
On/off: Scheduling, Occupancy
Dimming: Setpoint Tuning, Daylight, Demand Response
56% savings vs previous slide
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The “Headlines” from
The New York Times Building
• 2003: Building designed to save energy, satisfy occupants
• Shading systems and lighting control systems were rigorously
developed and evaluated in a full scale test bed
• Owners engaged key systems suppliers via performance specs
• 2013: Systems (dimming, shading, UFAD) worked well;
Compared to a similar Code-compliant building:
–56% lighting energy savings
–24% total energy savings
–21-25% reduction in summer peak demand
–Economic Paybacks appear very reasonable
–Overall Occupant Satisfaction is high
• Outcome: “All-glass” building w/ Integrated Building Systems
performs better than a prescriptive “code-compliant” building
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Single component or
isolated system EEM
Current Design and Research Paradigm – Silo Approach
Integrated Building Systems Approach
Multi-system integrated
EEMs
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Exploring Intelligent Building Control Systems:
The “Internet of Things” Collides with the Building Industry…
Task
Requirements
User
Preferences
Interior Conditions
Weather
Conditions
Load Shedding/
Demand Limiting
Signal
Smart
Controllers
Lighting
Systems
(with dimming
ballasts, sensors)
Building
Performance
(cost, comfort,
operations)
Dynamic
Window
(active control of daylight,
glare, solar gain)
Energy Information
System
H
V
A
C
Sensors, meters,…
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System integration  Cost/Risk tradeoffs
People  Buildings  “Smart Grid”
Heating
Cooling
Lighting
Peak
Cooling
Load
Chiller
Size
Lighting
Design
Strategy
Energy,
Peak
Electric
Demand,
Load
Shape
Central
Power
Generation
$
$ $
$
$
$
Initial Cost Annual Cost
Office Eq.
Onsite
Power
Generation
$
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FLEXLAB:
Facility for Low Energy EXperiments in Buildings
4 Outdoor Testbeds:
3 1-story
1 2-story
3 Indoor Testbeds
Lighting/Plug Load
Sensors/Controls
Design Lab
Data Acquisition,
Monitoring, Control
System
“World’s most advanced building
energy efficiency test bed”
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Data acquisition
and controls
Interchangeable
HVAC systems:
air- and water-
based
Interchangeable
lighting and
controls
Interchangeable
skylights
Interchangeable
façade elements:
shading, glazing
Granular sensor,
instrumentation and
metering system
Reconfigurable, “Kit-of-Parts”
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Coming Soon to BCA/Singapore!
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Build Mutual Interest for Challenge and
Opportunities w/ Net Zero Energy/Green Buildings
• NZE/Green Buildings: a necessary and
attainable target
• Make high performance and energy efficiency
a market advantage, not an extra cost or a risk
• Must Deliver Measurable Savings!
• New Technology, Smarter Design offers:
– New Business Opportunities
– Design freedom and flexibility
– Value-added benefits, e.g. better acoustics
– New performance benefits: e.g. comfort
– Modest/no extra first costs and large
annual savings
– Lower impact on global environment
Manufacturer
Architect
Occupant
Owner
Society
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We must aggressively accelerate and sustain….
1. The learning curve
2. The adoption curve
3. Creation of new partnerships, business models
4. Establishment of new expectations
5. Delivery on performance promises
Defining an Innovation Pathway
to the Future
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“If I had asked people what they
wanted, they would have said
faster horses.”
Henry Ford
How Do We Move Forward?
