Armando Casillas

Armando Casillas

Technology Researcher II
(510) 486-4740
eta.lbl.gov/people/Armando-Casillas
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Bio

Armando is a Senior Scientific Engineering Associate, and has been at LBNL since 2019. He works on a number of projects related to building energy efficiency, grid-interactiveness and flexibility, advanced HVAC controls, thermal energy storage and HVAC fault detection and diagnostics. During his undergraduate years, Armando worked as an Energy Analyst at UC Merced Facilities Management where he was exposed to highly automated building systems, including HVAC, and has also worked for the Energy Conservation Office at UC Davis performing continuous commissioning. His Masters work was conducted at the Western Cooling Efficiency Center, which involved wireless sensing for building leakage diagnostic applications. Armando holds a M.S in Energy Systems from UC Davis and a B.S in Mechanical Engineering from UC Merced.

Education

M.S. Energy Systems, University of California, Davis, 2019
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Merced, 2016

Awards

Spot: Armando Casillas -  September 26th 2022

Leadership in conducting HIL experiments in FLEXLAB during Winter 2022 Innovation in the redesign of the experiment Ability to harmoniously coordinate the work of multiple actors.

Spot: Armando Casillas -  May 17th 2022

For outstanding support in representing ETA research to DOE Secretary Granholm (and company) on her recent visit to LBNL.

Spot: Team Workforce Development -  August 18th 2021

For contributions to the Lab's Workforce Development & Education programs in Spring and/or Summer of 2021, and for supporting research experiences for undergraduates, teachers, and faculty collaborators.

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Publications

2022

Defining and applying an electricity demand flexibility benchmarking metrics framework for grid-interactive efficient commercial buildings

Authors: Liu, Jingjing; Rongxin Yin; Lili Yu; Mary Ann Piette; Marco Pritoni; Armando Casillas; Jiarong Xie; Tianzhen Hong; Monica Neukomm, and Peter Schwartz.
12/2022

Development of a Simulated Air Handling Unit Fault Dataset for FDD Tools: Lessons Learned and Considerations for FDD Developers

Authors: Casillas, Armando; Guanjing Lin; Jessica Granderson; Sen Huang, and Yan Chen.
08/2022

When Do Efficiency and Demand Flexibility Go Hand-in-hand?

Authors: Yu, Lili; Jingjing Liu; Rongxin Yin; Mary Ann Piette; Marco Pritoni; Armando Casillas; Monica Neukomm, and Amir Roth.
08/2022

Benchmarking Demand Flexibility in Commercial Buildings and Flattening the Duck – Addressing Baseline and Commissioning Challenges

Authors: Liu, Jingjing; Lili Yu; Rongxin Yin; Mary Ann Piette; Marco Pritoni; Armando Casillas; Monica Neukomm, and Amir Roth.
08/2022

Heat Pumps with Phase Change Thermal Storage: Flexible, Efficient, and Electrification Friendly

Authors: Helmns, Dre; Armando Casillas; Anand Prakash; David Blum; Marco Pritoni; Spencer M. Dutton; Jonathan Woolley, and Subhrajit Chakraborty.
08/2022

Evaluating the Performance of HVAC Optimal Control Based on Real-time Floor-by-Floor Occupancy Data

Authors: Lin, Guanjing; Armando Casillas; Maggie Sheng, and Jessica Granderson.
08/2022

Modeling Air Handling Units to Create a Diverse Fault Dataset for FDD Innovation: Lessons Learned and Recommendations

Authors: Casillas, Armando; Yimin Chen; Guanjing Lin; Jessica Granderson; Sen Huang, and Zhelun Chen.
07/2022

2021

Towards a Techno-Economic Analysis of PCM-Integrated Hybrid HVAC Systems

Authors: Helmns, Dre; David Blum; Armando Casillas; Anand Prakash; Jonathan Woolley; David Vernon; Caton Mande; Michael Woodcox, and Spencer M. Dutton.
05/2021

2020

Curation of Ground-Truth Validated Benchmarking Datasets for Fault Detection & Diagnostics Tools

Authors: Casillas, Armando; Guanjing Lin, and Jessica Granderson.
08/2020