The 2014 Department of Energy (DOE) Building Technologies Office Peer Review was held April 22-24, 2014 in Arlington, Virginia. This second annual review encompassed active work done by the Building Technologies Office (BTO). Independent experts assessed the progress and contributions of each project toward BTO's mission and goals, and these assessments will be used to enhance the management of existing efforts, gauge the effectiveness of projects, and design future programs. The meeting also provided an opportunity to promote collaborations, partnerships, and technology transfers.
2014 Program Peer Review Report
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2014 Program Peer Review Presentations
- Building Technologies Office Overview, Roland Risser, U.S. Department of Energy
- Appliance Standards Program Overview, John Cymbalsky, U.S. Department of Energy
- Commercial Buildings Integration Program Overview, Arah Schuur, U.S. Department of Energy
- Emerging Technologies Program Overview, Pat Phelan, U.S. Department of Energy
- Residential Buildings Integration Program Overview, David Lee, U.S. Department of Energy
- Building Energy Codes Program Overview, David Cohan, U.S. Department of Energy
- Codes Overview, Jeremiah Williams, U.S. Department of Energy
- Building Energy Codes Program, Bing Liu, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Building Code Adoption
- Code Adoption Overview, Jeremiah Williams, U.S. Department of Energy
- State and Local Code Implementation: State Energy Officials, Chris Wagner, National Association of State Energy Officials
- State and Local Code Implementation: Southeast Region, Lauren Westmoreland, Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance
- State and Local Code Implementation: Northeast Region, Carolyn Sarno, Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships
- State and Local Code Implementation: Southwest Region, Jim Meyers, Southwest Energy Efficiency Project
- State and Local Code Implementation: Northwest Region, Ken Baker, Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance
- State and Local Code Implementation: Midwest Region, Isaac Elnecave, Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance
- State and Local Code Implementation: South-central Region, Christine Herbert, South-central Partnership for Energy Efficiency as a Resource
- Technical Assistance: Increasing Code Compliance, Rosemarie Bartlett, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Efficiency Data Management
- Efficiency Data Management Overview, Elena Alschuler, U.S. Department of Energy
- Standard Energy Efficiency Data (SEED) Platform - Rich Brown, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Buildings Performance Database - Rich Brown, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- OpenStudio Core Development and Deployment Support, Larry Brackney, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Better Buildings Challenge Accelerator Support, Monisha Shah, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Commercial Building Energy Asset Score, Nora Wang, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- OpenStudio Enhancements for Whole-Building Daylighting, Airflow, and Energy Modeling Leveraging Interoperable Building Information Modeling Data, John Messner, the Pennsylvania State University Consortium for Building Energy Innovation
- Energy Design Assistance Project Tracker, Larry Brackney, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Small Commercial Buildings
- Small Commercial Buildings Overview, Glenn Schatz, U.S. Department of Energy
- Architecture 2030 District Toolkit, Cindy Regnier, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Small Buildings Small Portfolio Commercial Upstream Incentive Project: Regional Roll-Out, Todd Levin, Argonne National Laboratory
- American Institute of Architects 2030 Commitment Enabled by Energy IQ, Kevin Settlemyre, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- America Saves! Energizing Main Street’s Small Businesses, Ric Cochrane, National Trust for Historic Preservation
- Advanced Commercial Buildings Initiative, Sydney Roberts, Southface Energy Institute
- Pre-Packaged Commercial Property-Accessed Clean Energy Financing Solutions, Michael Wallander, EcoCity Partners
- Small Market Advanced Retrofit Transformation Program (SMART Scale), Colin Clark, Ecology Action of Santa Cruz
- Crowdsourced Microfinance for Energy Efficiency in Underserved Communities, Donnel Baird, BlocPower
Guides & Specifications
- Guides and Specifications Overview, Cody Taylor, U.S. Department of Energy
- Best Practices for Controlling Capital Costs in Net Zero Energy Design and Construction, Shanti Pless, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Real Performance for Real Buildings, Shanti Pless, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Assessment of Evaluation, Measurement, and Verification Methods, Jessica Granderson, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Commercial Demonstration & Deployment
- Commercial Demonstration/Deployment Overview, Kristen Taddonio, U.S. Department of Energy