“Think Big, Start Small, Act Now”
“Lead, Engage, Sustain”
Ask the Right Questions;
Listen Carefully to the Answers
Make Data-Informed Decisions and
Act with the Future in Mind
Benefits of High Performance, Green Buildings
Improve
Occupant Comfort,
Satisfaction and
Performance
Add Value,
Reduce Operating
Costs
Reduce Energy,
Greenhouse Gas
Emissions
Occupant
Building Owner
Planet
More Information
Stephen Selkowitz
E-mail: SESelkowitz@lbl.gov
Current information and downloads at:
http://btus.lbl.gov/home
http://facades.lbl.gov
http://flexlab.lbl.gov
http://windows.lbl.gov/resources/LBNLresources.pdf
http://wem.lbl.gov
http://cbs.lbl.gov

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IGBC2014 - Stephen Selkowitz, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • 1. Stephen Selkowitz Group Leader, Windows and Building Envelope A Green Building Vision: Progress and Challenges Senior Advisor, Building Science Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory seselkowitz@lbl.gov
  • 2. 1. Framing the Energy/Carbon Challenge 2. Framing the Building Performance Challenge 3. Delivering what we promise 4. Data, Tools, Transparency 5. The California Experiment 6. Do We Need New Research, Technology? 7. The Case for Integrated Systems 8. Evaluating Real-World Systems Performance Presentation Outline
  • 3. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Energy Use  Carbon Emissions  Climate Change  Sea level rise  ???? Greenland Glaciers Disney World Antarctic Ice Shelf + Rising Sea Level
  • 4. 1. Optimize “Lifestyle” to Minimize Energy Services and Needs • Buildings… • Make cities walkable, food,… 2. Maximize Efficient Use of Energy • LED light bulbs,….. 3. Decarbonize energy sources • Solar energy,….. But more difficult to plan, execute and scale 50-80% Reduction in Carbon? Solution is Simple in Concept
  • 5. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ~1960 – Early R&D on Low Carbon Energy Supply
  • 6. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory What Do Global Industry Leaders Think About This? World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) VISION 2050 Incorporating the costs of externalities, starting with carbon, ecosystem services and water, into the structure of the marketplace; Halving carbon emissions worldwide (based on 2005 levels) by 2050 through a shift to low-carbon energy systems; Improved demand-side energy efficiency, and providing universal access to low- carbon mobility.
  • 7. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Why Focus on Buildings?? Total Building Energy Use; End Use Consumption Buildings consume 40% of total U.S. energy • 71% of electricity •54% of natural gas No Single End Use Dominates Building sector has: Largest Energy Use! Fastest growth rate!
  • 8. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 2007 Annual Energy Outlook Forecast ~+30% 2008 1990 -50% -80% Carbon U.S. Energy Use: History and Aggressive Future Goals 20301973 2005 205020201950 Goals
  • 9. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory U.S. Refrigerator Energy Use vs. Time United States Refrigerator Use v. Time 0 200 400 600 800 1,000 1,200 1,400 1,600 1,800 2,000 1947 1949 1951 1953 1955 1957 1959 1961 1963 1965 1967 1969 1971 1973 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 AverageEerngyUseperUnitSold(kWhperyear) 0 5 10 15 20 25 Refrigeratorvolume(cubicfeet) Energy Use per Unit Refrigerator Size (cubic feet) Refrigerator Price in 1983 Dollars $ 1,270 $ 462 Conclusion: Policy + technology + standards works
  • 10. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory U.S. Building Energy Projections Declining EIA: Energy Information Agency AEO: Annual Energy Outlook Business As Usual Best Available Technology
  • 11. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Economic Savings from AEO Data
  • 12. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Addressing the Building “Grand Challenge” • Focus on Life Cycle of the Building – Design  Construction  Operations  Renovation Decommissioning • Focus on Measurable, Documented Energy Impacts – Make performance visible, understandable, actionable • Focus on Integrated Smart Building Systems – Materials  Devices  Integrated Systems  Buildings • Focus on Buildings and the Grid – Renewables, Storage, Microgrids, Neighborhoods, “Smart Grid” • Focus on People and Behavior – Policy makers, Designers, Investors, Contractors, Occupants,.. – Occupant behavior, life style, satisfaction, comfort,…. • Focus on “Intersection” of Technology and Policy – Incremental + Innovative, Disruptive technologies – Investment and Decision making
  • 13. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Significant Impact Comes Only from Comprehensive Balanced Program To routinely deliver high performance, low-energy buildings we must find a balance between: Technology Process Solutions fail without this balance Markets Economics Policy People Innovation
  • 14. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory •Increase Rate of Adoption of Existing/Emerging Technologies – Operational improvements – Better Design and Selection Guidance – New Market channels – New Voluntary and Mandatory Programs – Education: best use for a particular application (climate, etc.) •Create Pipeline of New Technology Options and Business Models: – Incremental improvements to technology available today - Performance enhancements but Cost reductions - New features – Breakthrough R&D - Innovation- new products, new applications – Components  Integrated Systems – “Net Zero Buildings” – Efficiency + Energy Generation “Do It Now” vs “Wait and Do It Better Tomorrow” Why Not Do Both!
