Publications

2024

Satre-Meloy, Aven, Nuria Casquero-Modrego, Iain S Walker, and Brennan Less."Reducing the Cost of Home Energy Upgrades in the US: An Industry Survey."Journal of Building Engineering, October, 110939 (2024). DOI
Walker, Iain S, Brennan Less, Nuria Casquero-Modrego, Cara Lozinsky, and Michael D Sohn."The Impact of Simplified Window and Exhaust Fan Assumptions on Model- Based Predictions of Inter-Zonal Air Flow and Contaminant Transport in Multifamily Buildings."Proc. 44th AIVC Conference, Dublin, Ireland. (2024).
Less, Brennan, Iain S Walker, Sean Murphy, and Eric Fournier."Electrical Service Panel Capacity in California Households with Insights for Equitable Building Electrification."Proc ACEEE Summer Study 2024. ACEEE, Washington, DC (2024).
Less, Brennan, and Iain S Walker."HVAC Heat Pump Upgrades and their Impact on Household Maximum Power Demand."Proc ACEEE Summer Study 2024. ACEEE, Washington, DC (2024).
Casquero-Modrego, Nuria, M Venkatraman, and Iain S Walker."The Costs of Decarbonizing Multifamily Buildings in DACs and Rural Areas."2024 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings. American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) (2024). DOI
Zhao, Haoran, Wanyu R Chan, Chrissi Antonopoulos, Eric Martin, Paul Francisco, Iain S Walker, and Brett C Singer."Mechanical Ventilation and IAQ in Recently Constructed US Homes."Indoor Air 2024 (2024).
Walker, Iain S, Brennan Less, Cara Lozinsky, David M Lorenzetti, Nuria Casquero-Modrego, and Michael D Sohn."Compartmentalization and Ventilation System Impacts on Air and Contaminant Transport for Multifamily Buildings."International Journal of Ventilation. (2024). DOI
Zhao, Haoran, Iain S Walker, William W Delp, and Brett C Singer."Performance and usage of mechanical residential kitchen ventilation."ASHRAE Winter 2024 (2024).

2023

de Mesquita, P. Jacob Bueno, Nuria Casquero-Modrego, Iain S Walker, Brennan Less, and Brett C Singer."Quantifying the Potential Health Impacts of Unvented Combustion in Homes – A Meta-Analysis."43rd AIVC-11th TightVent & 9th Venticool Conference, 4-5 October 2023, Copenhagen (2023).
Walker, Iain S, Nuria Casquero-Modrego, and Brennan Less."Challenges and Opportunities for Home Decarbonization." (2023).

2022

Walker, Iain S, Brennan Less, David M Lorenzetti, Michael D Sohn, and Nuria Casquero-Modrego."Compartmentalization and Ventilation System Impacts on Air and Contaminant Transport for a Multifamily Building."Buildings XV Conference (2022).
Less, Brennan, Nuria Casquero-Modrego, and Iain S Walker."Home Energy Upgrades as a Pathway to Home Decarbonization in the US: A Literature Review."Energies (2022). DOI
Walker, Iain S, Brennan Less, and Nuria Casquero-Modrego."Pathways to Home Decarbonization."Proceedings of the 2022 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings. (2022).
Delp, William W, Brennan Less, Haoran Zhao, Spencer M Dutton, Wanyu R Chan, and Brett C Singer."Simulation-Based Analysis of Impacts of Reduced Envelope and Duct Air Leakage on Indoor Air Pollutant Concentrations in Occupied Manufactured Homes." (2022).
Walker, Iain S, Brennan Less, Nuria Casquero-Modrego, and Leo I Rainer."The Costs of Home Decarbonization in the US."Proceedings of the 2022 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings. (2022).
Zhao, Haoran, Iain S Walker, Michael D Sohn, and Brennan Less."A Time-Varying Model for Predicting Formaldehyde Emission Rates in Homes." (2022). DOI
Walker, Iain S, Brennan Less, David M Lorenzetti, and Michael D Sohn."Analysis of Zoned Residential Ventilation Systems."AIVC/ASHRAE IAQ 2020 Conference (2022).
Kolsch, Benedikt, Iain S Walker, Woody Delp, Bjorn Schiricke, and Bernhard Hoffschmidt."Comparison of Airflow and Acoustic Measurements for Evaluation of Building Air Leakage Paths in a Laboratory Test Apparatus."AIVC/ASHRAE IAQ 2020 Conference (2022).
Walker, Iain S, and Benedikt Kolsch."Reducing Wind Sensitivity for Blower Door Testing."AIVC/ASHRAE IAQ 2020 Conference (2022).
Walker, Iain S, Brennan Less, and Nuria Casquero-Modrego."Carbon and Energy Cost Impacts of Electrification of Space Heating with Heat Pumps in the US." (2022). DOI

2021

Walker, Iain S, Brennan Less, David M Lorenzetti, and Michael D Sohn."Development of Advanced Smart Ventilation Controls for Residential Applications."Energies (2021). DOI
Walker, Iain S, Paul Francisco, and Eric Werling."Reducing COVID-19 Transmission in Homes."Building Performance (2021).
Less, Brennan, Iain S Walker, and Nuria Casquero-Modrego."Emerging Pathways to Upgrade the US Housing Stock: A Review of the Home Energy Upgrade Literature." (2021).
Chan, Wanyu R, Brennan Less, and Iain S Walker."DOE Deep Energy Retrofit Cost Survey." (2021).
Singer, Brett C, Wanyu R Chan, William W Delp, Iain S Walker, and Haoran Zhao."Effective Kitchen Ventilation for Healthy Zero Net Energy Homes with Natural Gas." (2021).