Modeling and Simulation

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Transportation

How can we make traffic safer and more efficient? Transportation accounts for 30% of energy consumption world-wide, and traffic delays are at an all-time high. In the United …

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Human Behavior

Why should we study human behavior? Picture this. It’s an average day. You wake up, brush your teeth, make coffee, and get ready for work. If you have a kid, you get them ready to …

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Energy

What do I like about energy? Energy is such a broad topic! After spending many years on the energy end use side of things (traffic and building energy), working at NREL has …

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Buildings

Why should we care about buildings? Buildings account for a significant percentage of total energy use world-wide (about 24% in 2023). Building energy modeling provides an …

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A Data-Driven Approach to Nation-Scale Building Energy Modeling

High-level workflow for large-scale building simulation with AutoBEM: The bottom part of the workflow represents the overall workflow while the top portion provides more detail …

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Andreas Berres
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EPIsembleVis: A geo-visual analysis and comparison of the prediction ensembles of multiple COVID-19 models

Model selection is performed using a data availability map showing which variables (cases, hospitalizations, deaths) each of the dozens of predictive models includes, and which …

Haowen Xu
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Generating traffic-based building occupancy schedules in Chattanooga, Tennessee from a grid of traffic sensors

An overview of the methodology presented in this paper, guided by the data workflow. The left-hand side of the figure, (a)-(d), illustrates the traffic data workflow: the data is …

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Andreas Berres
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Distribution of potential savings from urban-scale energy modeling of a utility

Comparison of annual electricity savings for different vintages (color) and energy conservation measures.

Brett Bass
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COVID-19 Joint Pandemic Modeling and Analysis Platform

Situational awareness dashboard showing the world-wide spread of COVID-19. The map shows new cases and growth rates worldwide, using a bivariate colormap. The bottom provides some …

Gautam Thakur
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