- Technology Performance Exchange - Bill Livingood, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Lighting & Electrical Team Leadership and Project Delivery - Linda Sandahl, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Energy Management and Information Systems Study, Jessica Granderson, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Demonstrations of Integrated Advanced Rooftop Unit Controls and Automated Fault Detection and Diagnostics, Srinivas Katipamula, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Green Leasing Deployment Portfolio, Deb Cloutier, JDM Associates
- Metal Buildings, Heather Buckberry, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Better Buildings Case Competition, Elena Alschuler, U.S. Department of Energy
- Better Buildings Alliance Tech Team Impact Framework, Amy Jiron, U.S. Department of Energy
- Control and Diagnostics for Rooftop Units, Jim Braun, Purdue University (The Pennsylvania State University Consortium for Building Energy Innovation)
- Demonstrating and Deploying Integrated Retrofit Technologies and Solutions, Mark Stutman, Consortium for Building Energy Innovation
- Pre-Commercial Demonstration of Cost-Effective Advanced HVAC Controls, Hayden Reeve, United Technologies Research Center
- Cost-Effective Wall Retrofit Solution for the Interior Side of Building's Exterior Wall that Supports a Phased Retrofit Cost Model, Amy Wylie, Bayer MaterialScience/Penn State Consortium
- Compatible and Cost-Effective Fault Diagnostic Solutions for Air Handling Unit–Variable Air Volume and Air Handling Unit–Constant Air Volume Systems, Jin Wen, Drexel University
Workforce
- Better Buildings Workforce Overview, Benjamin Goldstein, U.S. Department of Energy
- Transforming the Commercial Building Operations, Marta Milan, Waypoint Building Group
- Better Buildings Workforce Guidelines for Facility Energy Manager, Phil Coleman, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Advanced Critical Advanced Energy Retrofit Education and Training and Credentialing, David Riley, Penn State
Building Energy Modeling
- Modeling Overview, Amir Roth, U.S. Department of Energy
- Human Behavior, Standards, and Tools to Improve Design and Operation, Tianzhen Hong, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Simulation and Modeling, Phil Haves, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Monitoring and Benchmarking, Reshma Singh, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Test Procedures for Building Energy Simulation Tools, Ron Judkoff, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Lighting
- Solid State Lighting Overview, James Broderick, U.S. Department of Energy
- Solid-State Lighting—L Prize Competition, Marc Ledbetter, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Solid-State Lighting—Lighting Facts, Marc Ledbetter, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- High-Efficiency and Stable White Organic Light-Emitting Diode Using a Single Emitter, Jian Li, Arizona State University
- Low-Cost Light-Emitting Diode Luminaire for General Illumination, Paul Fini, CREE Santa Barbara Technology Center
- High-Throughput, High-Precision Hot Testing Tool for High-Brightness Light-Emitting Diode Testing, Dr. Richard Solarz, KLA-Tencor
- System Reliability Model for Solid-State Lighting Luminaires, Lynn Davis, RTI International
- Light-Emitting Diodes on Semipolar Bulk Gallium Nitride Substrate, Arpan Chakraborty, Soraa Inc.
- Solid-State Lighting Consortia, Marc Ledbetter, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
HVAC, Appliances, and Water Heating
- HVAC Overview, Tony Bouza, U.S. Department of Energy
- Multi-Function Fuel-Fired Heat Pump, Ed Vineyard, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Advanced Variable Speed Air-Source Integrated Heat Pump, Van D. Baxter, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Absorption Heat Pump Water Heater, Kyle Gluesenkamp, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Working Fluids Low Global Warming Potential Refrigerants, Omar Abdelaziz, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Natural Gas Heat Pump and Air Conditioner, Paul Schwartz, Thermolift
- Heat Exchanger Research, Dr. Jeff Koplow, Sandia National Laboratories
- High-Performance Commercial Cold Climate Heat Pump, Ahmad Mahmoud, United Technologies Research Center
- Miniaturized Air to Refrigerant Heat Exchangers, Reinhard Radermacher, University of Maryland
- Low-Cost Gas Heat Pump For Building Space Heating, Michael Garrabrant, Stone Mountain Technologies
- 13–Energy Efficiency Ratio Window Air Conditioner, Pradeep Bansal, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Cold Climate Heat Pump, Bo Shen, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- High-Efficiency, Low-Emission Refrigeration System, Brian Fricke, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- CO2 Heat Pump Water Heater, Kyle Gluesenkamp, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Magnetocaloric Refrigeration, P.I: Ayyoub M. Momen, R&D Staff, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Thermodynamic Evaluation of Low-Global-Warming-Potential Refrigerants, Piotr Domonski, National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Residential Cold Climate Heat Pump with Variable-Speed Technology, Craig Messmer, Unico Systems
