Publications: Healthy & Efficient Buildings

2018

Huang, Sen, Ana Carolina L Malara, Wangda Zuo, and Michael D Sohn. "A Bayesian network model for the optimization of a chiller plant’s condenser water set point." Journal of Building Performance Simulation 11.1 (2018) 36 - 47.
Singer, Brett C, and William W Delp. "Response of consumer and research grade indoor air quality monitors to residential sources of fine particles." Indoor Air 28.4 (2018) 624-639.
Huang, Sen, Wangda Zuo, and Michael D Sohn. "A Bayesian Network model for predicting cooling load of commercial buildings." Building Simulation 11.1 (2018) 87 - 101.
Fischer, Marc L, Wanyu R Chan, William W Delp, Seongeun Jeong, Vi H Rapp, and Zhimin Zhu. "An Estimate of Natural Gas Methane Emissions from California Homes." Environmental Science & Technology (2018).
Hang, Bo, Yunshan Wang, Yurong Huang, Pin Wang, Sasha A Langley, Lei Bi, Altaf H Sarker, Suzaynn F Schick, Christopher Havel, Peyton Jacob, III, Neal L Benowitz, Hugo Destaillats, Xiaochen Tang, Yankai Xia, Kuang-Yu Jen, Lara A Gundel, Jian-Hua Mao, and Antoine M Snijders. "Short-term early exposure to thirdhand cigarette smoke increases lung cancer incidence in mice." Clinical Science 132.4 (2018) 475-488.

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Gerber, Daniel L, Vagelis Vossos, Wei Feng, Chris Marnay, Bruce Nordman, and Richard E Brown. "A simulation-based efficiency comparison of AC and DC power distribution networks in commercial buildings." Applied Energy 210 (2018) 1167-1187. LBNL-2001160.

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2017

Wilson, Daniel L, Vi H Rapp, Julien J Caubel, Sharon S Chen, and Ashok J Gadgil. Verifying mixing in dilution tunnels: How to ensure cookstove emissions samples are unbiased. 2017. LBNL-2001088.

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Fisk, William J. "The Ventilation Problem in Schools: Literature Review." Indoor Air 27.6 (2017) 1039-1051.

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Tian, Wei, Thomas Alonso Sevilla, Wangda Zuo, and Michael D Sohn. "Coupling fast fluid dynamics and multizone airflow models in Modelica Buildings library to simulate the dynamics of HVAC systems." Building and Environment 122 (2017) 269 - 286.
Singer, Brett C, Rebecca Zarin Pass, William W Delp, David M Lorenzetti, and Randy L Maddalena. "Pollutant concentrations and emission rates from natural gas cooking burners without and with range hood exhaust in nine California homes." Building and Environment 122 (2017) 215 - 229. LBNL-1006385.
Nordman, Bruce, Aditya Khandekar, Michael Spears, and Mattia Pezzola. "A Simulation of Local Power Distribution Control Strategies." 2017 IEEE Second International Conference on DC Microgrids (ICDCM). Nuremburg, Germany: IEEE, 2017.
Ohshita, Stephanie, Jingjing Zhang, Li Yang, Min Hu, Nina Khanna, David Fridley, Shuang Liu, Ang Li, Miao Sun, and Nan Zhou. China Green Low-Carbon City Index. 2017.

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Feng, Wei, Xiwang Li, Carolyn Szum, Nan Zhou, Michael Bendewald, Zihe Meng, and Yani Zeng. "From Prescriptive to Outcome-Based — The Evolution of Building Energy Codes and Standards in China." ECEEE Summer Study 2017. Presqu’ile de Giens, Hyeres, France, 2017.

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Schlein, Bruce, Carolyn Szum, Nan Zhou, Jing Ge, and Helen He. "Lessons from Europe, North America, and Asia: Financing Models that are Facilitating Building Energy Efficiency at Scale." ECEEE 2017. Presqu'ile Giens, Hyeres, France, 2017.

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Szum, Carolyn, Nan Zhou, Sara Lisauskas, Madeline Frieze, Xi Chen, and Zhiming Pan. "Lessons from the United States and China for Increasing Transparency and Harmonizing Measurement and Verification Practices in the Buildings Sector." ECEEE Summer Study 2017. Presqu'ile Giens, Hyeres, France, 2017.

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Kim, Yang-Seon, Iain S Walker, and William W Delp. Development of a Standard Test Method for Reducing the Uncertainties in Measuring the Capture Efficiency of Range Hoods. 2017. LBNL-2001009.

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Fisk, William J, and Wanyu R Chan. "Effectiveness and cost of reducing particle-related mortality with particle filtration." Indoor Air (2017).
Piette, Mary Ann, Tianzhen Hong, William J Fisk, Norman Bourassa, Wanyu R Chan, Yixing Chen, H.Y. Iris Cheung, Toshifumi Hotchi, Margarita Kloss, Sang Hoon Lee, Phillip N Price, Oren Schetrit, Kaiyu Sun, Sarah C Taylor-Lange, and Rongpeng Zhang. Small and Medium Building Efficiency Toolkit and Community Demonstration Program. 2017. LBNL-2001054.

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Hang, Bo, Antoine M Snijders, Yurong Huang, Suzaynn F Schick, Pin Wang, Yankai Xia, Christopher Havel, Peyton Jacob, III, Neal L Benowitz, Hugo Destaillats, Lara A Gundel, and Jian-Hua Mao. "Early exposure to thirdhand cigarette smoke affects body mass and the development of immunity in mice." Scientific Reports 7 (2017) 41915.

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Pang, Xiufeng, Mary Ann Piette, and Nan Zhou. "Characterizing variations in variable air volume system controls." Energy and Buildings 135 (2017) 166 - 175.
Huang, Sen, Wangda Zuo, and Michael D Sohn. "Improved cooling tower control of legacy chiller plants by optimizing the condenser water set point." Building and Environment 111 (2017) 33 - 46.
Jacob, III, Peyton, Neal L Benowitz, Hugo Destaillats, Lara A Gundel, Bo Hang, Manuela Martins-Green, Georg E Matt, Penelope JE Quintana, Jonathan M Samet, Suzaynn F Schick, Prue Talbot, Noel J Aquilina, Melbourne F Hovell, Jian-Hua Mao, and Todd P Whitehead. "Thirdhand Smoke: New Evidence, Challenges, and Future Directions." Chemical Research in Toxicology 30.1 (2017) 270-294.

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Ge, Jing, Wei Feng, Nan Zhou, Mark D Levine, and Carolyn Szum. Accelerating Energy Efficiency in China's Existing Commercial Buildings, Part 1: Barrier Analysis. 2017. LBNL-2001078.

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Liu, Xu, Jing Ge, Wei Feng, and Nan Zhou. An Overview of the U.S. Better Buildings Initiative as a Model for Other Countries. 2017. LBNL-2001091.

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Walker, Iain S, Yang-Seon Kim, Brett C Singer, and Wanyu R Chan. "Assessing Occupant and Outdoor Air Impacts on Indoor Air Quality in New California Homes." AIVC Conference. 2017.

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