Publications
Showing 23 results for Author: Jason W. DeGraw
Mar, 2024
Conference Paper
Systematic approach to define a prototype building model: Convenience Store
The US Department of Energy supports the development of commercial building energy codes and standards. To support commercial building energy research activities, continuous efforts have been made to convert 30 prototype building models, which cover 80% of commercial building floor space in the United States, into OpenStudio Standards prototype buildings. In this paper, we…
Nov, 2023
ORNL Report
Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation for Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning: Literature Review
Ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (UVGI) remains the only ASHRAE-recognized technology for the effective disinfection of air and surfaces, yet the technology still faces barriers to adoption. Even so, there is a growing body of literature on the subject, somewhat due the possibilities that a technology that can disinfect from a distance presents but also because the techn…
Nov, 2023
ORNL Report
Assessment of Existing OpenStudio Measures: Reviews, Interviews, and Future Developments
Nov, 2023
Conference Paper
Building Envelope Campaign – Program Design and Stakeholder Engagement
Building envelope technologies impact approximately 30% of the primary energy consumed by residential and commercial buildings. The Building Envelope Campaign (BEC), which is part of the Department of Energy’s Better Buildings Program, is a market transformation effort to help building owners and managers invest in high performance building envelope technologies for both n…
Nov, 2023
Conference Paper
Quantifying Thermal Performance of the Building Envelope – Beyond Common Practice
Performance metrics serve as useful tools and indicators for many applications. For the building industry, various metrics exist; typically, these metrics do not assess the whole building performance. Instead, these represent separate components or heat transfer mechanisms of a building like R-value, U-factor/value, and airtightness. The mechanisms defined under these metr…