Volume 3 - Commercial Buildings: Technologies, Design, Performance Analysis, and Building Industry Trends

High Performance Relocatable Classrooms

Gregg Ander, R. Anthony Pierce, Christine Magar, Eric Jones, Southern California Edison

Designing Building Systems to Save Energy and Improve Indoor Environments: A Practical Demonstration

M.G. Apte, W.J. Fisk, A.T. Hodgson, D.G. Shendell, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Leo Rainer, M. A. Hoeschele, Davis Energy Group, Inc.

Retrocommissioning Within the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED for Existing Buildings (LEED-EB) Certification System

Eric Baxter, Hannah Friedman, Larry Luskay, Tudi Haasl, Portland Energy Conservation, Inc.

Beyond Commissioning

Michael R. Brambley, Srinivas Katipamula, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Performance Evaluation of Rooftop Air Conditioning Units At High Ambient Temperatures

Ramin Faramarzi, Bruce Coburn, Rafik Sarhadian, Scott Mitchell, R. Anthony Pierce, Southern California Edison

Creating California’s Online Commissioning Case Study Database: Case Studies Go High Tech

Hannah Friedman, Tudi Haasl, Portland Energy Conservation, Inc.; Ken Gillespie, Pacific Gas & Electric Company

Strategies for Improving Persistence of Commissioning Benefits: Making Lasting Improvements in Building Operations

Tudi Haasl, Hannah Friedman, Amanda Potter, Portland Energy Conservation, Inc.

Commissioning of New Schools: A State Funded Study of the Costs and Benefits

Kristin Heinemeier, Michael Martin, Dean Schneider, Brooks Energy and Sustainability Lab; Balaji Santhanakrishnan, Johnson Controls, Inc.; Anita Ledbetter, Solar San Antonio; Jim Shoop, Wes Harvey, Testing Specialties, Inc.; Joseph Martin, Frank Thomas, Northside Independent School District

Emerging Lighting Technologies and Applications: Combining the New with the Tried and True

Karl Johnson, California Institute for Energy Efficiency; Donald Aumann, California Energy Commission; Judie Porter, Architectural Energy Corporation

Efficient Lighting Design and Office Worker Productivity

Carol Jones, Kelly Gordon, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Wireless Condition Monitoring and Maintenance for Rooftop Packaged Heating, Ventilating and Air-Conditioning

Srinivas Katipamula, Michael R. Brambley, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Opportunities of Wireless Sensors and Controls for Building Operation

Michael Kintner-Meyer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Rob Conant, Dust Inc.

Notes from the Field: Identifying Demand-Response Measures Customers Will Actually Do

Julia K. Larkin, Dan Thomas, KEMA-Xenergy; Ed Jerome, Nexant; Michael Rufo, Quantum Consulting, Inc.

Design and Optimization of a Displacement Ventilation System for a Large Retail Store

Isabelle Lavedrin, Peter Alspach, Alisdair McGregor, Sean Timmons, Arup

Market Transformation Opportunities for Emerging Dynamic Façade and Dimmable Lighting Control Systems

Eleanor S. Lee, Stephen E. Selkowitz, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Glenn D. Hughes, The New York Times Company

Application of Automated Fault Detection and Diagnostics for Rooftop Air Conditioners in California

Haorong Li, James Braun, Purdue University

Thermal Displacement Ventilation (TDV) in Schools: Improving Indoor Air Quality and Saving Energy

Andrey Livchak, Halton Company; Charles Eley, Architectural Energy Corporation; Zeqiang Sun, Halton Company; John Arent, Vern Smith, Architectural Energy Corporation

Modular Skylight Systems: Best Practices for Designing Skylights with Suspended Ceilings

Puja Manglani, Jon McHugh, Lisa Heschong, Rocelyn Dee, Heschong Mahone Group, Inc.

Rating Energy Efficiency and Sustainability in Laboratories: Results and Lessons from the Labs21 Program

Paul Mathew, Dale Sartor, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Otto Van Geet, National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Sue Reilly, Enermodal Engineering, Inc.

Measurement and Evaluation Techniques for Automated Demand Response Demonstration

Naoya Motegi, Mary Ann Piette, David S. Watson, Osman Sezgen, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Performance Analysis of Hotel Lighting Control System

Erik Page, Michael Siminovitch, California Lighting Technology Center

High Performance Schools: Affordable Green Design for K-12 Schools

Patricia Plympton, John Brown, Kara Stevens, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Paving the Path for a New Generation of High-Efficiency Supermarket Refrigerated Display Cases

Rafik Sarhadian, Ramin Faramarzi, Bruce A. Coburn, John Lutton, Southern California Edison; Homayun Navaz, Kettering University; David Walker, Foster-Miller Inc.

Commissioning and Envelope Leakage: Using HVAC Operating Strategies to Meet Design and Construction Challenges

David Sellers, Hannah Friedman, Larry Luskay, Tudi Haasl, Portland Energy Conservation, Inc.

Demand Response Enabling Technologies and Case Studies from the NYSERDA Peak Load Reduction Program

Chris Smith, New York State Energy and Research Development Authority; Gary Epstein, Mark D’Antonio, Energy & Resource Solutions, Inc.

Preliminary Evaluation of Performance Enhanced Relocatable Classrooms in Three Climates

Stephanie D. Thomas-Rees, Danny S. Parker, John R. Sherwin, Florida Solar Energy Center

Lessons Learned from Field Evaluation of Six High-Performance Buildings

Paul A. Torcellini, Michael Deru, Brent Griffith, Nicholas Long, Shanti Pless, Ron Judkoff, National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Drury B. Crawley, U.S. Department of Energy

The Costs and Benefits of Achieving Silver LEED For Two Seattle Municipal Buildings

Bing Tso, Marc Schuldt, SBW Consulting, Inc.; Jun Quan, Seattle Fleets & Facilities Department

Machine to Machine (M2M) Technology in Demand Responsive Commercial Buildings

David S. Watson, Mary Ann Piette, Osman Sezgen, Naoya Motegi, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Applying the Latest Technologies for Superior Lighting: New Applications of the Advanced Lighting Guidelines, 2003 Edition

David E. Weigand, New Buildings Institute, Inc.; James Benya, Benya Lighting Design

Peak Demand Reduction from Pre-Cooling with Zone Temperature Reset in an Office Building

Peng Xu, Philip Haves, Mary Ann Piette, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; James Braun, Purdue University