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Center for the Built Environment Research Publication List.1980-July 2007.
Publications on Indoor Environmental Quality Research
We include here papers on post occupancy evaluation (POE), thermal comfort, acsoutics, and other IEQ topics. Additional papers on IEQ research are available from the eScholarship Repository.
Arens, E. 2007. Assessment of Indoor Environments. Proceedings, Roomvent 2007--10th International Conference on Air Distribution in Buildings, Helsinki, 13-15 June.
Indoor Environmental Quality > Acoustics
Salter, C. and R. Waldeck, 2006. Designing Acoustically Successful Work Places: A Case Study Assessment of the Speech Privacy and Sound Isolation of Spaces Having Underfloor Air Distribution Systems. CBE Summary Report, April.
Jensen, K., and E. Arens, 2005. Acoustic Quality in Office Workstations, as Assessed by Occupant Surveys. Proceedings, Indoor Air 2005, Sept. 4-9, Beijing, China.
Salter, C., K. Powell, D. Begault, and R. Alvarado, 2003. Case Studies of a Method for Predicting Speech Privacy in the Contemporary Workplace. CBE Summary Report, January. (2MB)
Indoor Environmental Quality > Occupant Satisfaction Surveys and POEs
Abbaszadeh, S., L. Zagreus, D. Lehrer and C. Huizenga, 2006. Occupant Satisfaction with Indoor Environmental Quality in Green Buildings. Proceedings, Healthy Buildings 2006, Vol. III, 365-370, Lisbon, Portugal, June.
Huizenga, C., S. Abbaszadeh, L. Zagreus and E. Arens, 2006. Air Quality and Thermal Comfort in Office Buildings. Results of a Large Indoor Environmental Quality Survey. Proceedings, Healthy Buildings 2006, Vol. III, 393-397, Lisbon, Portugal, June.
Heerwagen, J. and L. Zagreus, 2005. The Human Factors of Sustainability: A Post Occupancy Evaluation of the Philip Merrill Environmental Center. Summary Report for U.S. Department of Energy, Center for the Built Environment, University of California, Berkeley, CA, April.
Zagreus, L., Huizenga, C., E. Arens and D. Lehrer, 2004. Listening to the Occupants: A Web-based Indoor Environmental Quality Survey. Indoor Air 2004; 14 (Suppl. 8): pp. 65-74. December. This is also available online from the publisher. View on-line.
Huizenga, C., L. Zagreus, E. Arens and D. Lehrer, 2003. Measuring Indoor Environmental Quality: A Web-based Occupant Satisfaction Survey.Proceedings, Greenbuild 2003, Pittsburgh PA, November.
Huizenga, C., K. Laeser, and E. Arens, 2002. A Web-Based Occupant Satisfaction Survey for Benchmarking Building Quality. Proceedings, Indoor Air 2002, Monterey, CA, June.
Indoor Environmental Quality > Productivity
Federspiel, C., G. Liu, M. Lahiff, D. Faulkner, D. Dibartolomeo, W. Fisk, P. Price, and D. Sullivan, 2002. Worker Performance and Ventilation: Analyses of Individual Data for Call-Center Workers. Proceedings, Indoor Air 2002, Monterey, CA, June.
Fisk, W., P. Price, D. Faulkner, D. Sullivan, D. Dibartolomeo, C. Federspiel, G. Liu, and M. Lahiff, 2002. Productivity And Ventilation Rate: Analyses of Time-Series Data for a Group of Call-Center Workers Proceedings, Indoor Air 2002, Monterey, CA, June. (49K) This collaborative study was primarily funded by the U.S. Department of Energy.
Indoor Environmental Quality > Thermal Comfort
Olesen, B. W. and G.S. Brager, 2004. A Better Way to Predict Comfort: The New ASHRAE Standard 55-2004. ASHRAE Journal, August.
Huizenga, C., H. Zhang, E. Arens, and D. Wang, 2004. Skin and Core Temperature Response to Partial- and Whole-Body Heating and Cooling, (external link may require validation), Journal of Thermal Biology Vol. 29 (2004) pp. 549-558.
Zhang, H., E. Arens, and C. Arens, 2002. Using a Driving Game to Increase the Realism of Laboratory Studies of Automobile Passenger Thermal Comfort. SAE Technical Paper Series 2003-01-2710, 7 pp.
Martin, R. M., C. Federspiel, and D. Auslander, 2002. Responding to Thermal Sensation Complaints in Buildings. ASHRAE Transactions, 108(1), pp. 407-412, January.
Brager, G.S., and R.J. de Dear, 2001. Climate, Comfort & Natural Ventilation: A new adaptive comfort standard for ASHRAE Standard 55. Proceedings, Moving Thermal Comfort Standards into the 21st Century, Windsor, UK, April 2001.
