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Post-occupancy Evaluation
A post-occupancy monitored evaluation of the dimmable lighting, automated shading, and underfloor air distribution system in The New York Times Building. Eleanor S. Lee, Luis L. Fernandes, Brian Coffey, Andrew McNeil, Robert Clear, Tom Webster, Fred Bauman, Darryl Dickerhoff, David Heinzerling, Tyler Hoyt. LBNL Technical report, January 2013. LBNL-6023E.
Monitored lighting energy savings from dimmable lighting controls in The New York Times Headquarters Building. Luis L. Fernandes, Eleanor S. Lee, Dennis L. DiBartolomeo, Andrew McNeil. Submitted to Energy and Buildings, February 2013. (13 MB).
Technical Memo: Post-occupancy evaluation of The New York Times Headquarters Building: An examination of causes for occupant satisfaction and dissatisfaction with the energy-efficiency measures. Robert D. Clear. DOE/LBNL Technical report, October 8, 2010. (145 KB).
Post Occupancy Study of The New York Times Building: Survey Findings Assessing Occupant Comfort and Satisfaction. Final report by Sustainable Energy Partnerships, Tarrytown, New York, November 10, 2010. (227 KB).
Commissioning Daylighting Systems and Demand Response
Daylighting the New York Times Headquarters Building: Final Report: Commissioning Daylighting Systems and Estimation of Demand Response. Eleanor S. Lee, Glenn D. Hughes, Robert D. Clear, Luís L. Fernandes, Sila Kiliccote, Mary Ann Piette, Francis M. Rubinstein, Stephen E. Selkowitz. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA. (421 KB).
Commissioning and Verification Procedures for the Automated Roller Shade System at The New York Times Headquarters, New York, New York. E.S. Lee, R.D. Clear, G.J. Ward, L.L. Fernandes. 2007. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA. (4.4 MB).
Quick Start Guide: Commissioning and Verification Procedures for the Automated Roller Shade System at The New York Times Headquarters, New York, New York. E.S. Lee, R.D. Clear, G.J. Ward, L.L. Fernandes. 2007. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA. (4.1 MB).
Technical Note: Commissioning procedures for the dimmable daylighting control systems. Francis Rubinstein. 2007. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA. (726 KB).
Dynamic Controls for Energy Efficiency and Demand Response: Framework Concepts and a New Construction Study Case in New York. Sila Kiliccote, Mary Ann Piette, David S. Watson, Glenn D. Hughes. Proceedings of the 2006 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Pacific Grove, CA, August 13-18, 2006. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA. LBNL-60615.
Technical Note: The New York Times Demand Response Strategies for the HVAC System. Flack + Kurtz, 2006. (95 KB).
Daylighting Mockup Field Test, Radiance Studies, Human Factors, and Procurement
Daylighting the New York Times Headquarters Building: Final Report. Eleanor S. Lee, Stephen Selkowitz, Glenn Hughes, Robert Clear, Greg Ward, John Mardaljevic, Judy Lai, Mehlika Inanici, Vorapat Inkarojrit. 2005. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA. LBNL-57602. Report overview (199 KB), print version (40.0 MB), web version (35.0 MB).
The New York Times Headquarters Daylighting Mockup: Monitored performance of the daylighting control system. Eleanor S. Lee, Stephen Selkowitz. 2005. Energy and Buildings 38(7): 914-929. LBNL-56979.
Market Transformation Opportunities for Emerging Dynamic Façade and Dimmable Lighting Control Systems. E.S. Lee, S.E. Selkowitz, G.D. Hughes, D.A. Thurm. ACEEE 2004 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings: Breaking Out of the Box, August 22-27, 2004, Asilomar, Pacific Grove, CA. LBNL-55310.
Business Publications
Moving from Niche to Mainstream Markets: Addressing the High Cost of Daylighting Systems. Glenn Hughes. Transcript of a lecture given by Glenn Hughes, Managing Director of Construction, The New York Times at LightFair International: Daylighting Institute, New York, New York, May 6, 2007. (361 KB).
Master of the House: Why a Company Should Take Control of Its Building Projects. David Thurm. Harvard Business Review, October 2005. (759 KB).