  • 15. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory A Framework for Building Performance 1. Predict Performance: Use fully validated simulation models and processes to reliably simulate and optimize a wide range of systems and their interactions. 2. Ensure Actual Performance: Validate/integrate simulation with measurements in testbeds and real buildings. 3. Deploy at Scale: Implement performance prediction tools and smart operations in routine practice Vision: To design and operate buildings with “guaranteed” energy performance. Goal: To accurately predict and verify energy performance across the building life cycle, from design to operations
  • 16. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Information-Technology based Building Life-Cycle Integration View Commissioning Tools & Active Tests Design Operations Design Tools Energy Tools Retrofit Tools Automated Diagnostic Tools Commissioning Construction Information Monitoring & Diagnostic System Local / web-based Metrics, Program Requirements Building Information Model Maintenance & Operations Occupancy Renovation and Decommissioning buildingSMART Data model
  • 17. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory The Challenge: Design Goals vs Measured Performance Observations: 1. Various building types, ages, locations 2. Average over all projects is not bad 3. Max over-predict by 120% 4. Max under-predict by 65% 5. Almost all under-predicted for low energy designs (red triangle: EUI <= 40) 6. Uncalibrated simulated results Source: Energy performance of LEED-NC buildings, NBI, 2008 Design EUI (kBtu/ft2) MeasuredEUI (kBtu/ft2) Measured=Design
  • 18. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Can We Guarantee Performance??? Measured Performance vs Design Goals Measured Performance = – Design Goals x – Simulation Tool Accuracy x – Simulator Skill x – Value Eng’ing “Aftermath” x – Construction “Artifacts” x – Schedule “Adjustments” x – Facility Operations x – Occupant “Adjustments x – Weather “Adjustments” Design/Construct A/ETeam Operate FacilitiesTeam What is the Sensitivity/Uncertainty Associated with Each Factor?
  • 19. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory “guaranteed” Energy Performance • Can a Design Team Guarantee Energy Use target? • Design – Bid – Build – Operate….?? • Need new metrics and new business practices • New Market Drivers: • Outcome-based codes: – “Build anything you want but prove that the building energy use is lower than target level after occupancy…” • More Transparency: Energy Disclosure laws – “Publicly” disclose your annual energy use! – European Union implementation – US: 29 Cities and States now have disclosure laws
  • 20. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory “All Simulation Models are Wrong, But Some are Useful” How do we ensure our tools are useful? Data, Models and Tools
  • 21. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Retro-commissioning Codes and standards development Interoperability Benchmarking Ratings, Labels New R&D: Tools and Data EnergyPlus engine development: New features to model low energy designs Speed-up, Technical support and maintenance EnergyPlus Graphical User Interface EnergyPlus derivatives: special purpose tools e.g. COMFEN- façade early design tool Building Controls Virtual Test Bed – co-simulation, real controls New Simulation/Data apps: Design assistance Real-time performance assessment Operation/Behavior modeling Fault Detection and Diagnostics
  • 22. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Making Data and Performance Visible Innovation at the State and City Level
  • 23. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Quantifying and Exposing Performance: Disclosure Legislation
  • 24. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Meters-> “Big Data” Comes to the Buildings World: Energy Analytics for Buildings EnergyIQ Benchmarking Tool • Seminal work on building commissioning cost- benefit analysis of >600 buildings • Energy Information & Benchmarking Systems for commercial, residential 24 DOE/EERE Building Energy Data Initiatives Actionable information to support investors, owners, operators, designers. Advanced statistical methods to analyze emerging “big data” from data-rich buildings and large portfolio datasets Standard Energy Efficiency Data (SEED) platform
  • 25. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ~ 147 buildings in 37 states! Zero Net Energy Buildings Status: 2014 But there are 5 M buildings in US Can we Scale This? How?
