CBE is a place where prominent industry leaders and internationally recognized researchers cooperate to produce substantial, holistic, and far-sighted research on buildings. Together we work to improve the performance of buildings by providing timely, unbiased information on building technologies and design and operation techniques.
From CBE's Centerline
New Funding Will Advance Research on Personal Comfort and Advanced HVAC Solutions
Reflecting on CBE’s Key Milestones of 2023
2023 Livable Building Awards Recognize Community Focused Residence Hall and Healthy Adaptive Reuse
CBE Unveils Renovated Controlled Environment Chamber, Expanding Future Research
Funding for California Clean Energy Entrepreneurs: Applications Due December 3, 2023
From CBE's Centerline
Current and Milestone Projects
A Framework for View Quality and Related Research
Multi-project research to provide structure for design and research related to window views.
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HVAC
IEQ
Embodied Carbon and Life Cycle Assessment
Applying life cycle assessment and other tools to advance the rapid decarbonization of buildings.
IEQ
HVAC
IEQ
Integrating Smart Ceiling Fans and Communicating Thermostats to Provide Energy-Efficient Comfort
Field demonstrations, laboratory studies and design resource development.
IEQ
IEQ
HI
Facade Case Studies Interactive Map
Supporting the adoption of advanced facade design strategies and technologies.
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California Safe Indoor Temperature Policy Study
Informing decision-making about indoor heat risks to human health.
IEQ
Ceiling Fan Integrated Air Conditioning
An innovative design approach that takes advantage of fans for cooling and mixing supply air.
HVAC
IEQ
Using Brick to Enable Portable Analytics, Modeling and Controls
Skewering the Silos: Advancing the open-source data model Brick into a demonstrated and tested tool
HVAC
IEQ
Radiant Systems Research
Providing guidelines and information for a promising and rapidly evolving building technology.
HVAC
Mapping Commercial Building Electrification
Case studies with a focus on electrification of large existing commercial buildings.
HVAC
IEQ
Advanced Personal Comfort Systems Development and Testing
Providing local individual thermal comfort for occupant satisfaction and reduced energy consumption.
IEQ
FS
Thermal Comfort Automotive Research (TCAR)
Using CBE’s world-class thermal comfort resources to improve comfort in automobiles.
IEQ
Building Performance Evaluation Toolkit
An integrated building evaluation tool-kit for measuring numerous indoor environmental parameters.
IEQ
Time-Averaged Ventilation for Optimized Control of Variable-Air-Volume Systems
Saving energy in variable air volume systems by optimizing minimum airflow rates.
HVAC