From the Lab to the Marketplace
LBNL's Broader Role in the Buildings Energy Arena
Although best known for our R&D and technology spin-offs to industry, LBNL's buildings
energy research programs are distinguished in other areas. LBNL contributes technical input to
public policy issues such as global warming, works with utilities on new paradigms for energy
planning, examines the effect of the indoor environment on health and comfort, helps the
government manage its own facilities more efficiently, and addresses energy problems both
locally and internationally.
To foster the adoption and use of energy-efficient technologies in buildings, the Laboratory
relies on its information and technology transfer program. The program ensures that research
results are transferred quickly to utilities, major builders, and real estate developers by
emphasizing strong working relationships with key professional, trade association, and
research organizations. These groups serve as intermediaries and brokers in reaching
manufacturers, consumers, and the fragmented building-sector industries. In addition, LBNL
publishes research results on the Internet.
Education is central to LBNL's strategy for promoting energy efficiency. To this end, the
Laboratory has a relationship to a major university (the University of California at Berkeley)
that is unique among the national laboratories. Dozens of faculty, staff, and students from a
variety of disciplines work in LBNL's energy-efficiency programs. Some graduates stay on at
LBNL while others move into industry or the public sector.
- The World Wide Web. . .
- The Center for Building Science now has a World Wide Web (WWW) home page easily
accessible from the LBNL home page. The WWW makes it possible to send and receive text,
video, audio, and all types of graphics (including photographs) over the Internet. Mosaic is
the user-friendly interface that makes it possible to view and manage this information.
Through WWW and the Mosaic browser, Internet users can access LBNL's hypertext
documents, gopher databases, library catalog, publications list, and Quicktime movies. All
that's required is a networked computer (Mac, PC, or UNIX) that runs Mosaic. The WWW
address (universal resource locator or URL) is "http://eetd.lbl.gov/Building_Science.html".
- From the Center's home page, users can view, save, and print text and graphics that
describe ongoing projects at the Center, browse all the issues of our newsletter, and view and
perform keyword searches on the Center's publication list. All information is linked through
hypertext, making it easy to find related topics or articles.
- After the Cold War, in a Warming World
- Partnering with Electric and Gas Utilities
- Enhancing Indoor Air Quality
- Government Partnerships
- Providing a Helping Hand to States
- International Activities
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