BERG WHITE PAPERS

1602
Will prospective homebuyers pay more for architecturally designed solar?  Evidence from a survey-based discrete choice experiment.
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1601
Measuring and Verifying the Effectiveness of Wyoming State Energy Office Programs
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1501
Engineering Study: Using Waste Heat from the Western Sugar Plant to Heat a Greenhouse in the Winter
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THESES

(relevant student work supervised by BERG faculty)

2016: Matthew Schneider, "Model Energy Codes and the Path to Zero Energy for Wyoming Homes" [link to pdf]

ARTICLES ABOUT BERG

2018: “Commodity, Solar Power, and Delight” Architect: Journal of the American Institute of Architects (Spring 2018). [link to pdf]

2017: "Net-Zero Energy Homes in Wyoming: The Next Frontier?" Western Confluence (Winter 2017). [link to pdf]

2017: "5 Ways to Design Solar Architecture Beautifully—Not as an Ugly Afterthought"
           Autodesk Redshift (January 18, 2017) [link to website]
           reprinted in ArchDaily (February 8, 2017) [link to website]

2015: "Designing Efficient Homes" UWyo magazine (January 2015) [link to pdf]

POPULAR

2016: Anthony Denzer, "No B.S." Home Energy Magazine blog. [link to website]

2016: Anthony Denzer, "Why Don't We Build Better Houses?" Home Energy Magazine.

2014: Jon Gardzelewski and Anthony Denzer, “Put Wyoming’s Sunny Disposition to Work” Barnyards & Backyards (Spring 2014), 17-20. [link to pdf]

2014: Jon Gardzelewski and Anthony Denzer, “Keep on the Sunny Side: Lower Your Utility Bills with Passive Solar Techniques” Barnyards & Backyards (Winter 2014), 20-22. [link to pdf]

ACADEMIC (2010-2017)

2017: Jon Gardzelewski, Anthony Denzer, and Benjamin Gilbert. "Architecturally Integrated Photovoltaic Panels: Residential Design Methods and Consumer Preferences," 2017 AEI National Conference. [link to pdf] 

2017: Matthew Schneider, Jon Gardzelewski, and Anthony Denzer. "The NIST House: Applicability in the Rocky Mountain West," 2017 AEI National Conference.

2017: Anthony Denzer, Liping Wang, Yara Thomas, and Gabrielle McMorrow. "Greenhouse Design with Waste Heat: Principles and Practices," 2017 AEI National Conference.

2016: Ryan D. Meyer and Gang Tan. "Use of proper orthogonal decomposition and linear stochastic estimation technique to investigate real-time detailed airflows for building ventilation," Indoor and Built Environment, April 2016 vol. 25 no. 2 378-389.

2015: Liping Wang and Steve Greenberg. "Window operation and impacts on building energy consumption." Energy and Buildings, Volume 92, April 2015, 313-321.

2015: Dongliang Zhao and Gang Tan. "Numerical analysis of a shell-and-tube latent heat storage unit with fins for air-conditioning application." Applied Energy 138, 381-392. [link to pdf]

2014: Ben Gilbert and Joshua S. Graff Zivin. "Dynamic salience with intermittent billing: ievidence from smart electricity meters." Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 107 (A), 176-190.

2014: Liping Wang, Philip Haves. "A Monte Carlo based analysis of the effect of output uncertainties on model based fault detection and diagnostics for air handling units." HVAC&R Research 20, 616-627. 

2014: Ryan D. Meyer and Gang Tan. "Provide detailed and real-time indoor environmental information using POD-LSE and limited measurements." Energy and Buildings 73, 59-68.

2014: Dongliang Zhao and Gang Tan. "A review of thermoelectric cooling: materials, modeling and applications." Applied Thermal Engineering 66:1, 15-24. [link to pdf]

2014: Dongliang Zhao and Gang Tan. "Experimental evaluation of a prototype thermoelectric system integrated with PCM for space cooling." Energy 68, 658-666.

2013: Liping Wang, Steve Greenberg, John Fiegel. "Monitoring-based HVAC Commissioning of an Existing Office Building for Energy Efficiency." Applied Energy 102, 1382-1390.

2012: Liping Wang, Paul Mathew, Xiufeng Pang. "Uncertainties of building energy consumption introduced by building operations, occupancy and weather data for a middle size office building." Energy and Buildings 53, 152-158.

2012: Liping Wang, Philip Haves, Fred Buhl. "An Improved Simple Chilled Water Cooling Coil Model." SimBuild 2012; 5th National Conference of IBPSA-USA.

2012: Jon Gardzelewski, Anthony Denzer, Gang Tan, and Mahdokht Soltaniehha. “Net Zero Residential: Feasibility and Microclimate Responsive Design for a Cold Climate,” 2012 World Renewable Energy Forum/ ASES National Solar Conference. [link to pdf]

2012: Mahdokht Soltaniehha, Jon A. Gardzelewski, Gang Tan, and Anthony Denzer. "Passivhaus and Net Zero Energy Residential Designs in a Cold Climate: A Simulation Based Design Process for the Next Generation of Green Homes." SimBuild 2012; 5th National Conference of IBPSA-USA. [link to pdf]

2011: Walker, C., Tan, G., Glicksman, L.R. "Reduced-scale building model and numerical investigations to buoyancy-driven natural ventilation." Energy and Buildings 43, 2404-2413.