  • 26. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Scale and Impact: We Need Both to Achieve Sector-wide Efficiency Goals Narrow Wide Shallow Deep Depth Breadth • Incremental change on existing technology • Tighten standards; tune up & retrofit programs e.g. ESCOs 5-20% Savings • Major advances in components • Demonstration projects • Limited deployment in systems e.g. Research, Demonstrations 50% to Zero Net Energy • Systems approach: integrate advanced components, optimize energy, comfort, cost • Capture social equity, health, comfort, productivity issues • Private/public partnership - Business case, risk reduction and credible third party data NZEB Solutions
  • 27. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory NZEB: Net (Nearly) Zero Energy Buildings • “Net Zero Energy Buildings” is the right goal • NZEB = 60-80% savings + renewables The Reality The Vision The Dream • Just Do It – Set a goal - march toward it – Its easy, if we commit and apply ourselves – We have the technology and know-how • Major National Challenge – Technically attainable - Difficult to achieve in scale – Shortcomings: Owners? Users? Tools? Construction? Operations? – Integrated Standards -Deployment-Demonstration- Research – Issues- Policy, Finance, Design Process, Technology
  • 28. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory California – Test Case
  • 29. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory California Path to Net Zero by 2030
  • 30. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Develop Path to ZNE Non-Res. Buildings in Title 24- Start with the (technically) “Easiest” Buildings Source: “The Road to ZNE” (2012, PG&E/HMG), p. 161.
  • 31. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Zero Net Energy Buildings in California: Commercial Buildings 60 ZNE commercial buildings since 2007* • Analysis performed by New Buildings Institute. Includes ZNE Ready and Near ZNE buildings. Not all verified. SMUD East Campus Operations Center, Doug Norwood Bacon St. Offices, SDG&E & Hanna Gabriel Wells Architects DPR Construction San Diego Corporate Office , Chip Fox • Building Size • Building Type • Design Team Skill • COST
  • 32. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 Control Green Platinum NZE/LB What is the Incremental Cost of NZEB? Construction Cost of Low Rise Office Buildings statistical analysis BUILDINGS MEASURED$ / SF Lisa Matthiessen, Peter Morris and Laura Lesniewski
  • 33. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory NZEB Programs in Context: California Efficiency Plans and Programs
  • 35. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Current Dialogue re: CA ZNE Building Goals – Are the current ZNE goals the right goals? – If not, how should they be changed? - Building type, timing,…. – What should be the various role of the state agencies and teams to address / advance ZNE Comm goals? - In utility programs? (~$1B/yr) - In CPUC Updated Strategic Plan? – Role of Mandatory Standards? – Role of Utility Incentive and Rebate programs? – Role of Training and Education: Designers, Contractors,…? – Role of Innovation and R&D… - Efficiency but also Risk, Cost
  • 36. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Building Innovation “Game Changers” MATERIALS AND SYSTEMS • Smart Glass/Dynamic solar control • High R Windows, Insulation • Thermal Storage- Envelope, structural • >200 lumen/watt lighting • Daylight integration • Dimmable, Addressable Lighting Controls • Task Conditioning HVAC • Climate Integrated HVAC • HVAC vs comfort and IEQ • Miscellaneous Electrical Loads • Demand Response • Controls infrastructure- sensors, networks • Building- and Grid- Smart electronics • Electrical Storage SYSTEMS: IT, LIFE-CYCLE OPERATIONS • Building Life Cycle Perspective • Benchmarks and Metrics • Building Information Models (BIM) • Integrated Design Process and Tools • Building Operating Controls/Platform • Building Performance Dashboards • Understanding Occupants/Behavior • Facility Operations
  • 37. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Singapore Likes Glass !
