Publications

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).
Less, Brennan, Iain S. Walker, Nuria Casquero-Modrego, and Leo I. Rainer."The Cost of Decarbonization and Energy Upgrade Retrofits for US Homes." (2021).
Kolsch, Benedikt, Iain S. Walker, Bjorn Schiricke, William W. Delp, and Bernhard Hoffschmidt."Quantification of Air Leakage Paths: A Comparison of Airflow and Acoustic Measurements." (2021). DOI

2020

Zhao, Haoran, Wanyu R. Chan, William W. Delp, Hao Tang, Iain S. Walker, and Brett C. Singer."Factors Impacting Range Hood Use in California Houses and Low-Income Apartments."International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17 (2020). DOI
Zhao, Haoran, Wanyu R. Chan, Sebastian Cohn, William W. Delp, Iain S. Walker, and Brett C. Singer."Indoor Air Quality in New and Renovated Low‐Income Apartments with Mechanical Ventilation and Natural Gas Cooking in California."Indoor Air (2020). DOI
Zhao, Haoran, Wanyu R. Chan, William W. Delp, Iain S. Walker, and Brett C. Singer."Measured Performance of Over the Range Microwave Range Hoods." (2020).
WuDunn, Mark, Avideh Zakhor, Samir Touzani, and Jessica Granderson."​Aerial 3D Building Reconstruction from RGB Drone Imagery."SPIE Geospatial Informatics X (2020).
Singer, Brett C., Wanyu R. Chan, Yang-Seon Kim, Francis J. Offermann, and Iain S. Walker."Indoor Air Quality in California Homes with Code-Required Mechanical Ventilation."Indoor Air (2020). DOI
Young, Matthew, Brennan Less, Spencer M. Dutton, Iain S. Walker, Max H. Sherman, and Jordan D. Clark."Assessment of peak power demand reduction available via modulation of building ventilation systems."Energy and Buildings (2020). DOI
Kolsch, Benedikt, and Iain S. Walker."Improving Air Leakage Prediction of Buildings using the Fan Pressurization Method with the Weighted Line of Organic Correlation." (2020). DOI
Walker, Iain S., and Brennan Less."Measured Moisture Performance of Sealed and Insulated Attics with Permeable Insulation In California Homes."Thermal Performance of the Exterior Envelopes of Buildings XIV (2020).

2019

Taylor, Margaret, K. Sydny Fujita, Jingjing Zhang, Mustapha Harb, James Tamerius, Michelle Jones, and Sarah K. Price."Explaining jurisdictional compliance with California’s top-down streamlined solar permitting law (AB 2188)." (2019). DOI
Taylor, Margaret."Understanding streamlined solar permitting practices: A primer." (2019). DOI
Less, Brennan, Spencer M. Dutton, Iain S. Walker, Max H. Sherman, and Jordan D. Clark."Energy savings with outdoor temperature-based smart ventilation control strategies in advanced California homes."Energy and Buildings 194 (2019) 317 - 327. DOI
Mills, Evan, Norman Bourassa, Leo I. Rainer, Jimmy Mai, Ian Vaino, Claire Curtin, Arman Shehabi, Louis-Benoit Desroches, and Nathaniel Mills."A Plug-Loads Game Changer: Computer Gaming Energy Efficiency without Performance Compromise." (2019).
Less, Brennan, Iain S. Walker, Jonathan L. Slack, Leo I. Rainer, and Ronnen M. Levinson."Sealed and Insulated Attic Hygrothermal Performance in New California Homes Using Vapor and Air Permeable Insulation—Field Study and Simulations." (2019).
Clark, Jordan D., Brennan Less, Spencer M. Dutton, Iain S. Walker, and Max H. Sherman."Efficacy of occupancy-based smart ventilation control strategies in energy-efficient homes in the United States."Building and Environment 156 (2019) 253 - 267. DOI
Guyot, Gaelle, Max Sherman, and Iain S. Walker."A review of smart ventilation energy and IAQ performance in residential buildings."39th AIVC Conference (2019).
Less, Brennan, Spencer M. Dutton, Xiwang Li, Jordan D. Clark, Iain S. Walker, and Max H. Sherman."Smart Ventilation for Advance California Homes – Single Zone Technology Task." (2019).
Chan, Wanyu R., Yang-Seon Kim, Brennan Less, Brett C. Singer, and Iain S. Walker."Ventilation and Indoor Air Quality in New California Homes with Gas Appliances and Mechanical Ventilation." (2019).
Walker, Iain S., Brett C. Singer, and Wanyu R. Chan."Ventilation and Measured IAQ in new US homes."40th AIVC Conference (2019).