Papers by DEG Staff

  • Akbari, H., Rainer, L., et al. 1989, "Integrated Estimation of Commercial Sector End-Use Load Shapes and Energy Use Intensities," Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, LBL-27512, Berkeley, California.
  • Apte, M.G., Rainer, L., et al., 2001, Report on HVAC Option Selections for a Relocatable Classroom Energy and Indoor Environmental Quality Field Study, Earnest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720. LBNL-49026.
  • Apte, M.G., Rainer, L., et al., 2004, "Designing Building Systems to Save Energy and Improve Indoor Environments: A Practical Demonstration," Proceedings of the 2004 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings. Washington, D.C.: American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy.
  • Berman, M., "Feast or Famine? The Energy Outlook," Natural Gas, October 1986.
  • Berman, M., "World Energy Outlook," Business Economics, September 1979.
  • Best, G., "DOE/ERIP WhiteCap Commercialization Project Final Report," U.S. Department of Energy, January, 1998.
  • Best, G., "Radiant Cooling System Saves Energy," International Energy Agency, Centre for the Analysis and Dissemination of Demonstrated Energy Technologies (CADDET), March, 1998.
  • Best, G., "California Ground Loop Development Project Final Report," Pacific Gas & Electric Co., May, 1999.
  • Best, G., SWHDT Program 2003 Year-End Report, 2003.
  • Best, G., Advanced Evaporative Cooling White Paper, 2002, for the California Energy Commission.
  • Best, G., Final Report LEED for Homes Pilot Project for SMUD, 2006.
  • Bourne, R.C. and Hoeschele, M.A., "Applying Natural Cooling to Slab Floors," Proceedings of the 2000 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings.
  • Bourne, R.C., "Night Storage Cooling Systems for Commercial Buildings in Dry Climates," Energy and Environmental Management Conference, 1996.
  • Bourne, R.C. and Carew, C., "Design and Implementation of a Night Roof Spray Storage Cooling System," ACEEE Summer Study, 1996.
  • Bourne, R.C., et. al., "Performance Results a Night Roof Spray Storage Cooling System," American Solar Energy Society, June, 1998.
  • Bourne, R., Hoeschele, M., Lindeleaf, W., and Kallett, R. "Integrated Thermal Energy Storage Systems: Field Test Results in Sacramento, CA," Proceedings of the 1990 IECEC Conference.
  • Bourne, R., and Hoeschele, M., "Climate Influence on Attic Radiant Barrier Energy and Demand Savings," Proceedings of the 1990 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings.
  • Bourne, R., and Hoeschele, M., "A Water-Ballasted Lifetime Energy Saving Roof System: Demonstration Project," Proceedings of the 1992 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings.
  • Brennan, S., "Heat Transfer Modeling of Nickel Metal Hydride Electric Vehicle Batteries," California State University, Chico, 1996.
  • Chen, B., Bourne, R., Hoeschele, M., "Economic Evaluations of Non-Residential Night Roof Spray Cooling Technologies," Proceedings of the 1997 ASES Conference.
  • Dakin, B. and Hunt, M., "Highlights of the California GeoExchange Project," Proceedings of the 2000 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings.
  • Eilert, P. and Hoeschele, M., "Transforming Modular Classrooms in California and Elsewhere," Proceedings of the 1998 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings.
  • Hoeschele, M.A., et al, "The Home Cooling Program: Lessons Learned in Transforming the Residential Cooling Market," Proceedings of the 2000 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings.
  • Hoeschele, M., Springer, S., Kelly, J., "Implementation and Operation of an Integrated Design Desert House," Proceedings of the 1996 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings.
  • Hoeschele, M., Chitwood, R., and B. Pennington, "Diagnostic Performance Assessment of 30 New California Homes," Proceedings of the 2002 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings.
  • Hoeschele, M., et al, "Evaporative Condensers: The Next Generation in Residential Air Conditioning?," Proceedings of the 1998 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings.
  • Hoeschele, M., "Hot Water Runs Cold," Home Energy magazine, Mar/April 2005.
  • Hoeschele, M., and Springer, D., "Tankless Option Improving," Home Energy magazine, July/August 2005.
  • Hoeschele, M., "Economic Analysis of Attic Radiant Barriers," Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Thermal Insulation, 1992.
  • Hoeschele, M., "Residential Indirect/Direct Evaporative Cooler Performance in Sacramento," Proceedings of the 1994 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings.
  • Hoeschele, M., et al, "Implementation and Operation of an Integrated Design Desert House," Proceedings of the 1996 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings.
