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View article: Redesigning mental health research systems from within: the role of peer-led co-production
Redesigning mental health research systems from within: the role of peer-led co-production Open
Momentum is building across mental health research and practice toward collaborative, equity-driven approaches, yet institutional cultures often remain rooted in hierarchy and individual achievement. Co-production has emerged as a framewor…
End-Use Savings Shapes Upgrade Measure Documentation: Packaged Water-to-Air Geothermal Heat Pump Open
This report describes the background and implementation of an End Use Savings Shapes measure implementing a packaged water-to-air heat pump, which is tied to a loop conditioned by a ground heat exchanger.
End-Use Savings Shapes Measure Documentation: Console Water-to-Air Geothermal Heat Pump Open
Executive Summary Building on the successfully completed effort to calibrate and validate the U.S. Department of Energy’s ResStock™ and ComStock™ models over the past several years, the objective of this work is to produce national dataset…
View article: Investigating the prospects for Carbon Capture and Storage technology in India
Investigating the prospects for Carbon Capture and Storage technology in India Open
The use of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies to mitigate the risk of climate change has received relatively little attention until recent years. They are, however, increasingly being proposed as potentially important contributo…
View article: ResStock™ v3.2.0 [SWR-19-15 and SWR-20-07]
ResStock™ v3.2.0 [SWR-19-15 and SWR-20-07] Open
The ResStock™ analysis tool was built on NREL's OpenStudio® platform, and is a project geared at modeling existing residential building stocks at national, regional, or local scales with a high-degree of granularity (e.g., one physics-base…
View article: Methods for Computing Physically Realistic Estimates of Electric Water Heater Demand Response Resource Suitable for Bulk Power System Planning Models
Methods for Computing Physically Realistic Estimates of Electric Water Heater Demand Response Resource Suitable for Bulk Power System Planning Models Open
Demand response is commonly called on to reduce load during system peak times or to respond to contingency events. In future power systems with higher shares of wind and solar generation (which we describe together as variable generation […
Sensor Impact Evaluation and Verification Technical Advisory Group Meeting Minutes Open
This report provides the technical advisory group meeting minutes and summary of detailed discussions for future development of sensor impact evaluations and verifications. Methods for sensor configuration/deployment have critical impacts …
Sensor impacts on building and HVAC controls: A critical review for building energy performance Open
Building operations rely heavily on control systems and sensors. This paper provides a sophisticated literature review on sensor systems in building/HVAC systems, particularly in the context of controls, and their impacts on energy efficie…
Sensor impact evaluation and verification for fault detection and diagnostics in building energy systems: A review Open
Sensors are the key information source for fault detection and diagnostics (FDD) in buildings. However, sensors are often not properly designed, installed, calibrated, located, and maintained, which negatively impacts FDD performance. Seve…
Sensor Impacts Evaluation and Verification: Expert Interview Responses Open
The sensor configuration/deployment method has critical impacts on energy efficient building control and thermal comfort. However, traditional sensor techniques for building operation and fault detection and diagnostics (FDD) are not neces…
Literature Review for Sensor Impact Evaluation and Verification Use Cases - Building Controls and Fault Detection and Diagnosis (FDD) Open
This report summarizes a comprehensive literature review for the selected sensor suites used in building controls and fault detection and diagnostics (FDD), which is a Q2 deliverable of the Sensor Impact Evaluation and Verification project…
50% Advanced Energy Design Guides: Preprint Open
This paper presents the process, methodology, and assumptions for the development of the 50% Energy Savings Advanced Energy Design Guides (AEDGs), a design guidance document that provides specific recommendations for achieving 50% energy s…
Review: Sensor Impact on Building Controls and Automatic Fault Detection and Diagnosis (AFDD) Open
This report summarizes a literature review as a Q1 deliverable of the “Sensor Impact Evaluation and Verification” project. This project’s overarching goal is to develop a framework for investigating the impact of sensor deployment and conf…
Representing Small Commercial Building Faults in EnergyPlus, Part II: Model Validation Open
Automated fault detection and diagnosis (AFDD) tools based on machine-learning algorithms hold promise for lowering cost barriers for AFDD in small commercial buildings; however, access to high-quality training data for such algorithms is …
Curated Test Fault Data Set Open
The curated fault experiment data set consists of tagged and fully described time series representing measured faults from the AFDD test building (ORNLs Flexible Research Platform [FRP]), including baseline performance and faulty performan…
Curated Modeled Fault Data Set Open
The curated fault model simulation data set consists of tagged and fully-described time series representing simulated faults for the AFDD test building (ORNLs Flexible Research Platform (FRP)), including baseline performance, faulty perfor…
OPENSTUDIO® [SWR-07-40] Open
OpenStudio® is a cross-platform (Windows, Mac, and Linux) collection of software tools to support whole building energy modeling using EnergyPlus and advanced daylight analysis using Radiance. OpenStudio is an open source (LGPL) project to…
OpenStudio® Resources [SWR-07-40] Open
This repository includes a suite of simulation tests that can be used to validate new OpenStudio® model objects as well as ensure that objects continue to work after they are added. Each new OpenStudio Model object should ideally have two …