  • 38. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 1976 Perspective: Code Official’s View of Ideal Window 2014 Perspective: Architect’s View of Ideal Window Glazing, Windows and Facades: Two Contrasting Views of Energy Efficiency
  • 39. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Vision: Windows for Zero-Energy Buildings “Zero Energy Windows” Energy Losers --> Neutral --> Suppliers • Heating climates – Reduce heat losses so that ambient solar energy balances and exceeds loss – Need lower heat loss technologies • Cooling climates – Reduce cooling loads – Natural Ventilation – Static control -> dynamic control • All climates – Replace electric lighting with daylight • Electricity supply options? – Photovoltaics-building skin as power source
  • 40. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Optimizing Energy in Integrated Facades Increased solar heat gains Increased lighting energy use and gains Minimum energy use Slopes vary depending on efficiency of lighting and HVAC systems Energy Use Balance Performance issues • Energy • Demand • Carbon • Peak Cooling • Comfort: visual/thermal • View • Appearance • …… • Ideal: Integrated approach to façade-lighting-HVAC building systems to achieve optimum energy- efficiency and comfort. … Its Complicated!! Key parameters • Climate • Orientation • Building Type • Fenestration area • Glass type • Operations • Daylight • Shading • ……
  • 41. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory An “Intelligent” Façade might….. • Manage thermal loss and gain • Provide dynamic solar control: • Provide glare-free daylight • Provide fresh air to interior, minimize noise • Enhance occupant health, comfort • Reduce demand on utility • Generate power (photovoltaics)
  • 42. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Light to Solar Gain Ratio = Tvis / SHGC LSG = 1.0LSG = 2.0 Tvis SHGC 6 x cooling load! 2.5 x cooling load!60% 20%
  • 43. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Light to Solar Gain Ratio = Tvis / SHGC LSG = 1.0LSG = 2.0 Tvis SHGC Tvis: .02  .60 SHGC: .09  .5 SMART GLASS: Change properties based on needs
  • 44. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Smart Coatings for Dynamic Control of Windows Balancing Cooling and Daylighting, View and Glare • Flexible, optimized control of solar gain and daylight • Passive control – Photochromic - light sensitive – Thermochromic - heat sensitive • Active control – Liquid Crystal – Suspended particle display (SPD) – Electrochromic • Active control preferred; but requires wiring windows for power and control • + Automated blinds, shades, etc… “OFF” “ON”
  • 45. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Electrochromic “Smart” Windows: Progress Towards the Marketplace Technology, Design, Integration Challenges 45
  • 46. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Exploring Performance of Integrated Shading/Lighting Control Systems in LBNL Facade Testbed Facility External Dynamic Shading Daylight Redirecting Glass Electrochromic Glass
  • 47. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Automated Shading Controls Glare Throughout the Day Time Lapse from Tests in LBNL Façade Test Facility: Interior Daylight Luminance Patterns with Dynamic Shading LBNL Façade Test Facility 1 2 3 654 321
  • 48. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Day)Lighting: 3 challenges 1. A Daylighted Building Doesn’t Save Energy if the Lights are On 2. Why Do We Only Daylight Outer 3-4 M of space 3. Glare vs Light- Occupant Control of Shades, blinds
  • 49. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Good Lighting Controls (Daylight Dimming) Work Data from advanced lighting controls demonstration in Emeryville, CA (1990) !!! Energy Use before retrofit: After retrofit: South zone: North zone: 40-60% Savings 40-80% Savings But Dimming is only 3% of lighting sales!
  • 50. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Holy Grail: Daylight Redirecting Optics “Triple floor space impact w/o Glare” 10' 30' Equinox Winter Diffuse light Summer 10' lower window 10m 3m clerestory Daylight Glazing provides good, glare- free daylight 10m from window wall Optics, Geometry optimized for all seasons, without moving parts?
  • 51. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory New Daylighting Technologies and Systems Venetian blind Prismatic Coating
  • 52. • Dimmable lighting –Addressable –Tunable Getting Integrated Systems Solution That Works at Scale NY Times: Intelligent Lighting, Shade Control, UFAD Design: 2003; Field Energy Measurement 2013 New York Times office with dimmable lights and automated shading Occupied 2007 • Automated Shaded
  • 53. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Façade Layers Inside to Outside: External layer: Fixed -- Shading, light diffusion Glazing layer: Fixed -- Low-E, spectrally selective - thermal control - solar gain control -- Frit - solar, glare control Internal layer: Dynamic -- Motorized Shade system -- Solar control -- Glare control Floor to Floor: Façade Layers floor to desk desk to head head to ceiling plenum “All Glass Building” but…
