ETA 2021 Strategic Plan - Flipbook - Page 85
Whole Building Systems Department
Whole Building Systems researchers work
on problems associated with whole building
integration involving modeling, measurement,
design, and operation. This research area
includes a core focus on the movement of
air and associated energy and indoor air
quality (IAQ) issues. It includes optimization
and de-risking of existing technologies, and
the development of new solutions to energy
and IAQ problems such as smart ventilation
strategies and technologies and viral fate and
transport of airborne pathogens. Researchers
in Whole Building Systems explore methods to
ensure that leading edge technologies, design,
and operations practices are integrated into
both commercial and residential buildings for
energy-efficient performance. Fault diagnostics,
automated control optimization, and analytics
software technologies (energy management and
information systems) are core areas of expertise.
Whole Building Systems researchers evaluate
the links between energy risk and building
valuation and explore how to overcome barriers
to scaled adoption of energy efficiency. They
also focus on: integrating control and diagnostic
capabilities; solutions for smaller buildings
and the role of artificial intelligence in scaling;
incorporation of distributed energy resources,
grid interactivity, and carbon minimization; and
algorithm development and performance testing
methods. Related is research to advance endto-end system integration and interoperability
at the device, system, building, and aggregated
building levels.
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