Baughman, A., and E. Arens. 1996. Indoor Humidity and Human Health - Part I: Literature Review of Health Effects of Humidity-Influenced Indoor Pollutants. ASHRAE Transactions, Vol. 102, Pt. 1, pp. 193-211.
Arens, E., and A. Baughman. 1996. Indoor Humidity and Human Health - Part II: Buildings and their Systems. ASHRAE Transactions Vol. 102, Pt. 1, pp. 212-221
Fountain, M., E. Arens, R. de Dear, F. Bauman, and K. Miura. 1994. Locally Controlled Air Movement Preferred in Warm Isothermal Environments. ASHRAE Transactions, Vol. 100, Pt. 2, 14 pp.
Publications on HVAC System Research
We include here papers on UFAD, ventilation, task/ambient systems, and other HVAC system topics. Additional papers on HVAC research are available from the eScholarship Repository.
Moore, T., F. Bauman and C. Huizenga, 2006. Radiant Cooling Research Scoping Study. CBE Internal Report, April
Roberson, Judy A., 2004. Effect of Building Airtightness and Fan Size on the Performance of Mechanical Ventilation Systems in New U.S. Houses: A Critique of ASHRAE Standard 62.2-2003. Master's thesis, Dept. of Architecture, University of California, Berkeley. (9MB)
HVAC Systems > Underfloor Air Distribution (UFAD)
Bauman, F., T. Webster, and C. Benedek, 2007. Cooling Airflow Design Calculations for UFAD, ASHRAE Journal, pp. 36-44, October.
Webster, T., C. Benedek, and F. Bauman, 2006. Underfloor Air Distribution (UFAD) Cost Study: Analysis of First Cost Tradeoffs in UFAD Systems. Report to U.S. General Services Administration, September.
Jung, A., and M. Zeller, 2005. Analysis and Testing of Methods to Determine Indoor Air Quality and Air Change Effectiveness. Original technical paper from Rheinisch-Westfälische Technical University of Aachen, Germany, 1994. English translation by Wolfgang Lukaschek, Center for the Built Environment (CBE). Executive Summary by Fred Bauman, PE, Center for the Built Environment (CBE), October.
Hogan, M., T. Webster, and F. Bauman. 2005. Trends in Design and Operation of UFAD Buildings. CBE Summary Report, October.
Lehrer, D. and F. Bauman, 2003. Hype vs. Reality: New Research Findings on Underfloor Air Distribution Systems. Proceedings, Greenbuild 2003, Pittsburgh PA, November.
Webster, T., R. Bannon and D. Lehrer, 2002. Teledesic Broadband Center Field Study. CBE Summary Report, April.
Bauman, F., and T. Webster, 2001. Outlook for Underfloor Air Distribution. ASHRAE Journal, June.
Webster, T., F. Bauman and E. Ring, 2000. Supply Fan Energy Use in Pressurized Underfloor Air Distribution Systems. CBE Summary Report, October.
HVAC Systems > Underfloor Air Distribution (UFAD) > Plenums
Bauman, F., T. Webster, and H. Jin, 2006. Design Guidelines for Underfloor Plenums. HPAC Engineering, July. (external link)
Bauman, F., T. Webster and P. Pecora, 1999. How Low Can You Go? Air Flow Performance of Low-Height Underfloor Plenums. CBE Summary Report, October.
HVAC Systems > Underfloor Air Distribution (UFAD) > Stratification
Webster, T., and F. Bauman, 2006. Design Guidelines for Stratification in Underfloor Air Distribution (UFAD) Systems. HPAC Engineering, June. (external link)
Webster, T., F. Bauman, J. Reese and M. Shi, 2002. Thermal Stratification Performance of Underfloor Air Distribution (UFAD) Systems. Proceedings, Indoor Air 2002, Monterey, CA, June.
Webster, T., F. Bauman, and J. Reese, 2002. Underfloor Air Distribution: Thermal Stratification. ASHRAE Journal, May.
HVAC Systems > Task-Ambient Conditioning
Zhang, H., D. Kim, E. Arens, E. Buchberger, F. Bauman, and C. Huizenga, 2008. Comfort, Perceived Air Quality, and Work Performance in a Low-Power Task-Ambient Conditioning System, CBE Summary Report, January. 45 pp.
Bauman, F., A. Baughman, G. Carter, and E. Arens, 1998. A Field Study of PEM (Personal Environmental Module) Performance in Bank of America's San Francisco Office Buildings. University of California, Berkeley, April. (2.4MB)
Arens, E., T. Xu, K. Miura, H. Zhang, M. Fountain, and F. Bauman, 1998. A Study of Occupant Cooling by Personally Controlled Air Movement. (external link) Energy and Buildings, Vol. 27, No. 1, pp. 45-59.