  • 54. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 54 NY Times Testbed: Optimize: Physical & Virtual 2 1817 Simulated Views from 3 of 22 view positions Phase 1: Physical Testbed, 18 month field study • Evaluate Shading, daylighting, employee feedback and constructability in a ~5000 sf testbed • Fully instrumented; 1 year testing Phase 2: Virtual Model, extend measured data • Extend Test Data: more Orientations and Floor Levels • Shade Control Algorithms for Motorized Shades Developed using Simulation • Built a virtual model of the building in its urban context using hourly weather data to simulate performance 2 17 18 A B N
  • 55. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 55 New York Times Building Energy Monitoring and Post Occupancy Evaluation Lighting Control Systems: On/off: Scheduling Lights On 5am – 10 PM + Night Cleaning Crew Off Off Time Power
  • 56. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 56 New York Times Building Energy Monitoring and Post Occupancy Evaluation Lighting Control Systems: On/off: Scheduling, Occupancy Dimming: Setpoint Tuning, Daylight, Demand Response 56% savings vs previous slide
  • 57. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 57 The “Headlines” from The New York Times Building • 2003: Building designed to save energy, satisfy occupants • Shading systems and lighting control systems were rigorously developed and evaluated in a full scale test bed • Owners engaged key systems suppliers via performance specs • 2013: Systems (dimming, shading, UFAD) worked well; Compared to a similar Code-compliant building: –56% lighting energy savings –24% total energy savings –21-25% reduction in summer peak demand –Economic Paybacks appear very reasonable –Overall Occupant Satisfaction is high • Outcome: “All-glass” building w/ Integrated Building Systems performs better than a prescriptive “code-compliant” building
  • 58. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Single component or isolated system EEM Current Design and Research Paradigm – Silo Approach Integrated Building Systems Approach Multi-system integrated EEMs
  • 59. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Exploring Intelligent Building Control Systems: The “Internet of Things” Collides with the Building Industry… Task Requirements User Preferences Interior Conditions Weather Conditions Load Shedding/ Demand Limiting Signal Smart Controllers Lighting Systems (with dimming ballasts, sensors) Building Performance (cost, comfort, operations) Dynamic Window (active control of daylight, glare, solar gain) Energy Information System H V A C Sensors, meters,…
  • 60. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory System integration  Cost/Risk tradeoffs People  Buildings  “Smart Grid” Heating Cooling Lighting Peak Cooling Load Chiller Size Lighting Design Strategy Energy, Peak Electric Demand, Load Shape Central Power Generation $ $ $ $ $ $ Initial Cost Annual Cost Office Eq. Onsite Power Generation $
  • 61. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory FLEXLAB: Facility for Low Energy EXperiments in Buildings 4 Outdoor Testbeds: 3 1-story 1 2-story 3 Indoor Testbeds Lighting/Plug Load Sensors/Controls Design Lab Data Acquisition, Monitoring, Control System “World’s most advanced building energy efficiency test bed”
  • 62. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Data acquisition and controls Interchangeable HVAC systems: air- and water- based Interchangeable lighting and controls Interchangeable skylights Interchangeable façade elements: shading, glazing Granular sensor, instrumentation and metering system Reconfigurable, “Kit-of-Parts”
  • 63. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Coming Soon to BCA/Singapore!
  • 64. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Build Mutual Interest for Challenge and Opportunities w/ Net Zero Energy/Green Buildings • NZE/Green Buildings: a necessary and attainable target • Make high performance and energy efficiency a market advantage, not an extra cost or a risk • Must Deliver Measurable Savings! • New Technology, Smarter Design offers: – New Business Opportunities – Design freedom and flexibility – Value-added benefits, e.g. better acoustics – New performance benefits: e.g. comfort – Modest/no extra first costs and large annual savings – Lower impact on global environment Manufacturer Architect Occupant Owner Society
  • 65. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory We must aggressively accelerate and sustain…. 1. The learning curve 2. The adoption curve 3. Creation of new partnerships, business models 4. Establishment of new expectations 5. Delivery on performance promises Defining an Innovation Pathway to the Future
  • 66. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” Henry Ford How Do We Move Forward? “Think Big, Start Small, Act Now” “Lead, Engage, Sustain” Ask the Right Questions; Listen Carefully to the Answers Make Data-Informed Decisions and Act with the Future in Mind
  • 67. Benefits of High Performance, Green Buildings Improve Occupant Comfort, Satisfaction and Performance Add Value, Reduce Operating Costs Reduce Energy, Greenhouse Gas Emissions Occupant Building Owner Planet
  • 68. More Information Stephen Selkowitz E-mail: SESelkowitz@lbl.gov Current information and downloads at: http://btus.lbl.gov/home http://facades.lbl.gov http://flexlab.lbl.gov http://windows.lbl.gov/resources/LBNLresources.pdf http://wem.lbl.gov http://cbs.lbl.gov