Overview
The Sustainable Energy and Environments Laboratory aims to develop clean, resilient, and equitable
energy systems at the nexus of built and natural environments to support the well-being of humans and ecosystems.
Our research advances fundamental scientific knowledge in thermo-fluid sciences and system-level design
via computational modeling and simulation methods while delivering innovative energy system technologies for society.
Our expertise includes advanced energy systems (buildings, districts, cities), system-level bio-inspired design (i.e., ecosystem biomimicry),
environmental life cycle assessment, and human-centric design thinking.
Several of our modeling tools and software are open-source and have been integrated into major software ecosystems as part of the U.S.
Department of Energy’s next generation simulation tools for building and community energy systems and controls, including
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s Modelica Buildings Library and
the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s URBANopt Advanced Analytics Platform.
Please see our papers and tools pages for examples across these exciting research avenues.
Projects
sponsor:
U.S. DOE BTO
tags:
biomimicry,
community energy,
exergy analysis,
graphy theory,
ecological network analysis
sponsor:
U.S. NSF CSE
tags:
modelica,
smart and connected communities,
interdependency modeling,
open-source,
energy,
communication,
water,
transportation
sponsor:
U.S. DOE
tags:
district energy systems,
modelica,
modelica buildings library,
urbanopt,
district heating,
district cooling,
steam,
control co-design,
optimization