Bauman, F., and E. Arens, 1996. Task/Ambient Conditioning Systems: Engineering and Application Guidelines. Center for Environmental Design Research, University of California, Berkeley, October. (2 MB)
Bauman, F., 1999. Giving Occupants What They Want: Guidelines for Implementing Personal Environmental Control in Your Building. Proceedings, World Workplace 1999, Los Angeles, October.
Publications on Envelope Systems, Natural Ventilation, and Mixed Mode
We include here papers on facade research, mixed-mode buildings, opearable windows, and natural ventilation. Additional papers on envelope research are available from the eScholarship Repository.
Brager, G., S. Borgeson, and Y. Lee, 2007. Control Strategies for Mixed-Mode Buildings. CBE Summary Report, October.
Brager, G. 2006. Mixed Mode Cooling. ASHRAE Journal, pp. 30-37. August. (Link to eRepository)
Huizenga, C., H. Zhang, P. Mattelaer, T. Yu, E. Arens, and P. Lyons, 2006. Window Performance for Human Thermal Comfort. Final Report to the National Fenestration Rating Council, Center for the Built Environment, University of California, Berkeley, February.
Inkarojrit, V., 2005. Balancing Comfort: Occupants' Control of Window Blinds in Private Offices. PhD dissertation, Dept. of Architecture, University of California, Berkeley. (8MB)
Brager, G.S., G. Paliaga, and R. de Dear, 2004. Operable Windows, Personal Control and Occupant Comfort. ASHRAE Transactions, 110 (2), June.
Brager, G., and R.J. de Dear, 2000. A Standard for Natural Ventilation. ASHRAE Journal, October.
Brager, G., E. Ring, and K. Powell, 2000. Mixed-mode Ventilation: HVAC Meets Mother Nature. Engineered Systems, May, pp. 60-70.
Arens, E., and N. Watanabe, et. al. 1986. Natural Ventilative Cooling of Buildings. Department of the Navy Design Manual 11.02, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, December. 146 pp (2 MB)
Publications on Building Controls and Information Technology
We include here papers on control systems, wireless applications in buildings, demand response, and building management systems. Additional papers on controls research are available from the eScholarship Repository.
Arens, E., et.al, 2007. Demand Response Enabling Technology Development, Phase II Report from the Thermostat/Controls Group, December 2005 – December 2007. Report to CEC Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) Program, Center for the Built Environment, University of California, Berkeley, December.
Lee, K., J. Braun, S. Fredrickson, K. Konis, and E. Arens, 2007. Testing of Peak Demand-limiting Using Thermal Mass at a Small Commercial Building. Demand Response Research Center Report, LBNL, July, 38pp.
Brown, C., 2007. Multizone Register Controlled Residential Heating: Optimized for Energy Use and Comfort. Master's Thesis, Dept. of Architecture, University of California, Berkeley.
Do, A., W. Burke, D. Auslander, R. White, and P. Wright, 2007. Technical Review of Residential Programmable Communication Thermostat Implementation for Title 24-2008. Draft Report Version 0.1, Center for Environmental Design Research, University of California, November.
Xu, P., P. Haves, M.A. Piette and L. Zagreus, 2006. Demand Shifting With Thermal Mass in Large Commercial Buildings: Field Tests, Simulations and Audits. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory publication no. LBNL-58815. January (external link to abstract)
Arens, E., et. al. 2006. Demand Response Enabling Technology Development, Phase I Report: June 2003-November 2005, Overview and Reports from the Four Project Groups. Report to CEC Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) Program, Center for the Built Environment, University of California, Berkeley. April. (7 MB)
Federspiel, C., R. Martin, and H. Yan, 2003. Thermal Comfort Models and Complaint Frequencies. CBE Summary Report, April. (0.8 MB)
Federspiel, C. and L. Villafana, 2003. Design of an Energy and Maintenance System User Interface for Building Occupants. ASHRAE Transactions, 109(2), pp. 665-676.
Federspiel, C. and L. Villafana, 2003. Design of a Maintenance and Operations Recommender. ASHRAE Transactions, 109(2), pp. 677-683.
Publications on Sustainability/Energy and Other Topics
We include here papers on general energy and sustainability topics. Additional papers are available from the eScholarship Repository.
Weeks, K., D. Lehrer and J. Bean, 2007. A Model Success: The Carnegie Institute for Global Ecology. Center for the Built Environment, University of California, Berkeley, May.
Federspiel, C., Q. Zhang, and E. Arens, 2002. Model-Based Benchmarking with Application to Laboratory Buildings. Energy and Buildings, 34(3), pp. 203-214.
Lehrer, D., 2001. Building a Case for Building Performance. Line Online, AIA San Francisco Chapter, August.
Murray, S., and K. Powell, 1999. Office Tenant Needs Study CBE Summary Report, October.
Federspiel, C. C., Q. Zhang, and E.Arens, 1999. Laboratory Field Studies/Performance Feedback. Final Report to California Institute for Energy Efficiency, December. (1.5MB)