Building
Science Group at UC Berkeley
This research group seeks to influence building-industry practices
and improve the environmental quality of buildings by providing new
technical information to the building industry (among other
strategies). Current research topics include:
- climate data for the design and assessment of
alternative cooling technologies in California
- alternatives to compressive cooling in California
transition zones (and related technology
transfer)
- evaporative cooling in nonresidential
buildings
- evaluation tools for short-term chiller
performance
- design tools for predicting air motion in naturally
ventilated buildings
- comparative evaluation of daylighting/energy simulation
software for California
Department of Energy, Center of Excellence for
Sustainable Development
A Department of Energy site which allows you to read about other
communities that have discovered the benefits of sustainable
development; locate technical and financial resources that can help
your community plan and carry out sustainable development projects;
and access model codes and ordinances other communities have used
to implement sustainable development.
Florida Solar
Energy Center (Univ. of Central Florida)
The Center is the State of Florida's energy research center, and
is administered by the University of Central Florida. The Center's
Web site provides links to design assistance, listings of
continuing education programs, and numerous research reports on building systems and other energy
technologies.
International Building Performance Simulation Association
(IBPSA)
The International Building Performance Simulation Association is a
non-profit international society of building performance simulation
researchers, developers and practitioners, dedicated to improving
the built environment.
Lighting Research Center (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
The Lighting Research Center (LRC) performs extensive testing
of lighting fixtures (such as downlights and exit signs), and also
publishes reports that help specifiers understand various lighting
technologies. LRC also provides technical support to the U.S. EPA's
Green Lights program and its partner companies.
The LRC site features Lighting Futures (a quarterly
newsletter on lighting technology developments), a searchable
catalog of lighting publications, specifications, and other
lighting resources.
The National Lighting Product Information Program
(NLPIP) is part of LRC. All NLPIP publications can be downloaded
free of charge in .pdf format. Searchable databases containing
manufacturer-specific performance data for electronic ballasts and
compact fluorescent lamps also will be available.
UCLA School of the Arts and
Architecture
www.aud.ucla.edu/energy-design-tools
UCLA's Department of Architecture and Urban Design offers several
downloadable energy design software tools, including:
- Solar-5.5, which displays 3-D plots of hourly
energy performance
- Climate Consultant, which produces graphs of
climate data
- SOLAR-2, which plots sunlight penetrating through
windows of all types.
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