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 Research Team Members Expand CBE’s Scope and Impact

2022 Year in Review: Returning to (the New) Normal

Arm France Receives 2022 Livable Buildings Award, a First Outside of North America

Smart Thermostat Innovation Will Help People Breathe Easier During Wildfires

Funding for California Clean Energy Entrepreneurs: Extended to August 25, 2022
From CBE's Centerline
Current and Milestone Projects

HVAC
IEQ

Embodied Carbon in the Built Environment
Applying life-cycle assessment and other tools to advance the rapid decarbonization of buildings.
IEQ

HI
IEQ

Mapping Commercial Building Electrification
Case studies with a focus on electrification of large existing commercial buildings
IEQ


FS
HI
HVAC
IEQ

HVAC

Integrating Smart Ceiling Fans and Communicating Thermostats to Provide Energy-Efficient Comfort
Field demonstrations, laboratory studies and design resource development.
IEQ

Facade Case Studies Interactive Map
Supporting the adoption of advanced facade design strategies and technologies.
FS

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

Radiant Systems Research
Providing guidelines and information for a promising and rapidly evolving building technology.
HVAC

IEQ

Advanced Personal Comfort Systems Development and Testing
Providing local individual thermal comfort for occupant satisfaction and reduced energy consumption.
IEQ

IEQ

Thermal Comfort Automotive Research (TCAR)
Using CBE’s world-class thermal comfort resources to improve comfort in automobiles.
IEQ

FS

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