Energy Efficient Buildings Program. FY 1985 annual report

Technical Report · Tue Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1986

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5232855· OSTI ID:5232855

Cairns, E. J.; Rosenfeld, A. H.

Accomplishments are reported in these areas: energy performance of buildings; building ventilation and indoor air quality; windows and daylighting; lighting systems research; buildings energy data; and building energy simulation. Activities in energy performance of buildings include: building energy retrofit research, air infiltration, air leakage, and integrated ventilation. Building ventilation and indoor air quality work includes characterization of the emission of various pollutant classes from their respective sources, study of the emission of various pollutant classes from their respective sources, study of the effectiveness of ventilation in removing pollutants from indoor atmospheres, and examination of the nature and importance of chemical and physical reactions that can affect the occurrence and amount of airborne pollutants. Three major pollutant classes covered are combustion products, radon and its daughters, and other organics. Efforts in windows and daylighting cover optical materials, fenestration components, systems, performance, and impacts. Lighting systems research goes on to address engineering, building applications, and impacts of lighting systems on human health and productivity. Buildings energy data work includes compiling, analyzing, and publishing measured energy performance data on efficient buildings and equipment. Building energy simulation efforts are aimed at creating, testing, documenting and maintaining a user-oriented public-domain computer program (DOE-2) that will enable architects and engineers to perform design studies of whole-building energy use uuder actual weather conditions. (LEW)

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• OSTI ID: 5232855
• Report Number(s): LBL-20203; ON: DE87000895
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
320100* -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization-- Buildings
AIR POLLUTION
BUILDINGS
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
DAYLIGHTING
EFFICIENCY
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
ENERGY SYSTEMS
INDOOR AIR POLLUTION
LIGHTING SYSTEMS
POLLUTION
SIMULATION
VENTILATION