Popular press
New Look in New York Pioneers Daylighting Technologies
University of California Energy Institute’s Energy Notes newsletter, June 2007, Vol. 5, Issue 1.
http://www.ucei.berkeley.edu/
'The Costs and Benefits of High Performance Buildings: Lessons Learned', Earth Day New York
"The New York Times: A Melding of High Design and Performance"
"Getting It Right: Providing Energy Efficiency and Comfort in an All-Glass Building"
http://www.earthdayny.org/education/lessons-learned/61-lessons-learned-3.html
Green grows up... and up and up and up: Sustainable high-rises are sprouting from Manhattan's bedrock
Architectural Record Innovation, November 2004.
http://www.archrecord.com/innovation/2_Features/0411Green.asp
Day of the Sun: Energy Savings Result from Testing a Mock-Up of The New York Times' New Headquarters
Glass Magazine, November 2004.
Blueprint for daylighting at The New York Times
Daylight! Daylight! Read All About It
Architectural Lighting, June 2004
http://www.archlighting.com/daylighting/daylight--daylight--read-all-about-it.aspx
A Day in the Light: The New York Times's Radical Around-The-Clock Experiment In Lighting Design
Metropolis Magazine, May 2004
http://www.metropolismag.com/story/20040501/a-day-in-the-light
The New York Times and EETD Advance Energy-Efficient Building Design
Environmental Energy Technologies Division News Vol. 5(1): Winter 2004
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
http://eetd.lbl.gov/newsletter/nl16/eetd-nl16-3-nytimes.html
The New York Times Building: Designing for Energy Efficiency Through Daylighting Research.
Science Beat, Berkeley Lab, February 17, 2004.
http://www.lbl.gov/Science-Articles/Archive/sb-EETD-NYT-building.html
Presentations
LightFair Daylighting Institute, New York, New York, May 6, 2007.
National Conference on Building Commissioning, Chicago, IL, May 3, 2007.
Daylighting the New York Times Headquarters: Moving Daylighting from Niche to Mainstream Markets, Pacific Energy Center, San Francisco, CA, November 29, 2006.
EPRI, Los Angeles, CA, August 7, 2006.
IBPSA SimBuild 2006 Conference, Massachussets Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, August 4, 2006.
LightFair Daylighting Institute, New York, New York, May 28, 2006.
Construction Specifications Institute, New York, New York, April 12, 2006.
VELUX International Daylight Symposium, Budapest, Hungary, November 7, 2005.
Lux Europa, Berlin, Germany, September 20, 2005.
Glass Processing Days, Tampere, Finland, June 18, 2005.
AIA European Chapter, Helsinki, Finland, May 29, 2005.
The Association of Energy Services Professionals Lighting Conference, Albany, NY, May 25-26, 2005.
LightFair Daylighting Institute, New York, New York, April 11, 2005.
Managing energy use, daylight, and glare with dynamic façades in highly glazed buildings. ICBEST, Bath, England, April 7-8, 2005.
SOM Building Science and Design Research Symposium, New York, New York, November 19-20, 2004.
Center for Environmental Design Research, Invited Lecture, Berkeley, California, November 12, 2004.
Illuminating Engineering Society Convention, Gold Coast, Australia, November 4-6, 2004
Center for the Built Environment Annual Meeting, Berkeley, California, October 25, 2004
ACEEE Emerging Technologies Conference, San Francisco, California, October 14-15, 2004.
Glass Symposium, Syracuse, New York, October 21, 2004
International Symposium on Daylighting Buildings (IEA SHC TASK 31), Torino, Italy, September 21, 2004.
LightFair Daylighting Institute, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 29, 2004.
Advanced Façades for Energy Efficient Buildings: From Design Intent through Verified Performance. ICBEST, Sydney, Australia, 2004.
Perspectives on Advanced Façades with Dynamic Glazings and Integrated Lighting Controls. CISBAT 2003, Innovation in Building Envelopes and Environmental Systems, International Conferences on Solar Energy in Buildings, October 8, 2003, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Integrating Automated Shading and Smart Glazings with Daylight Controls. International Symposium on Daylighting Buildings (IEA SHC TASK 31), Tokyo, Japan.