- Hybrid Ventilation Optimization and Control Research and Development, Leon Glicksman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Advanced Ground Source Heat Pump Technology for Very-Low-Energy Buildings, Xiaobing Liu, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Advanced Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning, Mahabir Bhandari, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Windows and Building Envelope
- Windows/Envelope Overview, Karma Sawyer, U.S. Department of Energy
- Highly Insulating Residential Windows Using Smart Automated Shading, Steve Selkowitz, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Dynamic Windows, Robert Tenent, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Advanced Window and Shading Technologies, Eleanor Lee, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Dynamically Responsive Infrared Window Coatings, Kyle Alvine, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Vacuum Insulation for Windows, Lin Simpson, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Materials that Improve the Cost‐Effectiveness of Air Barrier Systems, Diana Hun, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Cool Roofs and Urban Heat Islands: Cool Roof Infrastructure, Ronnen Levinson, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Cool Roofs and Urban Heat Islands: Anti-Soiling Coatings, Ronnen Levinson, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Stay-Clean and Durable White Elastomeric Roof Coatings, Hugo Destaillats, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Fluorescent Pigments for High-Performance Cool Roofing and Facades, Michael Zalich, PPG Industries Inc.
- Low-Cost, Highly Transparent, Flexible, Low-Emission Coating Film to Enable Electrochromic Windows, Brian Berland, ITN Energy Systems
- A New Generation of Building Insulation by Foaming Polymer Blend Materials with CO2, Arthur Yang Industrial Science & Technology Network
- Acoustic Building Infiltration Measurement System (ABIMS), Ralph Muehleisen, Argonne National Laboratory
- WUFI Basement Module, Manfred Kehrer, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Fenestration Software Tools, Charlie Curcija, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Building Integrated Heat and Moisture Exchange, John Breshears, Architectural Applications Inc.
Sensors, Controls, Transactional Network, and Buildings to Grid
- Transactive Controls Overview, Joseph Hagerman, U.S. Department of Energy
- Open Energy Information Systems, Jessica Granderson, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Low-Cost Wireless Sensors for Building Monitoring Applications, Teja Kuruganti, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Research on Very-Low‐Energy Building Operations and Management Methods, Carolyn Szum, ICF International
- Microgrid Equipment Selection and Control, Wei Feng, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Grid-Responsive Buildings, Rish Ghatikar, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Controls and Communications Integration, Rich Brown, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- FLEXLAB, Cindy Regnier, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Building Energy Management Open Source Software Development (BEMOSS), Saifur Rahman, Virginia Tech Advanced Research Institute
- An Extensible Sensing and Control Platform for Building Energy Management, Anthony Rowe, Carnegie Mellon University
- Software-Defined Solutions for Managing Energy Use in Small Commercial Buildings, Therese Peffer, California Institute for Energy & Environment, UC Berkeley
- Transactional Network, Srinivas Katipamula, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Better Buildings Residential Program
- Better Buildings Residential Program, Danielle Byrnett, U.S. Department of Energy
- Better Buildings Data and Summary Report, Dale Hoffmeyer, U.S. Department of Energy
Building America
- Building America Overview, Eric Werling, U.S. Department of Energy
- Building America Team: IBACOS, Duncan Prahl, IBACOS Inc.
- Building America Team: BA-PIRC, Eric Martin, Florida Solar Energy Center
- Building America Team: CARB, Dianne Griffiths, Steven Winter Associates Inc.
- Building America Team: NAHBRC, Vladimir Kochkin, Home Innovation Research Labs
- Project Impact Assessments: Building America FY14 Field Test Technical Support, Lieko Earle, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Resolving Code and Standard Barriers to Building America Innovations, Pam Cole, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Building America Solution Center, Michael Baechler, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Home Performance with ENERGY STAR
- Home Performance with ENERGY STAR, Ely Jacobsohn, U.S. Department of Energy
HVAC Performance Maps
- HVAC Performance Maps, Dane Christensen, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Smart Ventilation
- Smart Ventilation: RIVEC, Iain Walker, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Zero Energy Ready Home
- Zero Energy Ready Home, Sam Rashkin, U.S. Department of Energy
- Analysis: Targeting Zero Net Energy, Scott Horowitz, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
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