Publications
"A Model of a Displacement Ventilation/Chilled Ceiling Cooling System Suitable for Annual Energy Simulation." Building Simulation '95 1995.
. "Numerical Investigation of Transient Buoyant Flow in a Room with a Displacement Ventilation and Chilled Ceiling System." International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 44.16 (2001) 3067-3080.
. "Reducing Energy Use In Florida Buildings." 16th Symposium on Improving Building Systems in Hot and Humid Climates, December 15-17, 2008. Dallas, TX, 2008.
. "Energy Monitoring Systems value, issues and recommendations based on five case studies." Clima 2010 conference. Antalya, Turkey, 2010.
. "Calibrating whole building energy models: An evidence-based methodology." Energy and Buildings 43.9 (2011) 2356-2364.
. "Effect of Coloidal Chemistry on the Thermal Conductivity of Nanofluids." International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition. Chicago, IL, 2006.
. "Effect of Aggregation Kinetics on the Thermal Conductivity of Nanoscale Colloidal Solutions (Nanofluids)." Nanoletters 6 (2006) 1529-1534.
. "Thermal Conductivity of Nanoscale Colloidal Solutions (Nanofluids)." Physical Review Letters 94.025901-1 – 025901-4. (2005).
. "Brownian Motion Based Convective- Conductive Model for the Effective Thermal Conductivity of Nanofluids." Journal of Heat Transfer 128 (2006) 588-595.
. "Precision control for generalized pattern search algorithms with adaptive precision function evaluations." SIAM Journal on Optimization 16.3 (2006) 650-669
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. Small and Medium Building Efficiency Toolkit and Community Demonstration Program. 2017. LBNL-2001054.
. "Analysis of an Information Monitoring and Diagnostic System to Improve Building Operations." Energy and Buildings 33.8 (2001) 783-792. LBNL-46038.
. "Use of an Information Monitoring and Diagnostic System for Commissioning and Ongoing Operations." 8th National Conference on Building Commissioning PECI 2000.
. "Nanofluids for Heat Transfer Applications." Annual Review of Heat Transfer 14 (1995) 255-275.
. "Investigation of the Reliability of Building Emulators for Testing Energy Management and Control Systems." ASHRAE Transactions 100.Pt. 1 (1994).
. "Advanced Zone Simulation in EnergyPlus: Incorporation of Variable Properties and Phase Change Material (PCM) Capability." Proc. Building Simulation 2007. Beijing, China, 2007.
. "A Tale of Three District Energy Systems: Metrics and Future Opportunities." 2016 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings. 2016.
. "The Role of International Partnerships in Delivering Low- Energy Building Design: A Case Study of the Singapore Scientific Planning Process." Sustainable Cities and Society 14.1 (2014).
. "Development of Automated Procedures to Generate Reference Building Models for ASHRAE Standard 90.1 and India’s Building Energy Code and Implementation in OpenStudio." Building Simulation 2017. San Francisco, CA, 2017. LBNL-2001052.
. "Energy Index Evaluation of Buildings in Function of the External Temperature." Proc. Building Simulation 2007. Beijing, China, 2007.
. "Real-time Building Energy Simulation using EnergyPlus and the Building Controls Virtual Test Bed." Proc. of the 12th IBPSA Conference 2011: p. 2890-2896. LBNL-5390E.
. "Building Pressure Control in VAV System with Relief Air Fan." the 5th International Conference of Enhanced Building Operations. Pittsburgh, PA, 2005.
. "Computer Measurement and Automation System for Gas-fired Heating Furnace." Journal of Harbin Institute of Technology (Chinese) 35.3 (2003) 374-378.
. "Prevention of Compressor Short Cycling in Direct-Expansion (DX) Rooftop Units— Part 2: Field Investigation." ASHRAE Transactions 117.2 (2011) 677-685.
. "A framework for simulation-based real-time whole building performance assessment." Building and Environment 54 (2012) 100-108. 0360-1323.
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