Postdoctoral Scholar

at  Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab’s (LBNL) Building Technology Urban Systems Division has an opening for a Postdoctoral Scholar to join the team.
This position is in the Whole Building Systems (WBS) department of the Building Technology and Urban Systems (BTUS) division. This position will contribute to studies focused on home electrification and decarbonization. Specific activities will include assessment of low power electrification strategies and grid impacts of home electrification in both single and multifamily residential buildings. Additional work may include studies of non-energy benefits of home electrification including IAQ/Heath, comfort, equity and resiliency.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• General knowledge of survey instruments and database design/management.
• General knowledge of building codes and standards, practices and technologies.
• Experience analyzing building power data, such as utility metering data or building submetering data.
• Experience with research involving human subjects.
• Experience with field measurements of Energy, IEQ, IAQ, and health metrics.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• Conduct research on home energy and power consumption, retrofits and decarbonization with a focus on reducing costs through low power electrification and analysis of grid impacts to control future costs and enable greater scaling.
• Conduct to assess the non-energy benefits of home electrification/decarbonization. This includes IAQ/Health-related topics as well as thermal comfort, mental health and home resiliency.
• Contribute to field data collection and data processing to advance LBNL studies of decarbonization in residential buildings.
• Build databases and carry out statistical analyses that are relevant to quantifying the relationships between building decarbonization strategies, GHG emissions, costs, public health, and equity issues.
• Communicate research results through technical reports, journal manuscripts, web pages, etc. and oral presentations at meetings.
• Participate in professional scientific activities, e.g., reviews of papers, research proposals, etc.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES AS NEEDED:

• Support and contribute to the development of research project ideas and proposals.
• Interact with federal and California state energy and environmental agencies including but not limited to the Department of Energy, the US Environmental Protection Agency, the California Energy Commission (CEC), and California Air Resources Board (ARB).
• As opportunities arise and time allows, provide support to other projects and groups within the Energy Technologies Area of LBNL.