  • Hoeschele, M. and Chitwood R., "New Construction Report Card", Home Energy magazine, Jan/Feb 2003.
  • Hoeschele, M. and Chitwood R., "New Construction Report Card, Part II", Home Energy magazine, Mar/April 2003.
  • Hoeschele, M., and Bourne, R., "Attic Radiant Barriers: Projected Energy and Electrical Demand Savings in California Homes," Proceedings of the Second California Thermal Insulation Conference, 1989.
  • Huang, J., Akbari, H., Rainer, L., Ritschard, R., 1991. "481 Prototypical Commercial Buildings for 20 Urban Market Areas," Gas Research Institute GRI-90/0326, Chicago, Illinois.
  • Kallet, R., Bourne, R., and Hoeschele, M., "Three Function Thermal Storage Heat Pumps Applied to Single-Family Homes in Sacramento: Parametric Sizing Evaluations and Utility Economics," Proceedings of the 1988 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings.
  • Lee, E., "Durability Testing of a Low-Cost ICS Solar Water Heater," 2004 American Solar Energy Society Conference Proceedings.
  • Lee, E., "Design and Development of a Low-Cost ICS Solar Water Heater," 2003 American Solar Energy Society Conference Proceedings.
  • Meier, A., Rainer, L., Greenberg, S., 1992. "Miscellaneous Electrical Energy Use in Homes," Energy, Vol. 17, No. 5, Pergamon Press, 1992.
  • Nadel, S., Rainer, L., "Emerging Energy-Saving Technologies and Practices for the Buildings Sector," American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, Washington, D.C., 1998.
  • Rainer, L., Greenberg, S., Meier, A., "You Won’t Find These Leaks With a Blower Door: The Latest in ‘Leaking Electricity’ in Homes," Proceedings of the 1996 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings. Washington, D.C.: American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy.
  • Rainer, L., Hoeschele, M., Vincent, B., 1998, "Monitored Ground Source Heat Pump Performance in Northern California," Proceedings of the 1998 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings. Washington, D.C.: American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy.
  • Rainer, L., et al., 2004, "What’s On the T.V. – Trends in U.S. Set-Top Box Energy Use, Design, and Regulation," Proceedings of the 2004 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings. Washington, D.C.: American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy.
  • Rainer, L., Martien, P., Taha, H., 1989. "Measurement of Summer Residential Microclimates in Sacramento CA," Proceedings of the Workshop on Urban Heat Islands, Berkeley, California (February 23-24).
  • Rainer, L., Greenberg, S., Meier, A., "The Miscellaneous Electrical Use in Homes," Proceedings of the 1990 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, 9.263-271, Pacific Grove, CA (1990).
  • Rainer, L.I., et al., 2003, Energy Savings Estimates and Cost Benefit Calculations for High Performance Relocatable Classrooms, Earnest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720. LBNL-54230.
  • Sachs, H., Rainer, L., et al., 2004, "Emerging Energy-Saving Technologies and Practices for the Buildings Sector: 2004," American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, Washington, D.C.
  • Sachs, H., Rainer, L., et al., 2004, "Emerging Technologies/Practices: Finding the Next Generation," Proceedings of the 2004 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings. Washington, D.C.: American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy.
  • Sailor, D., Akbari, H., Rainer, L., 1992. "Measured Impact of Neighborhood Tree Cover on Microclimate," Proceedings of the 1992 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Volume 9, p. 149, Pacific Grove, California, August 1992.
  • Shendell, D.G., Rainer, L., et al., 2002, Final Methodology for a Field Study of Indoor Environmental Quality and Energy Efficiency in New Relocatable Classrooms in Northern California, Earnest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720. LBNL-51101.
  • Springer, D., "Field Studies of Two-Speed and PV-Powered Pumps and Advanced Controls for Swimming Pools," ACEEE Summer Study, 1996.
  • Springer, D., "Operating Characteristics of an Advanced Two-Stage Evaporative Cooler," ACEEE Summer Study, 1998.
  • Springer, D., Loisos, G., Rainer, L., 2000, "Non-Compressor Cooling Alternatives for Reducing Residential Peak Load," Proceedings of the 2000 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings. Washington, D.C.: American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy.
  • Springer, D.S., "Residential Hot Water Distribution Systems," ACEEE Summer Study, 2002.
  • Springer, D.S., "Exploring Green Design Strategies in a California Production Home," First Annual International Green Building Conference, 2002.
  • Springer, D.S., "Development And Testing Of An Integrated Residential Night Ventilation Cooling System," ASHRAE Trans., vol. 111, pt. 2, 501-510, 2005.