Advancing Industrial & Building Energy Systems

The Building and Industrial Energy Systems Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory advances industrial and building energy performance. Through research, partnership programs, and software tools, we enable  energy and cost savings while improving reliability, productivity, and security.

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Researchers from the BIES Whole Building Systems Department are partnering with the smart buildings industry to develop groundbreaking self-correcting and optimized building controls that save time, reduce costs, and increase energy efficiency in commercial buildings.

Building operators can now automatically resolve control faults within hours, with the push of a button. Learn more about the benefits of using automated control correction in commercial buildings: transformingbuildingcontrols.lbl.gov


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Improving U.S. Industrial Competitiveness and Productivity

Mar-12-26
Three projects led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) are among those selected as part of a $155 mi... Read more

Remembering Paul Berdahl, 1945–2026

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