Simulation Research Group Technical Reports
Windows, Lighting, Daylighting and Solar Titles

All of the technical reports generated by the Simulation Research Group are available. However, some reports (like computer documentation) must be purchased from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS). All of the non-NTIS reports are free of charge. If you do not find the report you want in PDF format, please email info@gundog.lbl.gov or fax (510) 486-4089 with your request. Report number and report title are required. Reports are usually mailed out the same day the request is received.

Software download:   Resfen 3.1,   Window 5.2,   Optics5 (version 5.1.02)   International Glazing Database
Go to the Windows & Daylighting site at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory for more information.

 
pdf document Photovoltaic and Solar Thermal Modeling with the EnergyPlus Calculation Engine (NREL/CP-550-36275)
B. T. Griffith and P. G. Ellis, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden, CO 80401-3393.
Proc. World Renewable Energy Congress VIII and Expo, Denver, Colorado, August 29-September 3, 2004.

 
pdf document SIMULATION OF TUBULAR DAYLIGHTING DEVICES AND DAYLIGHTING SHELVES IN ENERGYPLUS
Peter G. Ellis (National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO), Richard K. Strand and Kurt T. Baumgartner (School of Architecture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL)
Proc. SimBuild 2004, Building Sustainability and Performance Through Simulation, August 4-6, 2004, Boulder, CO, USA.

 
pdf document COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ONE-DIMENSIONAL SLAT-TYPE BLIND MODELS
Chanvit Chantrasrisalai and Daniel E. Fisher (Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, USA)
Proc. SimBuild 2004, Building Sustainability and Performance Through Simulation, August 4-6, 2004, Boulder, CO, USA.

 
LBNL-55517 Development of Trade-Off Equations for EnergyStar Windows
Joe Huang, R. Mitchell, S. E. Selkowitz, D. Arasteh and R. Clear, Environmental Energy Technologies Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720. Proc. SimBuild 2004, Building Sustainability and Performance Through Simulation, August 4-6, 2004, Boulder, CO, USA.

 
pdf document DElight: A Daylighting And Electric Lighting Simulation Engine Integration Of An Internal Optimization Module Within EnergyPlus
Robert J. Hitchcock and William L. Carroll (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720)
Proc. 8th Int.l IBPSA Conference, Eindhoven, Netherlands, August 11-14, 2003.

 
LBNL-47972
pdf document
Modeling Windows in EnergyPlus, Frederick C. Winkelmann. Proc. Building Simulation 2001, IBPSA, Rio de Janeiro, September 2001.

 
pdf document Daylighting Simulation: Methods, Algorithms and Resources
IEA SHC Task 21, ECBCS Annex 29, December 1999

 
LBL-42871
pdf document
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RESIDENTIAL FENESTRATION PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS USING RESFEN-3.1

 
LBL-33192 Modeling Windows in DOE-2.1E , M. S. Reilly, Frederick Winkelmann, Dariush K. Arasteh and W. L. Carroll (Building Technologies Program, LBNL) 1992.

 

LBL-32616
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Optical Properties Database

LBL-32617
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Switchable Window Modeling

 
LBL-28273
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RADIANT TRANSFER DUE TO LIGHTING: AN EXAMPLE OF SYMBOLIC MODEL GENERATION FOR SPARK

 
LBL-23617
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DAYLIGHTING DESIGN FOR THE PACIFIC MUSEUM OF FLIGHT: ENERGY IMPACTS

 
LBL-19829 DAYLIGHTING SIMULATION IN DOE-2: THEORY, VALIDATION, AND APPLICATIONS

LBL-18508 DAYLIGHTING SIMULATION IN THE DOE-2 BUILDING ENERGY ANALYSIS PROGRAM

 
Complex
Daylighting
Modeling Complex Daylighting with DOE-2.1C   by M. Steven Baker, Oregon Department of Energy. Volume 11, No. 1 Building Energy Simulation User News, Spring 1990.

 
Sunspace SUNSPACE PERFORMANCE WITHIN AN OVERALL HIGHRISE BUILDING RETROFIT

 
LBL-14517 NEW MODELS FOR ANALYZING THE THERMAL PERFORMANCE AND DAYLIGHTING PERFORMANCE OF FENESTRATION

 
LBL-14569 THE DOE-2 AND SUPERLITE DAYLIGHTING PROGRAMS

 
LBL-12298 LIFE-CYCLE COST AND ENERGY-USE ANALYSIS OF SUN-CONTROL AND DAY-LIGHTING OPTIONS IN A HIGH-RISE OFFICE BUILDING

LBL-12764 GLAZING OPTIMIZATION FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN COMMERCIAL OFFICE BUILDINGS

 
LBL-11353 Daylighting Calculation in DOE-2 (hand-corrected version) , (Section III.2.9 of the DOE-2 Engineers Manual) by Frederick Winkelmann (Simulation Research Group, LBNL) 1983.

 
LBL-18508 Daylighting Calculation in the DOE-2 Building Energy Analysis Program , by Frederick Winkelmann and Stephen Selkowitz (Simulation Research Group, LBNL) 1984.

 

LBL-9787 A SIMPLE METHOD FOR COMPUTING THE DYNAMIC RESPONSE OF PASSIVE SOLAR BUILDINGS TO DESIGN WEATHER CONDITIONS

 
LBL-9371 DESIGN CALCULATIONS FOR PASSIVE SOLAR BUILDINGS BY A PROGRAMMABLE HAND CALCULATOR