Rich Brown is a research scientist in the Building Technologies and Urban Systems department, where he has conducted research on energy use in buildings for over 20 years. He leads a team that is working to understand and develop solutions to address the growing energy use of electronics and miscellaneous equipment in buildings. His research interests include energy efficient digital networks, extreme efficiency in off-grid applications, data centers, and field monitoring of miscellaneous equipment in buildings. He leads LBNL's technical support to the EPA Energy Star product labeling program. He holds an M.A. degree from the Energy and Resources Group at the University of California at Berkeley, and a B.S.E. in Engineering and Management Systems from Princeton University.
This publications database is an ongoing project, and not all Division publications are represented here yet.
Publications
2009
Koomey, Jonathan G., Hashem Akbari, Carl Blumstein, Marilyn Brown, Richard E. Brown, Chris Calwell, Sheryl Carter, Ralph Cavanagh, Audrey Chang, David Claridge et al. "
Defining a standard metric for electricity savings."
Environmental Research Letters (2009).
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Koomey, Jonathan G., Hashem Akbari, Carl Blumstein, Marilyn Brown, Richard E. Brown, Chris Calwell, Sheryl Carter, Ralph Cavanagh, Audrey Chang, David Claridge et al. Defining a Standard Metric for Electricity Savings, Edited by
Ashok J. Gadgil,
Howard Geller,
José Goldemberg,
Charles A. Goldman,
David B. Goldstein,
Steve E. Greenberg,
David Hafemeister,
Jeffrey P. Harris,
Hal Harvey,
Eric Heitz et al. LBNL, 2009.
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2008
2007
2006
Brown, Richard E., William Rittelmann, Danny S. Parker, and Gregory K. Homan. Appliances, Lighting, Electronics, and Miscellaneous Equipment Electricity Use in New Homes In
2006 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings. Vol. 9. Asilomar, CA: Washington, DC: American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (also LBNL-62440), 2006.
