Alastair Robinson

Alastair Robinson

Technology Researcher III
(510) 486-6918
eta.lbl.gov/people/Alastair-Robinson
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Bio

Alastair is an engineering project manager with 16 years of technical and project management experience in consultancy and research environments. He received a BSc in Geology from Liverpool University and an MSc in Technology and Innovation Studies (Industrial Policy and Environmental Technology) from the University of Sussex’s Science Policy Research Unit.  His experience is on concept, detailed design and engineering of community and district-wide mechanical energy systems, and commercial building energy efficiency research and demonstration projects. Alastair’s recent projects have comprised technology field demonstration and deployment in commercial buildings and in LBNL's FLEXLAB commercial building testbed, and research into the potential for district energy in the U.S. He is a Project Manager for BETO's Agile BioFoundry consortia, the objective of which is to accelerate industry development of renewable biofuels and biodegradable materials.

Publications

2022

Multi-technology building system retrofits for utility incentive programs: Savings, costs and baseline considerations

Authors: Regnier, Cynthia; Paul A. Mathew; Jordan Shackelford; Sang Hoon Lee; Alastair Robinson, and Travis Walter.
09/2022

BEYOND WIDGETS SYSTEM PACKAGES Deployment Strategies

Authors: Regnier, Cynthia, and Alastair Robinson.
05/2022

Economic and greenhouse gas analysis of regional bioenergy-powered district energy systems in California

Authors: Breunig, Hanna; Sarah Josephine Smith; Laxmi Rao; Alastair Robinson; Jacky Kinson; Robert Thornton; Corinne D. Scown, and Vi H. Rapp.
05/2022

2021

Validation of District Energy Systems for American Communities

Authors: Robinson, Alastair, and Ranjith Narasimhamurthy.

2020

Systems Retrofit Trends in Commercial Buildings: Opening Up Opportunities for Deeper Savings

Authors: Regnier, Cynthia; Paul A. Mathew; Alastair Robinson; Jordan Shackelford, and Travis Walter.

System Retrofits in Efficiency Programs: Track Record and Outlook

Authors: Regnier, Cynthia; Paul A. Mathew; Alastair Robinson, and Jordan Shackelford.

2019

The Value Proposition for Cost-Effective, Demand Responsive-Enabling, Nonresidential Lighting System Retrofits in California Buildings

Authors: Schwartz, Peter; Brian F. Gerke; Jennifer Potter; Alastair Robinson; David Jagger; Kelly Sanders; Yao-Yung Wen; Jasmine Shepard, and Teddy Kisch.
04/2019

2018

Driving Adoption of Demand-Responsive Commercial Lighting with a Clarified Value Proposition: Site Level Energy Savings and Cost-Benefit Analysis

Authors: Gerke, Brian F.; Jennifer Potter; Peter Schwartz; Alastair Robinson; David Jagger; Jasmine Shepard; Teddy Kisch, and Adel Suleiman.
08/2018

Beyond Widgets: Validated Systems Energy Savings and Utility Custom Incentive Program Systems Trends

Authors: Regnier, Cynthia; Paul A. Mathew; Alastair Robinson; Peter Schwartz; Jordan Shackelford, and Travis Walter.
08/2018

Dynamic Geospatial Modeling of the Building Stock To Project Urban Energy Demand

Authors: Breunig, Hanna; Tyler Huntington; Ling Jin; Alastair Robinson, and Corinne D. Scown.
06/2018

Temporal and geographic drivers of biomass residues in California

Authors: Breunig, Hanna; Tyler Huntington; Ling Jin; Alastair Robinson, and Corinne D. Scown.
01/2018

Energy Cost Savings of Systems-Based Building Retrofits: A Study of Three Integrated Lighting Systems in Comparison with Component Based Retrofits

Authors: Regnier, Cynthia; Paul A. Mathew; Alastair Robinson; Peter Schwartz; Jordan Shackelford, and Travis Walter.

2017

California Publicly‐Owned Utilities (POUs) – LBNL ‘Beyond Widgets’  Project  Task‐ambient lighting and occupancy‐based plug load control  System Program Manual 

Authors: Robinson, Alastair; Paul A. Mathew; Cynthia Regnier; Peter Schwartz; Jordan Shackelford, and Travis Walter.
09/2017

Bioenergy Potential from Food Waste in California

Authors: Breunig, Hanna; Ling Jin; Alastair Robinson, and Corinne D. Scown.
01/2017

Xcel Energy – LBNL ‘Beyond Widgets’ Project Workstation Specific Lighting with Daylight Dimming Controls System Program Manual

Authors: Regnier, Cynthia; Paul A. Mathew; Alastair Robinson; Jordan Shackelford; Peter Schwartz, and Travis Walter.

2016

Beyond Widgets – Systems Incentive Programs for Utilities

Authors: Regnier, Cynthia; Paul A. Mathew; Alastair Robinson; Peter Schwartz, and Travis Walter.

2015

Achieving a Net Zero Energy Retrofit – in a humid, temperate climate – lessons from the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa

Authors: Regnier, Cynthia; Ari Harding, and Alastair Robinson.
07/2015

Wireless Advanced Lighting Controls Retrofit Demonstration

Authors: Wei, Joy; Francis M. Rubinstein; Jordan Shackelford, and Alastair Robinson.
04/2015

2013

Oregon Sustainability Center: Weighing Approaches to Net Zero

Authors: Regnier, Cynthia; Alastair Robinson; Kevin Settlemyre, and Zorana Bosnic.
10/2013

Lights, Camera, Action ... and Cooling - The case for centralized low carbon energy at Fox Studios

Authors: Robinson, Alastair, and Cynthia Regnier.
10/2013

Zone Level Occupant-­‐Responsive Building Energy Systems at the GSA

Authors: Robinson, Alastair.
03/2013

Commercial Buildings Partnerships – Overview of Higher Education Projects

Authors: Parrish, Kristen; Alastair Robinson, and Cynthia Regnier.
02/2013

Tips for Daylighting with Windows: The Integrated Approach, 2nd Edition

Authors: Schumann, Jennifer; Eleanor S. Lee; Francis M. Rubinstein; Stephen E. Selkowitz, and Alastair Robinson.

Tips for Daylighting with Windows

Authors: Robinson, Alastair, and Stephen E. Selkowitz.

2012

MIT - Mighty Steps for Energy Sustainability

Authors: Robinson, Alastair; Cynthia Regnier, and Kevin Settlemyre.
07/2012